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The correct spelling is foreign.
How to pronounce foreign
/ˈfɒɹən/
nounIPA: /ˈfɒɹən/
Say it like: For-ayn
The correct spelling is foreign. A foreign person, particularly: For example: "He liked visiting foreign cities."
Usage Examples
“He liked visiting foreign cities.”
“There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.”
“foreign policy; foreign navies”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A foreign person, particularly:
- 2.A foreign ship.
- 3.Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
- 4.A foreign area, particularly:
- 5.Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
adjective
- 1.Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
- 2.Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
- 3.Relating to a different nation.
- 4.Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
- 5.(with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
Spelling pattern and memory trick
Pattern
IE or EI exception
Why it happens
Foreign reverses the common i-before-e order: for-EI-gn.
Memory trick: Foreign words can look foreign to the rule.
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