Also means
foreign (adjective)
Usage Note
Étranger is both a noun (un étranger, a foreigner) and an adjective (un pays étranger, a foreign country). The feminine forms are étrangère. The phrase à l'étranger means 'abroad': vivre à l'étranger (to live abroad). The word covers both 'stranger' (unknown person) and 'foreigner' depending on context.
Examples
"Il vit à l'étranger depuis dix ans."
Natural Translation
He has been living abroad for ten years.
Literal Translation
He lives in-the-foreign since ten years.
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