foreign
adjective
[ ˈfɒrɪn ]
• of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.
• "foreign currency"
Similar:
overseas,
distant,
remote,
far off,
far flung,
external,
outside,
alien,
non-native,
adventitious,
• strange and unfamiliar.
• "I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you"
Similar:
unfamiliar,
unknown,
unheard of,
strange,
alien,
exotic,
outlandish,
odd,
peculiar,
curious,
bizarre,
weird,
queer,
funny,
novel,
new,
Origin:
Middle English foren, forein, from Old French forein, forain, based on Latin foras, foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’. The current spelling arose in the 16th century, by association with sovereign.
