foreigner

English

Etymology

From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign +‎ -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
(NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: for‧eign‧er

Noun

foreigner (plural foreigners)

A person from a foreign country.
A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

Synonyms

(person from a foreign country): alien, metœcus, outlander, outsider, stranger; see also Thesaurus:foreigner

Related terms

Translations

person in a foreign land

Afrikaans: buitelander
Albanian: huaj (sq) m
Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ m (ʔajnabiyy), أَجْنَبِيَّة f (ʔajnabiyya)
Egyptian Arabic: أجنبي m (ʔagnabi), أجنبية f (ʔagnabeya)

Hijazi Arabic: أجنبي m (ʔajnabi), أجْنَبِيَّة f (ʔajnabiyya)
Armenian: օտարերկրացի (hy) (ōtarerkracʻi), արտասահմանցի (artasahmancʻi), օտարազգի (hy) (ōtarazgi)
Aromanian: xen m, striin m
Azerbaijani: xarici (az), əcnəbi (az)
Basque: atzerritar, kanpotar
Belarusian: іншазе́мец m (inšazjémjec), іншазе́мка f (inšazjémka), чужазе́мец m (čužazjémjec), чужазе́мка f (čužazjémka), заме́жнік m (zamjéžnik), заме́жніца f (zamjéžnica)
Bengali: বিদেশি (bn) (bideśi), বিদেশিনী (bideśini) (feminine), আজনবি (bn) (ajnobi)
Bulgarian: чуждене́ц (bg) m (čuždenéc), чужденка́ f (čuždenká)
Burmese: တတိုင်းတပြည်သား (ta.tuing:ta.pranysa:), နိုင်ငံခြားသား (my) (nuingngamhkra:sa:)
Catalan: foraster (ca) m, forastera (ca) f; estranger (ca) m, estrangera (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 外國人／外国人 (ngoi⁶ gwok³ jan⁴), 老外 (lou⁵ ngoi^6-2) (colloquial)

Dungan: вэгуйжын (veguyřɨn)

Hokkien: 外國人／外国人 (gōa-kok-lâng), 外國儂／外国侬 (gōa-kok-lâng)

Mandarin: 外國人／外国人 (zh) (wàiguórén), 外人 (zh) (wàirén), 老外 (zh) (lǎowài) (colloquial)
Czech: cizinec (cs) m, cizinka f
Danish: udlænding (da) c
Dutch: buitenlander (nl) m, buitenlandse (nl) f, vreemdeling (nl) m, vreemdelinge (nl) f, uitlander m, uitlandse f
Esperanto: fremdulo, fremdlandulo, eksterlandano
Estonian: välismaalane
Faroese: útlendingur m
Finnish: ulkomaalainen (fi)
French: étranger (fr) m, étrangère (fr) f
Galician: estranxeiro (gl) m, estranxeira f, forasteiro (gl) m, forasteira f
Georgian: უცხოელი (ucxoeli)
German: Ausländer (de) m, Ausländerin (de) f
Greek: ξένος (el) m (xénos), ξένη (el) f (xéni), αλλοδαπός (el) m (allodapós), αλλοδαπή (el) f (allodapí)
Ancient: ξένος m (xénos), ξένη f (xénē)
Guaraní: pytagua
Gujarati: વિદેશી (videśī)
Hebrew: זָר (he) m (zar), זָרָה (he) f
Hindi: विदेशी (hi) m (videśī), अन्यदेशीय (hi) (anyadeśīya), परदेशी (hi) m (pardeśī), अजनबी m (ajnabī) (also stranger)
Hungarian: külföldi (hu), idegen (hu)
Icelandic: útlendingur (is) m
Indonesian: orang asing
Irish: allúrach m
Italian: straniero (it) m, straniera (it) f
Japanese: 外国人 (ja) (がいこくじん, gaikokujin), 外人 (ja) (がいじん, gaijin) (colloquial), 異国人 (いこくじん, ikokujin)
Jarawa: innen
Kazakh: шетелдік (şeteldık), шетел адамы (şetel adamy)
Khmer: ជនបរទេស (km) (cŭən bɑɑrĕəʼteih), បរទេស (km) (bɑɑrĕəʼteih)
Korean: 외국인(外國人) (ko) (oegugin), 이국인(異國人) (igugin), 외인(外人) (oein)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bîyanî (ku), ecnebi (ku)
Kyrgyz: чет өлкөлүк (cet ölkölük)
Lao: ຝຣັ່ງ (fa rang), ແຂກ (lo) (khǣk), ແຂກກູລາ (khǣk kū lā), ຄົນນອກ (khon nǭk)
Latin: barbarus (la) m, peregrīnus m, extraneus m, alienus (la)
Latvian: ārzemnieks m, ārzemniece f
Lithuanian: užsienietis m, užsienietė f, svetimšalis m, kitakilmis m
Macedonian: странец m (stranec), странкиња f (strankinja), туѓинец m (tuǵinec), туѓинка f (tuǵinka)
Malay: orang asing
Malayalam: വിദേശി (ml) (vidēśi)
Maltese: għarib m, għariba f, barrani m, barranija f
Maori: tautangata
Middle English: foreyn, foreyner
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гадаадын хүн (gadaadyn xün), гаднын хүн (mn) (gadnyn xün)
Navajo: anaʼí, déʼéyóní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utlending m

Nynorsk: utlending (nn) m
Occitan: estrangièr (oc), forastièr (oc)
Old English: elþēodiġ m, elþēodgu f
Old Tupi: mamõygûara
Ottoman Turkish: یابانجی (yabancı)
Pashto: اجنبي (ps) m or f (ajnabí), خارج (ps) m (xāréj)
Persian:
Dari: اَجْنَبِی (fa) (ajnabī), خَارِجِی (fa) (xārijī), بیگَانَه (fa) (bēgāna)

Iranian Persian: اَجْنَبی (fa) (ajnabi), خارِجی (fa) (xâreji), بیگانِه (fa) (bigâne)
Polish: cudzoziemiec (pl) m, cudzoziemka (pl) f, obcokrajowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: estrangeiro (pt) m, estrangeira (pt) f
Romanian: străin (ro) m, străină (ro) f
Russian: иностра́нец (ru) m (inostránec), иностра́нка (ru) f (inostránka), чужезе́мец (ru) m (čužezémec), чужезе́мка (ru) f (čužezémka), инозе́мец (ru) m (inozémec), инозе́мка (ru) f (inozémka), чужестра́нец (ru) m (čužestránec), чужестра́нка (ru) f (čužestránka)
Scots: fremmit fowk
Scottish Gaelic: coimheach m, coigreach m, Gall m, eilthireach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стра́нац m, стра̏нкиња f, туђи́нац m, ту̀ђӣнка f

Roman: stránac (sh) m, strȁnkinja (sh) f, tuđínac (sh) m, tùđīnka (sh) f
Sherpa: ཕྱི་རྒྱ (phyi rgya)
Slovak: cudzinec m, cudzinka f
Slovene: tujec (sl) m, tujka f
Spanish: extranjero (es) m, extranjera (es) f, forastero (es) m, fuereño (es) m, foráneo (es) m, afuereño (es) m
Swahili: ajinabi (sw)
Swedish: utlänning (sv) c
Tajik: хориҷӣ (tg) (xorijī), аҷнабӣ (tg) (ajnabī), бегона (tg) (begona)
Telugu: పరదేశి (te) (paradēśi)
Tetum: malae
Thai: ฝรั่ง (th) (fà-ràng), ฮวน (th) (huuan), ต่างชาติ (th) (dtàang-châat), ต่างด้าว (th) (dtàang-dâao), คนจร
Tibetan: ཕྱི་རྒྱལ་གྱི་མི (phyi rgyal gyi mi)
Tulu: ಪರ್ರಾಯೆ (parrāye)
Turkish: yabancı (tr), ecnebi (tr), çet elli (tr)
Turkmen: gemişek
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎋𐎗 (nkr)
Ukrainian: інозе́мець m (inozémecʹ), інозе́мка f (inozémka), чужозе́мець m (čužozémecʹ), чужозе́мка f (čužozémka)
Urdu: اَجْنَبی (ur) m (ajnabī) (also stranger), پَرْدیسی m (pardesī), بیگانَہ m (begāna)
Uyghur: چەت ئەللىك (chet ellik), چەتئەللىك (chet'ellik), ئەجنەبىي (ejnebiy)
Uzbek: chet ellik, ajnabiy (uz)
Vietnamese: người nước ngoài, người ngoại quốc
Volapük: (♂♀) foginänan (vo), (♂) hifoginänan, (♀) jifoginänan
Welsh: alltud
Yiddish: אויסלענדער m (oyslender), אויסלענדערין f (oyslenderin)

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English foreigner.

Pronunciation

(General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾinəɹ/ ~ [/ˈpɔɾinəɹ/]

Noun

foreigner

(ethnic slur) a person of white skin color

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