foreign
foreign (fôrʹĭn, fŏrʹ-) adjective
Abbr. for.
1. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.
2. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.
3. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.
4. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside: a foreign object in the eye.
5. Not natural; alien: Jealousy is foreign to her nature.
6. Not germane; irrelevant.
7. Subject to the jurisdiction of another political unit.
[Middle English forein, from Old French forain, from Late Latin forānus, on the outside, from Latin forās, outside.]
forʹeignness noun
Synonyms: foreign, alien, exotic, strange. The central meaning shared by these adjectives is "of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world": a foreign accent; alien customs; exotic birds; moved to a strange city. See also synonyms at extrinsic.