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/aljeˈnixena/

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Translation

alien, extraterrestrial

Word origin

From Latin alienigena ('foreign-born, of another race'), formed from alienus ('belonging to another') plus the root of gignere ('to be born, to beget').

Origin
Latin
Root
alienigena
English cognates
alien

Grammar

Gendercommon
Pluralalienígenas

Examples

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The film is about an alien who arrives on Earth.

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The children drew a green alien with three eyes.

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Do you think alien life exists on other planets?

primer .

The book imagines the first contact with an alien race.

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The alien ship landed in the middle of the desert.

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This word is part of lesson 49.