alien

extraterrestre

Être vivant venant d’une autre planète ou d’un endroit situé hors de la Terre.

En anglais simple : A living creature from another planet or somewhere beyond Earth.

• The alien came from another planet.
• In the film, aliens land near a school.
• Would you be afraid to meet an alien?

Synonymes : extraterrestrial

Expressions courantes : friendly alien, alien invasion, alien from space, alien life

étranger

Personne qui vit dans un pays dont elle n’a pas la nationalité.

En anglais simple : A person living in a country whose citizenship they do not have.

• The form describes him as a resident alien.
• Aliens must meet the stated visa requirements.
• The law distinguishes citizens from aliens.

Synonymes : foreign national, noncitizen

Contraires : citizen

Expressions courantes : resident alien, registered alien, alien registration

étranger

Personne, animal, plante ou chose qui vient de l’extérieur d’un groupe ou d’une région.

En anglais simple : A person, animal, plant, or thing that comes from outside a particular group or area.

• The newcomer was treated as an alien.
• This plant is an alien in the local forest.
• Even after years there, she felt like an alien among the villagers.

Synonymes : outsider, stranger

Contraires : native

Expressions courantes : alien among us, alien in something

étranger, étrange

Très inhabituel ou complètement différent de ce que quelqu’un connaît ou accepte.

En anglais simple : Very strange or unfamiliar, or completely different from what someone knows or accepts.

• Everything in the city felt alien.
• Such behaviour is alien to our values.
• The customs seemed completely alien to the visitors.

Comment l'utiliser : alien to someone/something (The idea of retirement was alien to him.)

Synonymes : unfamiliar, strange, foreign

Contraires : familiar

Expressions courantes : alien to someone, alien to something, alien environment

étranger

Qui vient d’un autre pays ou appartient à ce pays ou à ses habitants.

En anglais simple : From or belonging to another country or its people.

• The sailors arrived on alien shores.
• The law restricted ownership of alien property.
• During the war, some foreign residents were classified as alien enemies.

Synonymes : foreign

Contraires : native, domestic

Expressions courantes : alien shores, alien property, alien enemies