(transitive) To make foreign. / (transitive, translation studies) To keep foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.

simple past tense and past participle of foreignize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreignize

A person from a foreign country. / A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

(now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country. / (obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group. / (obsolete) A non-guildmember. / (obsolete) A foreign ship.

Located outside a country or place, especially one's own. / Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

plural of foreigner

plural of foreignness

plural of foreignism

A trait, custom, phrase or characteristic typical of a foreign country or language.