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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREIGNNESS

foreignness  [ˈfɒrɪnnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREIGNNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foreignness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOREIGNNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foreignness in the English dictionary

The first definition of foreignness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being from, characteristic of or related to another country, area, people, etc. Other definition of foreignness is the quality or state of not being pertinent or related. Foreignness is also the quality or state of being unfamiliar or different.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREIGNNESS


arcaneness
ɑːˈkeɪnnəs
clandestineness
klænˈdɛstɪnnəs
condignness
kənˈdaɪnnəs
divineness
dɪˈvaɪnnəs
fainness
ˈfeɪnnəs
feminineness
ˈfɛmɪnɪnnəs
inaneness
ɪˈneɪnnəs
insaneness
ɪnˈseɪnnəs
masculineness
ˈmæskjʊlɪnnəs
maudlinness
ˈmɔːdlɪnnəs
mundaneness
ˌmʌnˈdeɪnnəs
planeness
ˈpleɪnnəs
profaneness
prəˈfeɪnnəs
saneness
ˈseɪnnəs
sanguineness
ˈsæŋɡwɪnnəs
superfineness
ˌsuːpəˈfaɪnnəs
supineness
suːˈpaɪnnəs
ungenuineness
ʌnˈdʒɛnjʊɪnnəs
urbaneness
ɜːˈbeɪnnəs
vainness
ˈveɪnnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREIGNNESS

foreign exchange
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange rate
foreign investment
foreign legion
foreign minister
foreign ministry
foreign mission
foreign national
foreign office
foreign policy
foreign relations
foreign secretary
foreign service
foreign-born
foreign-owned
foreigner
foreignism
foreignly
forejudge

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREIGNNESS

brazenness
brokenness
business
commonness
drunkenness
evenness
greenness
Guinness
humanness
leanness
McGuinness
oftenness
openness
plainness
rottenness
sternness
stubbornness
thinness
uncleanness
unevenness
wantonness

Synonyms and antonyms of foreignness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foreignness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREIGNNESS

Find out the translation of foreignness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreignness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreignness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外地人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extranjería
570 millions of speakers

English

foreignness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

foreignness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغربة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чуждость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estrangeirismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

foreignness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étrangeté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keburukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fremdheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異質性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외래성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong manca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không liên quan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிநாட்டுத்தன்மையைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विदेशीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yabancılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

estraneità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obcości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чужість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

străinătății
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλλοτριότης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vreemd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

främling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fremmedhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreignness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGNNESS»

The term «foreignness» is regularly used and occupies the 100.773 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGNNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foreignness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foreignness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreignness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREIGNNESS»

Discover the use of foreignness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreignness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Subtitles: On the Foreignness of Film
Translating the experience of film: filmmakers, writers, and artists explore the elements of film that make us feel "outside and inside at the same time."
Atom Egoyan, Ian Balfour, 2004
2
The 'Foreignness' of the Foreign Woman in Proverbs 1-9: A ...
This book argues against the former translation and identifies a motif of the ‘foreign woman’ within the Hebrew scripture where she originates.
Nancy Nam Hoon Tan, 2008
3
Implanting Foreignness: The Literary Construction of ...
This book pays tribute to the changing socio-historical context of Asian American Studies and the increasing heterogeneity of the literary outcome.
Claudia Neudecker, 2006
4
Dynamics of Globalization: Location-Specific Advantages or ...
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS The testing of the impact of foreignness and multi- nationality I based on the models constructed above. To test the impact of foreignness on resource dependency and its variation across different resources, I use the ...
Torben Pedersen, II, Christian Geisler Asmussen, Timothy Devinney, 3rd, 2011
5
Embodying Honor: Fertility, Foreignness, and Regeneration in ...
In Embodying Honor Amal Hassan Fadlalla finds that the female body is the locus of anxieties about foreign dangers and diseases, threats perceived to be disruptive to morality, feminine identities, and social well-being.
Amal Fadlalla, 2007
6
A New Generation in International Strategic Management
As a result, it is independent of what domestic competitors are doing. Domestic competitors are relevant insofar as the disadvantage of transfer can reduce the firm's relative advantage. Disadvantage of foreignness The firm is suffering from the ...
Stephen B. Tallman, 2007
7
Body- and Image-space: Re-reading Walter Benjamin
language. This explains why Benjamin can speak in the same breath, on the one hand, of the 'foreignness of languages', and, on the other, of the fact that ' languages are not strangers to one another' (GS IV. 1, 12; Ill 72), for they are related in ...
Sigrid Weigel, 1996
8
Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning
2. What. makes. a. language. foreign? Konrad. Ehlich. 1. Introduction This paper considers some aspects of a phenomenon which seems to need no further consideration: the characteristics of foreignness in connection with languages and ...
Karlfried Knapp, Barbara Seidlhofer, H. G. Widdowson, 2009
9
Heidegger, Translation, and the Task of Thinking: Essays in ...
To initiate the move in such a transfer is to face the difference between languages as the foreignness that rules between them. By forcing us to see the foreignness and unfamiliarity of the languages under translation, the activity of translation ...
F. Schalow, 2011
10
Immunology: A Short Course
REQUIREMENTS. FOR. IMMUNOGENICITY. A substance must possess the following characteristics to be immunogenic: (1) foreignness, (2) high molecular weight, (3) chemical complexity, and in most cases (4) degradabil- ity and interaction ...
Richard Coico, Geoffrey Sunshine, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREIGNNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreignness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Omar Sharif, actor and bridge master, 1932-2015 - FT.com
Foreignness being a moveable feast in Hollywood, he filled in time before Doctor Zhivago by being Spanish, Yugoslavian and Mongolian in ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
A Radical Vatican? - The New Yorker
Everything else Father Lombardi says is in Italian, but these three words are spoken slowly and in English, as if to emphasize their foreignness. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
3
Stuff We Liked
It reflects changing attitudes about race and foreignness. And for fun, especially if you are on the Paleo diet or just grilling food this weekend, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
China's crouching tiger, hidden agent
The foreignness and complexity of the US admissions process in a Chinese context was another theme of the discussions at OACAC. «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Digital Mike: One last blast of fireworks fun - Post-Bulletin
... or simple foreignness — which allows it to drift away from the rest of your life story, until the memory itself feels out of place, almost mythical, ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
6
Theater review: Spotlight Theatre's "The Foreigner" is light, frothy fun …
... Mr. Bean, someone with an empathic ear and a penchant for odd but charming habits that the onlookers attribute to his extreme foreignness. «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
7
Is the admissions process broken for Chinese students?
The foreignness and complexity of the U.S. admissions process in a Chinese context was another theme of the discussions at OACAC on ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 15»
8
Being 12 inches taller, and other tall tales
... and with whom I had just had a simpatico conversation about the unexpected foreignness of the U.S. and its incomprehensibly abominable ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Alley Theatre's 'Foreigner' energized riot of farce
But the screwball comedy's “foreignness” at hand is so hilariously generalized that it turns out to be innocent. The play is loaded with setups to ... «The Daily Cougar, Jul 15»
10
The Summer I Got Drugged—Maybe
Here's the other possibility: Young white naïf goes to unfamiliar place, feels overwhelmed by foreignness, is accidentally burned by a cigarette, ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Foreignness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foreignness>. Apr 2024 ».
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