English Explanatory Dictionary

exile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  2. Someone who is banished from his home or country.
verb
  1. To send (someone or something) into exile.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/ /ɪɡˈzaɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-exile.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exile.wav

Word forms

exile exiles exiling exiled

Etymology

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

Synonyms

banishment expatriate émigré banish forban

Derived words

antiexile exilarch exilarchy exiledom exilehood exile of conscience exilian exilic government-in-exile internal exile postexile self-exile tax exile exilable exilee sexile unexiled

Translations

Albanian: internuar Albanian: internuare Southern Altai: сӱрдӱрген кижи Southern Altai: јеринеҥ сӱрдӱрген кижи Armenian: աքսորյալ Azerbaijani: sürgün Bashkir: һөрөлгән кеше Belarusian: выгна́ннік Belarusian: выгна́нніца Belarusian: выгна́ньнік Belarusian: выгна́ньніца Bulgarian: изгна́ник Bulgarian: изгна́ница Bulgarian: изгна́ничка Bulgarian: зато́ченик Bulgarian: зато́ченица Bulgarian: зато́ченичка Catalan: exiliat Catalan: exiliada Catalan: bandejat Chinese Mandarin: 流亡者 Chinese Mandarin: 被放逐者 Czech: vyhnanec Czech: vyhnankyně Czech: exulant Czech: exulantka Danish: udlændighed Danish: eksil Dutch: banneling Esperanto: ekzilulo Estonian: maapagulane Estonian: pagendatu Estonian: väljasaadetu Finnish: maanpakolainen French: exilé West-Frisian: balling Georgian: გაძევებული German: Exilant German: Exilantin German: Verbannter Greek: εξόριστος Hebrew: גּוֹלֶה Hebrew: גּוֹלָה Hindi: निर्वासित Hungarian: száműzött Icelandic: útlagi Irish: deoraí Italian: esiliato Italian: esule Japanese: 亡命者 Kazakh: қуғындалушы Korean: 망명자 Latin: exsul Latvian: trimdinieks Latvian: izraidītais Lithuanian: tremtinys Macedonian: изгнаник Macedonian: изгнаница Manx: eebyrtagh Manx: fogaragh Manx: skeayltagh Norwegian Bokmål: landflyktig Norwegian Bokmål: flyktning Norwegian Nynorsk: landflyktig Norwegian Nynorsk: flyktning Old English: wreċċa Iranian Persian: تَبْعیدی Iranian Persian: جَلاوَطَن Polish: wygnaniec Polish: wygnanka Polish: banita Polish: banitka Portuguese: exilado Portuguese: degredado
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