alien
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Adjective (2)
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something“an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism”“the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper”“jealousy is foreign to her nature”Synonyms: foreignOpposite intrinsicSimilar extrinsic
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world“alien customs”“exotic plants in a greenhouse”“exotic cuisine”Synonyms: exoticOpposite nativeSimilar foreign, strange
Noun (3)aliens
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your countrySynonyms: foreignernoncitizenoutlanderType of traveler, travellerKinds exile, import, au pair, metic, gringo
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are foundSynonyms: strangerunknownOpposite acquaintanceType of intruder, interloperKinds foreigner, outsider
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphereSynonyms: extraterrestrial beingextraterrestrialType of hypothetical creature
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Translations
Noun life form of non-Earth origin
- Spanish
- alienígena
- French
- extraterrestre
- German
- Alien
- Italian
- alieno
- Portuguese
- alienígena
- Turkish
- uzaylı
- Russian
- инопланетя́нин inoplanetjánin
- Arabic
- فضائي faḍāʔiyy
- Chinese
- 外星人 wàixīngrén
- Japanese
- 宇宙人 uchūjin
18 more languages
- Dutch
- ruimtewezen
- Polish
- kosmita
- Swedish
- rymdvarelse
- Greek
- εξωγήινος exogíinos
- Korean
- 우주인 uju'in
- Vietnamese
- người ngoài hành tinh
- Hungarian
- űrlény
- Portuguese (PT)
- alienígena
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 外星人 wàixīngrén
- Albanian
- jashtëtokësor
- Catalan
- extraterrestre
- Czech
- mimozemšťan
- Danish
- rumvæsen
- Finnish
- avaruusolento
- Hebrew
- חַיְזָר khayzár
- Icelandic
- geimvera
- Norwegian
- romvesen
- Romanian
- extraterestru
Noun person, etc. from outside
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else.
1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; — followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
An alien sound of melancholy.— William Wordsworth
Alien enemy Law, one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Benjamin Vaughan. Abbott
1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
2. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.— Ephes. ii. 12.
Origin: F. aliéner, L. alienare.
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. rare “It the son alien lands.” Sir Matt. Hale
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of... the marriage.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54