foreigner
substantivocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)//
- Estados Unidos//ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ//
- Estados Unidos//ˈfɔɹ.ə.nɚ//
- //ˈfɑɹ.ɪ.nɚ//
A person from a foreign country.
substantivo
- 1
A person from a foreign country.
For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.
Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home.
- 2
A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Etimologia
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.
Formas
- plural
- foreigners