Definizione monolingua

alien

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.

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.
   • 1773, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, Volume 1 (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.

   • 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 origin.

alien (comparative more alien, superlative most alien)

1. Pertaining to an alien.
2. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

Definizione dizionario alien

	straniero
	person, etc. from outside
	foreigner
	Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
	A person who comes from a foreign country.

	alieno
	life form of non-Earth origin

	extraterrestre
	life form of non-Earth origin
	A creature from another planet.

	forestiero
	foreigner

estraneo

altrui

estero

orrendo

orribile

straniera

Altri significati:

A foreigner residing in a country.

Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.

(transitive) To estrange; to alienate.

alien (from another planet)

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

Pertaining to an alien

Pertaining to an alien.

Being unfamiliar with

Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

(law) To transfer the ownership of something.