foreign
/ˈfɒr.ən/
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Translation
From another country; not from your own country.
Word origin
From Old French forain, from Latin foris, meaning out of doors or outside.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- forain
Examples
.
Here "foreign" means from other countries.
visitors .
"Foreign" describes people from another country.
, British .
Here "foreign" means it comes from a different country.
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