foreigner
/ˈfɔːɹənə/FAW-ruh-nur
/ˈfɔɹənɚ/FAW-ruh-nur
Meaningone from outside
Common meaning: a person from another country
- foroutside, out of doorsLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 767 · scan
- eignFrench form of Latin -anus: belonging to
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinforīs‘outside, out of doors’
- Frenchforain
- Middle Englishforeinesource
- Englishforeign‘from another country’
- Englishformed in English from foreignforeigner‘a person from another country’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from foreign + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FOREIGN, p.216 · scan
Roots
- forīs Latin “outside, out of doors”
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