foreyn
Middle English
/fɔˈrɛi̯n/
adj
Definitions
- Nonlocal; not from or in one's town or immediate area.
- Foreign; not from or in one's country or nation.
- Belonging to or associated with other people; not belonging to oneself.
- Surface, seeming, illusory, unimportant; not showing its true nature.
- (rare) External, outside; not inside one's body or mind.
- (rare) Opposed; rivaling or hindering a cause.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French forain derived from Latin *forānus.
Origin
Latin
*forānus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiforeign English
- foreign English
- foreign country English
- foreign-born English
- foreigner English
- foreignise English
- foreignism English
- foreignization English
- foreignize English
- foreignly English
- foreignness English
- hyperforeign English
- nonforeign English
- unforeign English
- *forānus Latin
- forās Latin
- forīs Latin
- forain French
- chambre Middle English
- chambre forene Middle English
- foreyner Middle English
- forain Old French
- porener Cebuano