alienとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.li.ən/

名詞

alien (複数形 aliens)

1. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
2. A foreigner residing in a country.
   • 1773, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, fifth edition, 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. Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
4. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
   • Bible, Ephes. ii. 12

     Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.

同意語

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

関連する語

形容詞

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.

   alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

2. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

   principles alien to our religion

   • (Can we date this quote?), Wordsworth, (Please provide the book title または journal name):

     An alien sound of melancholy.

3. Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.

動詞

alien (三人称単数 現在形 aliens, 現在分詞 aliening, 過去形および過去分詞形 aliened)

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

別の表記

• aliene

アナグラム

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