Definition of foreign

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for·eign    (fôrn, fr-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.
2. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.
3. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.
4. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside: a foreign object in the eye.
5. Not natural; alien: Jealousy is foreign to her nature.
6. Not germane; irrelevant.
7. Subject to the jurisdiction of another political unit.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English forein, from Old French forain, from Late Latin fornus, on the outside, from Latin fors, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
foreign·ness(Noun)

SYNONYMS:
foreign, alien, exotic, strange

These adjectives mean of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: a foreign accent; alien customs; exotic birds; moved to a strange city.