Only if a foreigner has read much English poetry can he understand Shakespeare.
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Foreigner
//ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "foreigner" (66 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
231 translations across 97 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- buitelander noun (person in a foreign land)
Albanian
1 entries- huaj noun (person in a foreign land)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ξένη noun (person in a foreign land)
- ξένος noun (person in a foreign land)
Arabic
4 entries- أجنبي noun (person in a foreign land)
- أجنبي noun (person in a foreign land)
- أجنبية noun (person in a foreign land)
- أجْنَبِيَّة noun (person in a foreign land)
Armenian
3 entries- արտասահմանցի noun (person in a foreign land)
- օտարազգի noun (person in a foreign land)
- օտարերկրացի noun (person in a foreign land)
Aromanian
2 entries- striin noun (person in a foreign land)
- xen noun (person in a foreign land)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- xarici noun (person in a foreign land)
- yadelli noun (person in a foreign land)
- əcnəbi noun (person in a foreign land)
Basque
1 entries- atzerritar, kanpotar noun (person in a foreign land)
Belarusian
4 entries- заме́жнік noun (person in a foreign land)
- заме́жніца noun (person in a foreign land)
- чужазе́мец noun (person in a foreign land)
- чужазе́мка noun (person in a foreign land)
Bengali
3 entries- আজনবি noun (person in a foreign land)
- বিদেশি noun (person in a foreign land)
- বিদেশিনী noun (person in a foreign land)
Bulgarian
3 entries- чуждене́ц noun (person in a foreign land)
- чужденка́ noun (person in a foreign land)
- чужденче noun (person in a foreign land)
Burmese
2 entries- တတိုင်းတပြည်သား noun (person in a foreign land)
- နိုင်ငံခြားသား noun (person in a foreign land)
Catalan
4 entries- estranger noun (person in a foreign land)
- estrangera noun (person in a foreign land)
- foraster noun (person in a foreign land)
- forastera noun (person in a foreign land)
Chinese
3 entries- вэгуйжын noun (person in a foreign land)
- 外國人 /外国人 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 外國儂 /外国侬 noun (person in a foreign land)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 外國人 /外国人 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 老外 noun (person in a foreign land)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 外人 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 外國人 /外国人 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 老外 noun (person in a foreign land)
Czech
2 entries- cizinec noun (person in a foreign land)
- cizinka noun (person in a foreign land)
Danish
1 entries- udlænding noun (person in a foreign land)
Dari
3 entries- اَجْنَبِی noun (person in a foreign land)
- بیگَانَه noun (person in a foreign land)
- خَارِجِی noun (person in a foreign land)
Dutch
2 entries- buitenlander noun (person in a foreign land)
- buitenlandse noun (person in a foreign land)
Esperanto
4 entries- alilandano noun (person in a foreign land)
- eksterlandano noun (person in a foreign land)
- fremdlandulo noun (person in a foreign land)
- fremdulo noun (person in a foreign land)
Estonian
1 entries- välismaalane noun (person in a foreign land)
Faroese
1 entries- útlendingur noun (person in a foreign land)
Finnish
1 entries- ulkomaalainen noun (person in a foreign land)
French
2 entries- étranger noun (person in a foreign land)
- étrangère noun (person in a foreign land)
Galician
4 entries- estranxeira noun (person in a foreign land)
- estranxeiro noun (person in a foreign land)
- forasteira noun (person in a foreign land)
- forasteiro noun (person in a foreign land)
Georgian
1 entries- უცხოელი noun (person in a foreign land)
German
2 entries- Ausländer noun (person in a foreign land)
- Ausländerin noun (person in a foreign land)
Greek
4 entries- αλλοδαπή noun (person in a foreign land)
- αλλοδαπός noun (person in a foreign land)
- ξένη noun (person in a foreign land)
- ξένος noun (person in a foreign land)
Gujarati
1 entries- વિદેશી noun (person in a foreign land)
Hebrew
2 entries- זָר noun (person in a foreign land)
- זָרָה noun (person in a foreign land)
Hindi
4 entries- अजनबी noun (person in a foreign land)
- अन्यदेशीय noun (person in a foreign land)
- परदेशी noun (person in a foreign land)
- विदेशी noun (person in a foreign land)
Hungarian
2 entries- idegen noun (person in a foreign land)
- külföldi noun (person in a foreign land)
Icelandic
1 entries- útlendingur noun (person in a foreign land)
Indonesian
1 entries- orang asing noun (person in a foreign land)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اَجْنَبی noun (person in a foreign land)
- بیگانِه noun (person in a foreign land)
- خارِجی noun (person in a foreign land)
Irish
2 entries- coimhthíoch noun (person in a foreign land)
- eachtrannach noun (person in a foreign land)
Italian
2 entries- straniera noun (person in a foreign land)
- straniero noun (person in a foreign land)
Japanese
3 entries- 外人 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 外国人 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 異国人 noun (person in a foreign land)
Jarawa
1 entries- innen noun (person in a foreign land)
Kazakh
2 entries- шетел адамы noun (person in a foreign land)
- шетелдік noun (person in a foreign land)
Khmer
2 entries- ជនបរទេស noun (person in a foreign land)
- បរទេស noun (person in a foreign land)
Korean
3 entries- 외국인 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 외인 noun (person in a foreign land)
- 이국인 noun (person in a foreign land)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чет өлкөлүк noun (person in a foreign land)
Lao
4 entries- ຄົນນອກ noun (person in a foreign land)
- ຝຣັ່ງ noun (person in a foreign land)
- ແຂກ noun (person in a foreign land)
- ແຂກກູລາ noun (person in a foreign land)
Latin
4 entries- alienus noun (person in a foreign land)
- barbarus noun (person in a foreign land)
- extraneus noun (person in a foreign land)
- peregrīnus noun (person in a foreign land)
Latvian
2 entries- ārzemniece noun (person in a foreign land)
- ārzemnieks noun (person in a foreign land)
Lithuanian
4 entries- kitakilmis noun (person in a foreign land)
- svetimšalis noun (person in a foreign land)
- užsienietis noun (person in a foreign land)
- užsienietė noun (person in a foreign land)
Macedonian
4 entries- странец noun (person in a foreign land)
- странкиња noun (person in a foreign land)
- туѓинец noun (person in a foreign land)
- туѓинка noun (person in a foreign land)
Malay
1 entries- orang asing noun (person in a foreign land)
Malayalam
1 entries- വിദേശി noun (person in a foreign land)
Maltese
4 entries- barrani noun (person in a foreign land)
- barranija noun (person in a foreign land)
- għarib noun (person in a foreign land)
- għariba noun (person in a foreign land)
Middle English
2 entries- foreyn noun (person in a foreign land)
- foreyner noun (person in a foreign land)
Mongolian
2 entries- гадаадын хүн noun (person in a foreign land)
- гаднын хүн noun (person in a foreign land)
Māori
1 entries- tautangata noun (person in a foreign land)
Navajo
2 entries- anaʼí noun (person in a foreign land)
- déʼéyóní noun (person in a foreign land)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- biyanî noun (person in a foreign land)
- ecnebî noun (person in a foreign land)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utlending noun (person in a foreign land)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- utlending noun (person in a foreign land)
Occitan
2 entries- estrangièr noun (person in a foreign land)
- forastièr noun (person in a foreign land)
Old Czech
1 entries- jinokrajín noun (person in a foreign land)
Old English
2 entries- elþēodgu noun (person in a foreign land)
- elþēodiġ noun (person in a foreign land)
Old Irish
1 entries- echtrann noun (person in a foreign land)
Old Tupi
1 entries- mamõygûara noun (person in a foreign land)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یابانجی noun (person in a foreign land)
Pashto
2 entries- اجنبي noun (person in a foreign land)
- خارج noun (person in a foreign land)
Polish
3 entries- cudzoziemiec noun (person in a foreign land)
- cudzoziemka noun (person in a foreign land)
- obcokrajowiec noun (person in a foreign land)
Portuguese
2 entries- estrangeira noun (person in a foreign land)
- estrangeiro noun (person in a foreign land)
Romanian
2 entries- străin noun (person in a foreign land)
- străină noun (person in a foreign land)
Russian
4 entries- инозе́мец noun (person in a foreign land)
- инозе́мка noun (person in a foreign land)
- иностра́нец noun (person in a foreign land)
- иностра́нка noun (person in a foreign land)
Scots
1 entries- fremmit fowk noun (person in a foreign land)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- Gall noun (person in a foreign land)
- coigreach noun (person in a foreign land)
- coimheach noun (person in a foreign land)
- eilthireach noun (person in a foreign land)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stránac noun (person in a foreign land)
- strȁnkinja noun (person in a foreign land)
- tuđínac noun (person in a foreign land)
- tùđīnka noun (person in a foreign land)
Sherpa
1 entries- ཕྱི་རྒྱ noun (person in a foreign land)
Slovak
2 entries- cudzinec noun (person in a foreign land)
- cudzinka noun (person in a foreign land)
Slovene
2 entries- tujec noun (person in a foreign land)
- tujka noun (person in a foreign land)
Spanish
4 entries- afuereño noun (person in a foreign land)
- afuerino noun (person in a foreign land)
- extranjera noun (person in a foreign land)
- extranjero noun (person in a foreign land)
Swahili
1 entries- ajinabi noun (person in a foreign land)
Swedish
1 entries- utlänning noun (person in a foreign land)
Tajik
3 entries- аҷнабӣ noun (person in a foreign land)
- бегона noun (person in a foreign land)
- хориҷӣ noun (person in a foreign land)
Telugu
1 entries- పరదేశి noun (person in a foreign land)
Tetum
1 entries- malae noun (person in a foreign land)
Thai
4 entries- คนจร noun (person in a foreign land)
- ต่างชาติ noun (person in a foreign land)
- ต่างด้าว noun (person in a foreign land)
- ฝรั่ง noun (person in a foreign land)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཕྱི་རྒྱལ་གྱི་མི noun (person in a foreign land)
Tulu
1 entries- ಪರ್ರಾಯೆ noun (person in a foreign land)
Turkish
3 entries- ecnebi noun (person in a foreign land)
- yabancı noun (person in a foreign land)
- çet elli noun (person in a foreign land)
Turkmen
1 entries- gemişek noun (person in a foreign land)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎐𐎋𐎗 noun (person in a foreign land)
Ukrainian
4 entries- чужозе́мець noun (person in a foreign land)
- чужозе́мка noun (person in a foreign land)
- інозе́мець noun (person in a foreign land)
- інозе́мка noun (person in a foreign land)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wukrajnik noun (person in a foreign land)
Urdu
3 entries- اَجْنَبی noun (person in a foreign land)
- بیگانَہ noun (person in a foreign land)
- پَرْدیسی noun (person in a foreign land)
Uyghur
3 entries- ئەجنەبىي noun (person in a foreign land)
- چەت ئەللىك noun (person in a foreign land)
- چەتئەللىك noun (person in a foreign land)
Uzbek
2 entries- ajnabiy noun (person in a foreign land)
- chet ellik noun (person in a foreign land)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người ngoại quốc noun (person in a foreign land)
- người nước ngoài noun (person in a foreign land)
Volapük
3 entries- foginänan noun (person in a foreign land)
- hifoginänan noun (person in a foreign land)
- jifoginänan noun (person in a foreign land)
Welsh
1 entries- alltud noun (person in a foreign land)
Yiddish
2 entries- אויסלענדער noun (person in a foreign land)
- אויסלענדערין noun (person in a foreign land)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Being spoken to by a foreigner, I did not know what to do.
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It is interesting to make friends with a foreigner.
Source: tatoeba (21888)
It is difficult for a foreigner to study Japanese.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.