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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024al•ien /ˈeɪlyən, ˈeɪliən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta foreign-born person who is living in a country and has not been legally naturalized or been granted citizenship.
- a person who has been estranged or excluded;
outsider. - a being or creature from outer space;
an extraterrestrial.
adj. - Government[before a noun] owing allegiance to another country;
not naturalized;
of or relating to aliens. - Government foreign:[only before a noun]a people accustomed to alien rulers.
- unlike one's own;
strange:frightened by the alien environment; alien ideas.
See -ali-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•ien (āl′yən, ā′lē ən),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization (distinguished from citizen).
- a foreigner.
- a person who has been estranged or excluded.
- a creature from outer space;
extraterrestrial.
adj. - Governmentresiding under a government or in a country other than that of one's birth without having or obtaining the status of citizenship there.
- Governmentbelonging or relating to aliens:alien property.
- unlike one's own;
strange;
not belonging to one:alien speech. - adverse;
hostile;
opposed (usually fol. by to or from):ideas alien to modern thinking. - extraterrestrial.
- Latin aliēnus, equivalent. to *alies- (ali-, base of alius other + -es- noun, nominal suffix) + -nus adjective, adjectival suffix
- Middle French
- Middle English 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged immigrant.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See stranger.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged outcast.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exotic, foreign.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: alien /ˈeɪljən; ˈeɪlɪən/ n - a person owing allegiance to a country other than that in which he lives; foreigner
- any being or thing foreign to the environment in which it now exists
- (in science fiction) a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial
adj - unnaturalized; foreign
- having foreign allegiance: alien territory
- unfamiliar; strange: an alien quality in a work of art
- (postpositive) and followed by to: repugnant or opposed (to): war is alien to his philosophy
- (in science fiction) of or from another world
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin aliēnus foreign, from alius other |