alien

third-person plural present indicative of aliar


alien

Borrowed from English alien (“stranger, foreigner”), from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, from Latin aliēnus.


alien

An animated film intended to inform travellers about the dangers that alien species present to Arctic ecosystems is being released today. The message is that it is important to ensure that nobody accidentally brings alien species with them as stowaways in their clothing, baggage or equipment.

2023 March 21 (last accessed), NOBANIS: European Network on Invasive Species:

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

An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them.

1773, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, 5th edition, volume 1, page 372:

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.

1831, John Marshall, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, U.S. Government:

I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
 I'm an Englishman in New York

1987, “Englishman in New York”, in …Nothing Like the Sun, performed by Sting:

Aliens are aliens because of persecution or war or hardship or famine.

2004, Wesley Campbell, Stephen Court, Be a hero: the battle for mercy and social justice, Destiny Image Publishers, page 74:

(sometimes derogatory) A person in a country not their own.

You might not have much use for me. You spend too much time with the damn aliens, pretending your time in the gangs back on Earth never happened. I know you weren't happy when I found you at the Citadel a couple years back.
But I'm glad you're on this. I hope you find whoever took my people on Freedom's Progress and kick their scaly asses. I'm glad it's a human finding these bastards.

2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Hello from the Reds:

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

[…]aliens from the common wealth of Iſrael[…]

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 2:12, column 2:

The One Who, in this marvellous utterance, brings those who were by nature aliens and enemies of God into intimate and holy relations with God the Father, is the very One Who had to come to offer that Sacrifice without which such relationship would have been forever an impossibility; without which there would have been nothing for the best of men but death and judgment and the lake of fire.

1928, Philip Mauro, “The Character of the Sermon on the Mount”, in The Gospel of the Kingdom, with an Examination of Modern Dispensationalism (Religion), Boston: Hamilton Brothers, →OCLC, page 182:

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

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.


alien

alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

principles alien to our religion

An alien sound of melancholy.

It had a peculiar alien tallness, a peculiar alien flattened head, peculiar slitty little alien eyes[.]

1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 8:

Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.

en-adj

alien (comparative more alien, superlative most alien)

more alien (comparative)
most alien (superlative)
alyaunte (alternative)


alien

(law) To transfer the ownership of something.

en-verb

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

aliens (present singular third-person)
aliening (participle present)
aliened (participle past)
aliened (past)
aliene (alternative)
alyaunte (alternative)


alien

alien, extraterrestial (extraterrestrial creature, especially a dangerous one)

alien (nominative singular)
alienit (nominative plural)
alien (accusative nominative singular)
alienit (accusative nominative plural)
alienin (accusative genitive singular)
alienit (accusative genitive plural)
alienin (genitive singular)
alienien (genitive plural)
alieneiden (genitive plural)
alieneitten (genitive plural)
alienia (partitive singular)
alieneita (partitive plural)
alieneja (partitive plural)
alienissa (inessive singular)
alieneissa (inessive plural)
alienista (elative singular)
alieneista (elative plural)
alieniin (illative singular)
alieneihin (illative plural)
alienilla (adessive singular)
alieneilla (adessive plural)
alienilta (ablative singular)
alieneilta (ablative plural)
alienille (allative singular)
alieneille (allative plural)
alienina (essive singular)
alieneina (essive plural)
alieniksi (singular translative)
alieneiksi (plural translative)
alienitta (abessive singular)
alieneitta (abessive plural)
alienein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
alienini (nominative singular)
alienini (nominative plural)
alienini (accusative nominative singular)
alienini (accusative nominative plural)
alienini (accusative genitive singular)
alienini (accusative genitive plural)
alienini (genitive singular)
alienieni (genitive plural)
alieneideni (genitive plural)
alieneitteni (genitive plural)
alieniani (partitive singular)
alieneitani (partitive plural)
alienejani (partitive plural)
alienissani (inessive singular)
alieneissani (inessive plural)
alienistani (elative singular)
alieneistani (elative plural)
alieniini (illative singular)
alieneihini (illative plural)
alienillani (adessive singular)
alieneillani (adessive plural)
alieniltani (ablative singular)
alieneiltani (ablative plural)
alienilleni (allative singular)
alieneilleni (allative plural)
alieninani (essive singular)
alieneinani (essive plural)
alienikseni (singular translative)
alieneikseni (plural translative)
alienittani (abessive singular)
alieneittani (abessive plural)
alieneineni (comitative plural)
alienisi (nominative singular)
alienisi (nominative plural)
alienisi (accusative nominative singular)
alienisi (accusative nominative plural)
alienisi (accusative genitive singular)
alienisi (accusative genitive plural)
alienisi (genitive singular)
alieniesi (genitive plural)
alieneidesi (genitive plural)
alieneittesi (genitive plural)
alieniasi (partitive singular)
alieneitasi (partitive plural)
alienejasi (partitive plural)
alienissasi (inessive singular)
alieneissasi (inessive plural)
alienistasi (elative singular)
alieneistasi (elative plural)
alieniisi (illative singular)
alieneihisi (illative plural)
alienillasi (adessive singular)
alieneillasi (adessive plural)
alieniltasi (ablative singular)
alieneiltasi (ablative plural)
alienillesi (allative singular)
alieneillesi (allative plural)
alieninasi (essive singular)
alieneinasi (essive plural)
alieniksesi (singular translative)
alieneiksesi (plural translative)
alienittasi (abessive singular)
alieneittasi (abessive plural)
alieneinesi (comitative plural)
alienimme (nominative singular)
alienimme (nominative plural)
alienimme (accusative nominative singular)
alienimme (accusative nominative plural)
alienimme (accusative genitive singular)
alienimme (accusative genitive plural)
alienimme (genitive singular)
alieniemme (genitive plural)
alieneidemme (genitive plural)
alieneittemme (genitive plural)
alieniamme (partitive singular)
alieneitamme (partitive plural)
alienejamme (partitive plural)
alienissamme (inessive singular)
alieneissamme (inessive plural)
alienistamme (elative singular)
alieneistamme (elative plural)
alieniimme (illative singular)
alieneihimme (illative plural)
alienillamme (adessive singular)
alieneillamme (adessive plural)
alieniltamme (ablative singular)
alieneiltamme (ablative plural)
alienillemme (allative singular)
alieneillemme (allative plural)
alieninamme (essive singular)
alieneinamme (essive plural)
alieniksemme (singular translative)
alieneiksemme (plural translative)
alienittamme (abessive singular)
alieneittamme (abessive plural)
alieneinemme (comitative plural)
alieninne (nominative singular)
alieninne (nominative plural)
alieninne (accusative nominative singular)
alieninne (accusative nominative plural)
alieninne (accusative genitive singular)
alieninne (accusative genitive plural)
alieninne (genitive singular)
alienienne (genitive plural)
alieneidenne (genitive plural)
alieneittenne (genitive plural)
alienianne (partitive singular)
alieneitanne (partitive plural)
alienejanne (partitive plural)
alienissanne (inessive singular)
alieneissanne (inessive plural)
alienistanne (elative singular)
alieneistanne (elative plural)
alieniinne (illative singular)
alieneihinne (illative plural)
alienillanne (adessive singular)
alieneillanne (adessive plural)
alieniltanne (ablative singular)
alieneiltanne (ablative plural)
alienillenne (allative singular)
alieneillenne (allative plural)
alieninanne (essive singular)
alieneinanne (essive plural)
alieniksenne (singular translative)
alieneiksenne (plural translative)
alienittanne (abessive singular)
alieneittanne (abessive plural)
alieneinenne (comitative plural)
alieninsa (nominative singular)
alieninsa (nominative plural)
alieninsa (accusative nominative singular)
alieninsa (accusative nominative plural)
alieninsa (accusative genitive singular)
alieninsa (accusative genitive plural)
alieninsa (genitive singular)
alieniensa (genitive plural)
alieneidensa (genitive plural)
alieneittensa (genitive plural)
alieniaan (partitive singular)
alieniansa (partitive singular)
alieneitaan (partitive plural)
alienejaan (partitive plural)
alieneitansa (partitive plural)
alienejansa (partitive plural)
alienissaan (inessive singular)
alienissansa (inessive singular)
alieneissaan (inessive plural)
alieneissansa (inessive plural)
alienistaan (elative singular)
alienistansa (elative singular)
alieneistaan (elative plural)
alieneistansa (elative plural)
alieniinsa (illative singular)
alieneihinsa (illative plural)
alienillaan (adessive singular)
alienillansa (adessive singular)
alieneillaan (adessive plural)
alieneillansa (adessive plural)
alieniltaan (ablative singular)
alieniltansa (ablative singular)
alieneiltaan (ablative plural)
alieneiltansa (ablative plural)
alienilleen (allative singular)
alienillensa (allative singular)
alieneilleen (allative plural)
alieneillensa (allative plural)
alieninaan (essive singular)
alieninansa (essive singular)
alieneinaan (essive plural)
alieneinansa (essive plural)
alienikseen (singular translative)
alieniksensa (singular translative)
alieneikseen (plural translative)
alieneiksensa (plural translative)
alienittaan (abessive singular)
alienittansa (abessive singular)
alieneittaan (abessive plural)
alieneittansa (abessive plural)
alieneineen (comitative plural)
alieneinensa (comitative plural)
alien (nominative singular)
alienit (nominative plural)
alien (accusative nominative singular)
alienit (accusative nominative plural)
alienin (accusative genitive singular)
alienit (accusative genitive plural)
alienin (genitive singular)
alienien (genitive plural)
alieneiden (genitive plural)
alieneitten (genitive plural)
alieniä (partitive singular)
alieneitä (partitive plural)
alienejä (partitive plural)
alienissä (inessive singular)
alieneissä (inessive plural)
alienistä (elative singular)
alieneistä (elative plural)
alieniin (illative singular)
alieneihin (illative plural)
alienillä (adessive singular)
alieneillä (adessive plural)
alieniltä (ablative singular)
alieneiltä (ablative plural)
alienille (allative singular)
alieneille (allative plural)
alieninä (essive singular)
alieneinä (essive plural)
alieniksi (singular translative)
alieneiksi (plural translative)
alienittä (abessive singular)
alieneittä (abessive plural)
alienein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
alienini (nominative singular)
alienini (nominative plural)
alienini (accusative nominative singular)
alienini (accusative nominative plural)
alienini (accusative genitive singular)
alienini (accusative genitive plural)
alienini (genitive singular)
alienieni (genitive plural)
alieneideni (genitive plural)
alieneitteni (genitive plural)
alieniäni (partitive singular)
alieneitäni (partitive plural)
alienejäni (partitive plural)
alienissäni (inessive singular)
alieneissäni (inessive plural)
alienistäni (elative singular)
alieneistäni (elative plural)
alieniini (illative singular)
alieneihini (illative plural)
alienilläni (adessive singular)
alieneilläni (adessive plural)
alieniltäni (ablative singular)
alieneiltäni (ablative plural)
alienilleni (allative singular)
alieneilleni (allative plural)
alieninäni (essive singular)
alieneinäni (essive plural)
alienikseni (singular translative)
alieneikseni (plural translative)
alienittäni (abessive singular)
alieneittäni (abessive plural)
alieneineni (comitative plural)
alienisi (nominative singular)
alienisi (nominative plural)
alienisi (accusative nominative singular)
alienisi (accusative nominative plural)
alienisi (accusative genitive singular)
alienisi (accusative genitive plural)
alienisi (genitive singular)
alieniesi (genitive plural)
alieneidesi (genitive plural)
alieneittesi (genitive plural)
alieniäsi (partitive singular)
alieneitäsi (partitive plural)
alienejäsi (partitive plural)
alienissäsi (inessive singular)
alieneissäsi (inessive plural)
alienistäsi (elative singular)
alieneistäsi (elative plural)
alieniisi (illative singular)
alieneihisi (illative plural)
alienilläsi (adessive singular)
alieneilläsi (adessive plural)
alieniltäsi (ablative singular)
alieneiltäsi (ablative plural)
alienillesi (allative singular)
alieneillesi (allative plural)
alieninäsi (essive singular)
alieneinäsi (essive plural)
alieniksesi (singular translative)
alieneiksesi (plural translative)
alienittäsi (abessive singular)
alieneittäsi (abessive plural)
alieneinesi (comitative plural)
alienimme (nominative singular)
alienimme (nominative plural)
alienimme (accusative nominative singular)
alienimme (accusative nominative plural)
alienimme (accusative genitive singular)
alienimme (accusative genitive plural)
alienimme (genitive singular)
alieniemme (genitive plural)
alieneidemme (genitive plural)
alieneittemme (genitive plural)
alieniämme (partitive singular)
alieneitämme (partitive plural)
alienejämme (partitive plural)
alienissämme (inessive singular)
alieneissämme (inessive plural)
alienistämme (elative singular)
alieneistämme (elative plural)
alieniimme (illative singular)
alieneihimme (illative plural)
alienillämme (adessive singular)
alieneillämme (adessive plural)
alieniltämme (ablative singular)
alieneiltämme (ablative plural)
alienillemme (allative singular)
alieneillemme (allative plural)
alieninämme (essive singular)
alieneinämme (essive plural)
alieniksemme (singular translative)
alieneiksemme (plural translative)
alienittämme (abessive singular)
alieneittämme (abessive plural)
alieneinemme (comitative plural)
alieninne (nominative singular)
alieninne (nominative plural)
alieninne (accusative nominative singular)
alieninne (accusative nominative plural)
alieninne (accusative genitive singular)
alieninne (accusative genitive plural)
alieninne (genitive singular)
alienienne (genitive plural)
alieneidenne (genitive plural)
alieneittenne (genitive plural)
alieniänne (partitive singular)
alieneitänne (partitive plural)
alienejänne (partitive plural)
alienissänne (inessive singular)
alieneissänne (inessive plural)
alienistänne (elative singular)
alieneistänne (elative plural)
alieniinne (illative singular)
alieneihinne (illative plural)
alienillänne (adessive singular)
alieneillänne (adessive plural)
alieniltänne (ablative singular)
alieneiltänne (ablative plural)
alienillenne (allative singular)
alieneillenne (allative plural)
alieninänne (essive singular)
alieneinänne (essive plural)
alieniksenne (singular translative)
alieneiksenne (plural translative)
alienittänne (abessive singular)
alieneittänne (abessive plural)
alieneinenne (comitative plural)
alieninsä (nominative singular)
alieninsä (nominative plural)
alieninsä (accusative nominative singular)
alieninsä (accusative nominative plural)
alieninsä (accusative genitive singular)
alieninsä (accusative genitive plural)
alieninsä (genitive singular)
alieniensä (genitive plural)
alieneidensä (genitive plural)
alieneittensä (genitive plural)
alieniään (partitive singular)
alieniänsä (partitive singular)
alieneitään (partitive plural)
alienejään (partitive plural)
alieneitänsä (partitive plural)
alienejänsä (partitive plural)
alienissään (inessive singular)
alienissänsä (inessive singular)
alieneissään (inessive plural)
alieneissänsä (inessive plural)
alienistään (elative singular)
alienistänsä (elative singular)
alieneistään (elative plural)
alieneistänsä (elative plural)
alieniinsä (illative singular)
alieneihinsä (illative plural)
alienillään (adessive singular)
alienillänsä (adessive singular)
alieneillään (adessive plural)
alieneillänsä (adessive plural)
alieniltään (ablative singular)
alieniltänsä (ablative singular)
alieneiltään (ablative plural)
alieneiltänsä (ablative plural)
alienilleen (allative singular)
alienillensä (allative singular)
alieneilleen (allative plural)
alieneillensä (allative plural)
alieninään (essive singular)
alieninänsä (essive singular)
alieneinään (essive plural)
alieneinänsä (essive plural)
alienikseen (singular translative)
alieniksensä (singular translative)
alieneikseen (plural translative)
alieneiksensä (plural translative)
alienittään (abessive singular)
alienittänsä (abessive singular)
alieneittään (abessive plural)
alieneittänsä (abessive plural)
alieneineen (comitative plural)
alieneinensä (comitative plural)

< English alien, from Ridley Scott's film Alien from 1979.


alien

bor+

Borrowed from English alien (“stranger, foreigner”)


alien

But þei ſuen not an alien · but fleen from hym .· foꝛ þei han not knowen þe vois of aliens

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 10:5, page 49v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

But they don't follow a stranger; they'll flee from them instead, because they don't recognise strangers' voices.

An outsider or foreign person, especially if resident in one's nation.

One who is alien in some other way (e.g. religion, family)

(rare) An unlawful occupier or possessor of land.

aliens (plural)
alyon (alternative)
alean (alternative)
alyen (alternative)
aliand (alternative)
aliaund (alternative)
aliant (alternative)
alyant (alternative)

English: alien

Scots: alien, awlien

From Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus. Some forms (chiefly nominal) show assimilation to the suffix -ant.


alien

Outside, alien, foreign; from or relating to another nation.

Religiously outside; heretical, erring; of false religion or morals.

Distant, isolated, secure, away (from something)

(rare) Under the authority of other nation's religious institutions.

(rare) Not relating to or of oneself; not natural (to one's body).

aliene (plural)
aliene (singular weak)
alyon (alternative)
alean (alternative)
alyen (alternative)
aliand (alternative)
aliaund (alternative)
aliant (alternative)
alyant (alternative)

English: alien

Scots: alien, awlien


alien

11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525

head

alien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aliene)

aliene (feminine nominative oblique singular)
aliens (masculine singular subjective)
aliene (feminine singular subjective)
alien (neuter singular subjective)
alien (masculine oblique singular)
aliene (feminine oblique singular)
alien (neuter oblique singular)
aliene (oblique singular)
alien (oblique singular)
alien (masculine plural subjective)
alienes (feminine plural subjective)
alien (neuter plural subjective)
alien (plural subjective)
aliens (masculine oblique plural)
alienes (feminine oblique plural)
alien (neuter oblique plural)
alienes (oblique plural)
alien (oblique plural)


alien

fro-noun

alien oblique singular, m (oblique plural aliens, nominative singular aliens, nominative plural alien)

alien oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
aliens (oblique plural)
aliens (nominative singular)
alien (nominative plural)
aliens (masculine singular subjective)
aliene (feminine singular subjective)
alien (masculine oblique singular)
aliene (feminine oblique singular)
alien (masculine plural subjective)
alienes (feminine plural subjective)
aliens (masculine oblique plural)
alienes (feminine oblique plural)

desctree

→ Middle English: alien, alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant
English: alien
Scots: alien, awlien


alien

[ˈa.lɪ.ẽɪ̯̃]

Unadapted borrowing from English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”). Doublet of alheio.


alien

English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”). Or clipping of alienígena