alien

See also: álien, alíen, alién, and Alien

English

Alternative forms

• alyaunte (15th–16th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.li.ən/, /ˈeɪ.ljən/
• enPR: ā′-lē-ən, āl′-yən

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪliən

Noun

alien (plural aliens)

1. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
   • 2023 March 21 (last accessed), NOBANIS: European Network on Invasive Species‎^[1]:

     An animated film intended to inform travellers about the dangers that alien species present to Arctic ecosystems is being released today. The message is that it is important to ensure that nobody accidentally brings alien species with them as stowaways in their clothing, baggage or equipment.

2. A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
   • 1773, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, 5th edition, volume 1, page 372:

     An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them.

   • 1831, John Marshall, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, U.S. Government:

     The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens, not owing allegiance to the United States.

   • 1987, “Englishman in New York”, in …Nothing Like the Sun, performed by Sting:

     I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
     I'm an Englishman in New York

   • 2004, Wesley Campbell, Stephen Court, Be a hero: the battle for mercy and social justice, Destiny Image Publishers, page 74:

     Aliens are aliens because of persecution or war or hardship or famine.

3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (sometimes derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.
4. Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Hello from the Reds:

     You might not have much use for me. You spend too much time with the damn aliens, pretending your time in the gangs back on Earth never happened. I know you weren't happy when I found you at the Citadel a couple years back.
     But I'm glad you're on this. I hope you find whoever took my people on Freedom's Progress and kick their scaly asses. I'm glad it's a human finding these bastards.

5. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 2:12, column 2:

     […] aliens from the common wealth of Iſrael […]

   • 1928, Philip Mauro, “The Character of the Sermon on the Mount”, in The Gospel of the Kingdom, with an Examination of Modern Dispensationalism‎^[2] (Religion), Boston: Hamilton Brothers, →OCLC, page 182:

     The One Who, in this marvellous utterance, brings those who were by nature aliens and enemies of God into intimate and holy relations with God the Father, is the very One Who had to come to offer that Sacrifice without which such relationship would have been forever an impossibility; without which there would have been nothing for the best of men but death and judgment and the lake of fire.

Synonyms

• (person, etc. from outside): fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal), guest, stranger
• (foreigner): outlander; see also Thesaurus:foreigner
• (life form of extraterrestrial origin): See also Thesaurus:extraterrestrial

Derived terms

• alien abduction
• alienage
• alien hand syndrome
• alienish
• alienlike
• alien nucleic acid
• alien prior
• alien priory
• alien reproduction vehicle
• aliensdidit
• alien space bats
• alien species
• ancient alien
• casual alien
• ego alien
• grey alien, gray alien
• illegal alien
• Nordic alien
• resident alien
• space alien
• undocumented alien

Descendants

• → Japanese: エイリアン

Translations

person, etc. from outside

• Albanian: huaj (sq) m (i/e)
• Arabic: غَرِيب (ar) m (ḡarīb), غَرِيبَة f (ḡarība)
• Armenian: օտար (hy) (ōtar)
• Azerbaijani: gəlmə
• Bulgarian: чуждене́ц (bg) m (čuždenéc), чужденка́ f (čuždenká)
• Catalan: estrany (ca) m, estranya (ca) f, foraster (ca) m, forastera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異客 / 异客 (zh) (yìkè), 陌生人 (zh) (mòshēngrén)

• Czech: cizinec (cs) m
• Dutch: vreemdeling (nl) m, vreemdelinge (nl) f
• Esperanto: alilandano, fremdulo
• Estonian: muulane, tulnukas, võõras
• Finnish: muukalainen (fi)
• French: étranger (fr) m, étrangère (fr) f
• Galician: estraño (gl) m
• Georgian: უცხო (ucxo)
• German: Fremdling (de) m, Fremder (de) m, Fremde (de) f, Ausländer (de) m, Ausländerin (de) f
• Greek: ξένος (el) m (xénos)
• Hebrew: זָר (he) m (zár)
• Hindi: अनजाना m (anjānā), अनजानी f (anjānī), बाहरी (hi) m (bāhrī), विदेशी (hi) m (videśī), परदेसी m (pardesī)
• Hungarian: idegen (hu)
• Icelandic: aðkomumaður m
• Ido: stranjero (io)
• Indonesian: orang asing (id)
• Irish: coimhthíoch m
• Italian: straniero (it) m
• Japanese: 余所者 (ja) (よそもの, yosomono)
• Kazakh: келімсек (kelimsek)
• Korean: 외국인(外国人) (ko) (oegugin), 이국인(異国人) (igugin)
• Latin: peregrīnus m, aliēnus (la) m
• Macedonian: туѓо́земец m (tuǵózemec), ту́ѓинец m (túǵinec)
• Māori: tarutawhiti, tautangata
• Middle English: alien
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fremmed (no) m

• Persian:

  Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭲𐭪 (ʾnʿtk /⁠anōdag⁠/)

• Polish: obcy (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: estranho (pt) m
• Romanian: străin (ro) m, străină (ro) f
• Russian: чужа́к (ru) m (čužák), прише́лец (ru) m (prišélec), незнако́мец (ru) m (neznakómec), незнако́мка (ru) f (neznakómka), посторо́нний (ru) m (postorónnij), посторо́нняя (ru) f (postorónnjaja)
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach m, coimheach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: изванзема́љац m, свеми́рац m

  Latin: izvanzemáljac (sh) m, svemírac (sh) m

• Sicilian: stranu (scn) m, strana f, furisteri m, furistera f
• Spanish: desconocido (es) m, desconocida (es) f, advena, forastero (es)
• Swedish: främling (sv) c
• Tatar: ят (yat), чит (tt) (çit)
• Turkish: yabancı (tr)
• Ukrainian: чужи́нець m (čužýnecʹ), чужи́й m (čužýj), прибу́лець m (prybúlecʹ)
• Urdu: اجنبی (ur) m (ajnabī)

foreigner

• Albanian: huaj (sq) m (i/e)
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ m (ʔajnabiyy), أَجْنَبِيَّة f (ʔajnabiyya)
• Azerbaijani: xarici (az), əcnəbi (az)
• Bulgarian: чуждене́ц (bg) m (čuždenéc), чужденка́ f (čuždenká)
• Catalan: foraster (ca) m, forastera (ca) f, estrany (ca) m, estranya (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外國人 / 外国人 (zh) (wàiguórén), 外人 (zh) (wàirén), 老外 (zh) (lǎowài) (colloquial)

• Czech: cizinec (cs) m
• Danish: udlænding (da) c
• Dutch: buitenlander (nl) m, allochtoon (nl) m, vluchteling (nl) m, vluchtelinge (nl) f
• Esperanto: alilandano, fremdulo
• Estonian: välismaalane, võõramaalane, muulane
• Finnish: muukalainen (fi), ulkomaalainen (fi), vierasmaalainen (fi)
• French: étranger (fr) m, étrangère (fr) f
• Galician: estranxeiro (gl) m
• Georgian: უცხოელი (ucxoeli), უცხოტომელი (ucxoṭomeli)
• German: Fremder (de) m, Fremde (de) f, Ausländer (de) m, Ausländerin (de) f
• Greek: ξένος (el) m (xénos)
• Hebrew: גֵּר (he) m (ger) (biblical)
• Hindi: विदेशी (hi) m (videśī), अन्यदेशीय (hi) m (anyadeśīya), परदेसी m (pardesī)
• Hungarian: idegen (hu)
• Icelandic: útlendingur (is) m
• Ido: stranjero (io)
• Irish: coimhthíoch m
• Italian: straniero (it) m, forestiero (it) m
• Japanese: 外国人 (ja) (がいこく​じん, gaikokujin), 外人 (ja) (がい​じん, gaijin) (colloquial), 異邦人 (ja) (いほうじん, ihōjin)
• Korean: 외국인(外国人) (ko) (oegugin), 이국인(異国人) (igugin)
• Latin: peregrīnus m, aliēnus (la) m
• Macedonian: стра́нец m (stránec), ту́ѓинец m (túǵinec)
• Māori: tarutawhiti, tautangata
• Middle English: alien
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: اَجْنَبی (ajnabi), خارِجی (xâreji), بیگانِه (bigâne)

• Polish: cudzoziemiec (pl) m pers, obcokrajowiec (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: estrangeiro (pt) m, forasteiro (pt) m
• Romanian: străin (ro) m, străină (ro)
• Russian: иностра́нец (ru) m (inostránec), чужезе́мец (ru) m (čužezémec), иноро́дец (ru) m (inoródec) (non-native)
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach m, coimheach m, Gall m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стра́нац m, туђи́нац m

  Latin: stránac (sh) m, tuđínac (sh) m

• Sicilian: stranu (scn) m, strana f, furisteri m, furistera f
• Spanish: extranjero (es) m, extranjera (es) f
• Swedish: utlänning (sv) c
• Thai: ฝรั่ง (th) (fà-ràng)
• Turkish: yabancı (tr), ecnebi (tr), gavur (tr), el (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: یابانجی (yabancı)

• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎋𐎗 (nkr)
• Ukrainian: інозе́мець m (inozémecʹ), чужозе́мець m (čužozémecʹ)
• Urdu: اَجْنَبی (ur) m (ajnabī), پَرْدیسی m (pardesī), بیگانَہ m (begāna)
• Vietnamese: người nước ngoài, người ngoại quốc

life form of non-Earth origin

• Albanian: jashtëtokësor (sq) m
• Arabic: فَضَائِيّ m (faḍāʔiyy) or فَضَائِيَّة f (faḍāʔiyya); كَائِن فَضَائِيّ m (kāʔin faḍāʔiyy) or كَائِنَة فَضَائِيَّة f (kāʔina(t) faḍāʔiyya)
• Armenian: այլմոլորակային (hy) (aylmolorakayin)
• Azerbaijani: yadplanetli (az), uzaylı
• Belarusian: іншапланеця́нін m (inšaplanjecjánin), іншапланеця́нка f (inšaplanjecjánka), чужапланеця́нін m (čužaplanjecjánin), чужапланеця́нка f (čužaplanjecjánka)
• Bulgarian: извънзе́мен (bg) m (izvănzémen), извънзе́мна (bg) f (izvănzémna)
• Catalan: extraterrestre (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外星人 (zh) (wàixīngrén), 宇宙人 (zh) (yǔzhòurén)

• Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m, mimozemšťanka (cs) f, ufoun (cs) m (colloquial, humble)
• Danish: rumvæsen n, alien c
• Dutch: ruimtewezen (nl) n, alien (nl) m
• Esperanto: aliplanedano, eksterterulo, eksterterano
• Estonian: maaväline olend, tulnukas
• Faroese: rúmdarvera f
• Finnish: avaruusolento (fi), alien (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr) m, alien (fr) m
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m
• Georgian: უცხოპლანეტელი (ucxoṗlaneṭeli), უცხოპლანეტური (ucxoṗlaneṭuri)
• German: Außerirdischer (de) m, Außerirdische (de) f, Alien (de) m or n, Weltraumwesen (de) n
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) m (exogíinos)
• Hebrew: חַיְזָר (he) m (khayzár), חוּצָן (he) m (khutsán)
• Hindi: परग्रही m (paragrahī)
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu), űrlakó, űrlény (hu)
• Icelandic: geimvera (is) f
• Ido: extraterano
• Indonesian: makhluk luar, makhluk angkasa, makhluk asing
• Irish: eachtrán m
• Italian: extraterrestre (it) m or f, alieno (it) m
• Japanese: 宇宙人 (ja) (うちゅ​うじん, uchūjin), 異星人 (ja) (いせいじん, iseijin), エイリアン (ja) (eirian)
• Kazakh: келімсек (kelimsek)
• Korean: 우주인(宇宙人) (ko) (uju'in), 외계인(外界人) (ko) (oegyein), 에일리언 (ko) (eillieon)
• Macedonian: вонзе́мјанин m (vonzémjanin), вонзе́мјанка f (vonzémjanka)
• Malay: makhluk asing (ms)
• Navajo: yótʼááh dineʼé dootłʼizhígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: romvesen n

  Nynorsk: romvesen n

• Persian: بیگانه (fa) (bigane)

  Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭲𐭪 (ʾnʿtk /⁠anōdag⁠/)

• Polish: obcy (pl) m pers, kosmita (pl) m pers, istota pozaziemska f, ufoludek (pl) m pers, zielony ludzik (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: alienígena (pt) m or f, extraterrestre (pt) m or f, alien (pt) m or f
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro) m, extraterestră (ro) f
• Russian: инопланетя́нин (ru) m (inoplanetjánin), инопланетя́нка (ru) f (inoplanetjánka), инопланетя́не pl (inoplanetjáne), прише́лец (ru) m (prišélec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ванзема́љац m, изванзема́љац m, свеми́рац m

  Latin: vanzemáljac (sh) m, izvanzemáljac (sh) m, svemírac (sh) m

• Sicilian: stratirrestri m or f or m pl or f pl, alienu m, aliena f
• Slovak: mimozemšťan (sk) m, mimozemšťanka (sk) f
• Slovene: nezemljan m, nezemljanka f
• Spanish: extraterrestre (es) m or f, alienígena (es) m or f
• Swedish: utomjording (sv) c, utomjordling c, rymdvarelse (sv) c
• Thai: มนุษย์ต่างดาว (th) (má-nút-dtàang-daao)
• Turkish: uzaylı (tr)
• Ukrainian: іншопланетя́нин m (inšoplanetjányn), іншопланетя́нка f (inšoplanetjánka), чужопланетя́нин m (čužoplanetjányn), чужопланетя́нка f (čužoplanetjánka), інопланетя́нин m (inoplanetjányn), інопланетя́нка f (inoplanetjánka)
• Vietnamese: người ngoài hành tinh

Adjective

alien (comparative more alien, superlative most alien)

1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

   Synonyms: allotrious, strange; see also Thesaurus:foreign

   alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

2. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

   Synonyms: monstrous, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange

   principles alien to our religion

   • 1799–1805 (date written), William Wordsworth, “(please specify the page)”, in The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind; an Autobiographical Poem, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

     An alien sound of melancholy.

3. Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.

   Synonyms: extraterrestrial, nonterrestrial, xenomorphic

   • 1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 8:

     It had a peculiar alien tallness, a peculiar alien flattened head, peculiar slitty little alien eyes[.]

Translations

not belonging to the same country

• Bulgarian: чужд (bg) (čužd), чуждестранен (bg) (čuždestranen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外來的 / 外来的 (zh) (wàilái de)

• Danish: udenlandsk (da)
• Dutch: buitenlands (nl), allochtoon (nl)
• Estonian: välismaine, võõramaine
• Finnish: vierasmaalainen (fi)
• French: étranger (fr)
• Galician: estranxeiro (gl) m, estranxeira f
• German: ausländisch (de), fremd (de), fremdländisch (de), auswärtig (de)
• Greek: ξένος (el) (xénos)

  Ancient Greek: ξένος (xénos), ἀλλότριος (allótrios)

• Hindi: विदेशी (hi) (videśī)
• Indonesian: asing (id)
• Irish: coimhthíoch
• Japanese: 外来の (ja) (gairai no), 外国の (ja) (gaikoku no)
• Latin: aliēnus (la), peregrīnus
• Macedonian: стра́нски (stránski), туѓ (tuǵ)
• Māori: tautangata
• Middle English: alien
• Polish: cudzoziemski (pl)
• Portuguese: alienígena (pt)
• Romanian: străin (ro)
• Spanish: alienígena (es)
• Swedish: främmande (sv)
• Thai: ต่างประเทศ (th) (dtàang-bprà-têet), ต่างด้าว (th) (dtàang-dâao)
• Ukrainian: інозе́мний (inozémnyj), чужозе́мний (čužozémnyj)

very unfamiliar, strange

• Armenian: օտար (hy) (ōtar)
• Catalan: aliè (ca), (Valencian) alié
• Danish: fremmedartet
• Dutch: vreemd (nl)
• Esperanto: fremda (eo)
• Estonian: võõras
• Finnish: vieras (fi)
• Galician: estraño (gl) m, estraña f
• German: fremd (de), fremdartig (de)
• Greek: ξένος (el) (xénos)
• Hindi: अपरिचित (hi) (apricit), अनजान (hi) (anjān)
• Indonesian: pendatang baru
• Irish: coimhthíoch
• Japanese: 相容れない (ja) (aiirenai), 異質な (ja) (ishitsu na)
• Kazakh: бөгде (bögde)
• Latin: aliēnus (la)
• Macedonian: туѓ (tuǵ)
• Norwegian: fremmed (no)
• Portuguese: alheio (pt)
• Romanian: nefamiliar
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach
• Spanish: ajeno (es), alienígeno (es)
• Swedish: främmande (sv)
• Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj)

pertaining to extraterrestrial life

• Armenian: այլմոլորակային (hy) (aylmolorakayin)
• Catalan: alienígena, extraterrestre (ca)
• Dutch: buitenaards (nl)
• Esperanto: eksterterula
• Estonian: maaväline
• Finnish: avaruusolio- (fi), avaruusolento- (fi), muukalainen (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr) m or f
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m or f
• German: außerirdisch (de)
• Hindi: परग्रही (paragrahī)
• Italian: extraterrestre (it) m or f
• Macedonian: вонзе́мјански (vonzémjanski), во́нземен (vónzemen)
• Norwegian: utenomjordisk m
• Portuguese: alienígena (pt), extraterrestre (pt) m
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro)
• Spanish: alienígena (es), extraterrestre (es)
• Swedish: utomjordisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: інопланетний (inoplanetnyj), позаземний (pozazemnyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} ikkejordisk
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} idegen (hu)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} extraterala
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} makhluk luar angkasa
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} coimheach

Verb

alien (third-person singular simple present aliens, present participle aliening, simple past and past participle aliened)

2. (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
3. (law) To transfer the ownership of something.

Alternative forms

• aliene

Anagrams

• linea, laine, elain, anile, Aline, liane, Eilan, Elian, Elina, aline, A-line, Elain, Nelia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈli.ən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈli.en]

Verb

alien

1. third-person plural present indicative of aliar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English alien (“stranger, foreigner”), from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, from Latin aliēnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.li.ən/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ali‧en

Noun

alien m (plural aliens, no diminutive)

1. an alien, an extraterrestrial

   Synonyms: buitenaards wezen, ruimtewezen

Finnish

Etymology

From English alien, probably inspired by Ridley Scott's film Alien from 1979.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlien/, [ˈɑ̝lie̞n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯lien/, [ˈe̞i̯lie̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑlien
• Syllabification^(key): a‧li‧en
• Hyphenation^(key): ali‧en

Noun

alien

1. alien, extraterrestial (extraterrestrial creature, especially a dangerous one)

   Synonym: avaruusolento

Declension

Inflection of alien (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		alien	alienit
genitive		alienin	alienien alieneiden alieneitten
partitive		alienia	alieneita alieneja
illative		alieniin	alieneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		alien	alienit
accusative	nom.	alien	alienit
	gen.	alienin
genitive		alienin	alienien alieneiden alieneitten
partitive		alienia	alieneita alieneja
inessive		alienissa	alieneissa
elative		alienista	alieneista
illative		alieniin	alieneihin
adessive		alienilla	alieneilla
ablative		alienilta	alieneilta
allative		alienille	alieneille
essive		alienina	alieneina
translative		alieniksi	alieneiksi
abessive		alienitta	alieneitta
instructive		—	alienein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of alien (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative alienini alienini accusative nom. alienini alienini gen. alienini genitive alienini alienieni alieneideni alieneitteni partitive alieniani alieneitani alienejani inessive alienissani alieneissani elative alienistani alieneistani illative alieniini alieneihini adessive alienillani alieneillani ablative alieniltani alieneiltani allative alienilleni alieneilleni essive alieninani alieneinani translative alienikseni alieneikseni abessive alienittani alieneittani instructive — — comitative — alieneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative alienisi alienisi accusative nom. alienisi alienisi gen. alienisi genitive alienisi alieniesi alieneidesi alieneittesi partitive alieniasi alieneitasi alienejasi inessive alienissasi alieneissasi elative alienistasi alieneistasi illative alieniisi alieneihisi adessive alienillasi alieneillasi ablative alieniltasi alieneiltasi allative alienillesi alieneillesi essive alieninasi alieneinasi translative alieniksesi alieneiksesi abessive alienittasi alieneittasi instructive — — comitative — alieneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative alienimme alienimme accusative nom. alienimme alienimme gen. alienimme genitive alienimme alieniemme alieneidemme alieneittemme partitive alieniamme alieneitamme alienejamme inessive alienissamme alieneissamme elative alienistamme alieneistamme illative alieniimme alieneihimme adessive alienillamme alieneillamme ablative alieniltamme alieneiltamme allative alienillemme alieneillemme essive alieninamme alieneinamme translative alieniksemme alieneiksemme abessive alienittamme alieneittamme instructive — — comitative — alieneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative alieninne alieninne accusative nom. alieninne alieninne gen. alieninne genitive alieninne alienienne alieneidenne alieneittenne partitive alienianne alieneitanne alienejanne inessive alienissanne alieneissanne elative alienistanne alieneistanne illative alieniinne alieneihinne adessive alienillanne alieneillanne ablative alieniltanne alieneiltanne allative alienillenne alieneillenne essive alieninanne alieneinanne translative alieniksenne alieneiksenne abessive alienittanne alieneittanne instructive — — comitative — alieneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative alieninsa alieninsa accusative nom. alieninsa alieninsa gen. alieninsa genitive alieninsa alieniensa alieneidensa alieneittensa partitive alieniaan alieniansa alieneitaan alienejaan alieneitansa alienejansa inessive alienissaan alienissansa alieneissaan alieneissansa elative alienistaan alienistansa alieneistaan alieneistansa illative alieniinsa alieneihinsa adessive alienillaan alienillansa alieneillaan alieneillansa ablative alieniltaan alieniltansa alieneiltaan alieneiltansa allative alienilleen alienillensa alieneilleen alieneillensa essive alieninaan alieninansa alieneinaan alieneinansa translative alienikseen alieniksensa alieneikseen alieneiksensa abessive alienittaan alienittansa alieneittaan alieneittansa instructive — — comitative — alieneineen alieneinensa

Inflection of alien (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		alien	alienit
genitive		alienin	alienien alieneiden alieneitten
partitive		alieniä	alieneitä alienejä
illative		alieniin	alieneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		alien	alienit
accusative	nom.	alien	alienit
	gen.	alienin
genitive		alienin	alienien alieneiden alieneitten
partitive		alieniä	alieneitä alienejä
inessive		alienissä	alieneissä
elative		alienistä	alieneistä
illative		alieniin	alieneihin
adessive		alienillä	alieneillä
ablative		alieniltä	alieneiltä
allative		alienille	alieneille
essive		alieninä	alieneinä
translative		alieniksi	alieneiksi
abessive		alienittä	alieneittä
instructive		—	alienein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of alien (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative alienini alienini accusative nom. alienini alienini gen. alienini genitive alienini alienieni alieneideni alieneitteni partitive alieniäni alieneitäni alienejäni inessive alienissäni alieneissäni elative alienistäni alieneistäni illative alieniini alieneihini adessive alienilläni alieneilläni ablative alieniltäni alieneiltäni allative alienilleni alieneilleni essive alieninäni alieneinäni translative alienikseni alieneikseni abessive alienittäni alieneittäni instructive — — comitative — alieneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative alienisi alienisi accusative nom. alienisi alienisi gen. alienisi genitive alienisi alieniesi alieneidesi alieneittesi partitive alieniäsi alieneitäsi alienejäsi inessive alienissäsi alieneissäsi elative alienistäsi alieneistäsi illative alieniisi alieneihisi adessive alienilläsi alieneilläsi ablative alieniltäsi alieneiltäsi allative alienillesi alieneillesi essive alieninäsi alieneinäsi translative alieniksesi alieneiksesi abessive alienittäsi alieneittäsi instructive — — comitative — alieneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative alienimme alienimme accusative nom. alienimme alienimme gen. alienimme genitive alienimme alieniemme alieneidemme alieneittemme partitive alieniämme alieneitämme alienejämme inessive alienissämme alieneissämme elative alienistämme alieneistämme illative alieniimme alieneihimme adessive alienillämme alieneillämme ablative alieniltämme alieneiltämme allative alienillemme alieneillemme essive alieninämme alieneinämme translative alieniksemme alieneiksemme abessive alienittämme alieneittämme instructive — — comitative — alieneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative alieninne alieninne accusative nom. alieninne alieninne gen. alieninne genitive alieninne alienienne alieneidenne alieneittenne partitive alieniänne alieneitänne alienejänne inessive alienissänne alieneissänne elative alienistänne alieneistänne illative alieniinne alieneihinne adessive alienillänne alieneillänne ablative alieniltänne alieneiltänne allative alienillenne alieneillenne essive alieninänne alieneinänne translative alieniksenne alieneiksenne abessive alienittänne alieneittänne instructive — — comitative — alieneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative alieninsä alieninsä accusative nom. alieninsä alieninsä gen. alieninsä genitive alieninsä alieniensä alieneidensä alieneittensä partitive alieniään alieniänsä alieneitään alienejään alieneitänsä alienejänsä inessive alienissään alienissänsä alieneissään alieneissänsä elative alienistään alienistänsä alieneistään alieneistänsä illative alieniinsä alieneihinsä adessive alienillään alienillänsä alieneillään alieneillänsä ablative alieniltään alieniltänsä alieneiltään alieneiltänsä allative alienilleen alienillensä alieneilleen alieneillensä essive alieninään alieninänsä alieneinään alieneinänsä translative alienikseen alieniksensä alieneikseen alieneiksensä abessive alienittään alienittänsä alieneittään alieneittänsä instructive — — comitative — alieneineen alieneinensä

Further reading

• “alien”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English alien (“stranger, foreigner”), from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, from Latin aliēnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ljɛn/

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Noun

alien m (plural aliens)

1. alien (extraterrestrial)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English alien, from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈliɛn/ [aˈli.ɛn]
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Syllabification: a‧li‧en

Noun

alien (plural alien-alien)

1. alien
   1. person, etc. from outside
   2. (government immigration) foreigner
   3. life form of non-Earth origin

Further reading

• “alien”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus. Some forms (chiefly nominal) show assimilation to the suffix -ant.

Alternative forms

• alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːliˈɛːn/, /ˈaːliɛn/, /ˈaːliən/
• (with assimilation) IPA^(key): /ˈaːliant/, /ˈaːliau̯nt/

Noun

alien (plural aliens)

1. An outsider or foreign person, especially if resident in one's nation.
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[4], published c. 1410, Joon 10:5, folio 49, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     But þei ſuen not an alien · but fleen from hym .· foꝛ þei han not knowen þe vois of aliens

     But they don't follow a stranger; they'll flee from them instead, because they don't recognise strangers' voices.

2. One who is alien in some other way (e.g. religion, family)
3. (rare) An unlawful occupier or possessor of land.

Related terms

• alienacioun
• alienat
• alienen
• alienyng

Descendants

• English: alien
• Scots: alien, awlien

References

• “āliē̆n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 February 2019.

Adjective

alien (plural and weak singular aliene)

1. Outside, alien, foreign; from or relating to another nation.
2. Religiously outside; heretical, erring; of false religion or morals.
3. Distant, isolated, secure, away (from something)
4. (rare) Under the authority of other nation's religious institutions.
5. (rare) Not relating to or of oneself; not natural (to one's body).
6. (rare) Bizarre, weird, exotic.

Descendants

• English: alien
• Scots: alien, awlien

References

• “āliēn, ālien, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 February 2019.

Etymology 2

From Old French alier.

Verb

alien

1. alternative form of allien

Old French

Etymology

From Latin aliēnus.

Adjective

alien m (feminine aliene)

1. alien; foreign; non-native
   • 11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525

     alienes terres

     foreign lands

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	aliens	aliene	alien
	oblique	alien			aliene	alien
plural	subject	alien	alienes		alien
	oblique	aliens			alienes	alien

Noun

alien oblique singular, m (oblique plural aliens, nominative singular aliens, nominative plural alien)

1. alien (a non-native)

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine
singular	subject	aliens	aliene
	oblique	alien	aliene
plural	subject	alien	alienes
	oblique	aliens	alienes

Descendants

• → Middle English: alien, alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant
  • English: alien
  • Scots: alien, awlien

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• álien

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”). Doublet of alheio.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.ẽj̃/ [ˈa.li.ẽɪ̯̃], (faster) /ˈa.ljẽj̃/ [ˈa.ljẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ljɛn/

Noun

alien m (plural aliens)

1. alien; extraterrestrial life form

   Synonyms: alienígena, ET, extraterrestre

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alién

Etymology

English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”). Or clipping of alienígena

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaljen/ [ˈa.ljẽn], /ˈeiljen/ [ˈei̯.ljẽn]
• Rhymes: -aljen, -eiljen
• Syllabification: a‧lien

Noun

alien m (plural aliens)

1. alien; extraterrestrial life form

   Synonyms: ET, extraterrestre

Further reading

• “alien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026