ALIEN


Meaning of ALIEN in English

■ adjective

1》 belonging to a foreign country.

↘(of a plant or animal species) introduced from another country and later naturalized.

2》 unfamiliar and distasteful.

3》 relating to or denoting beings from other worlds.

■ noun

1》 a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.

↘an ~ plant or animal species.

2》 a being from another world.

Derivatives

~age noun

~ness noun

Origin

ME: via OFr. from L. ~us 'belonging to another', from alius 'other'.

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