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

present participle of foreignize

That makes foreign.

plural of foreign

The process of making something foreign. / (translation studies) The act of foreignizing a text.

(UK, informal, derogatory) Foreigners collectively; people who are not British.

(countable, finance) A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.

Any language not native to particular person or place.

Matters or news occurring abroad. / Policy of a government in dealing with other countries or with activities overseas.

A government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations. / Used retrospectively, the sum of a leader or government's dealings and relations with other nations.