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common
/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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