adjective
- situated outside one's own country, province, locality, etc.: foreign lands
- of, from, or characteristic of another country or countries: foreign languages
- having to do with the relations of one country to another country or countries: foreign affairs, foreign trade
- not subject to the laws or jurisdiction of the specified country
- not natural to the person or thing specified; not belonging; not characteristic: a trait foreign to one's nature
- not pertinent; irrelevant
- not organically belonging; introduced from outside: said of substances found in parts of the body or in organisms where they do not naturally occur
Origin:
ME forein < OFr forein, forain < LL foranus, foreign, orig., external < L foras, out-of-doors, orig. acc. pl. of OL fora, door