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Definition alien

Etymology

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

Noun

alien (plural 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.
3. Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.
4. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

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.
2. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
3. Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.

Verb

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

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

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