English Explanatory Dictionary

expatriate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Living outside of one's own country.
noun
  1. One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
  2. One who has been banished from one's own country.
verb
  1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
  2. To withdraw from one’s native country.
  3. To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

Pronunciation

/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/ /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expatriate1.wav /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/ /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expatriate2.wav

Word forms

expatriate expatriates expatriating expatriated

Etymology

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

Synonyms

émigré outland emigrant immigrant outlander exile

Related words

inpatriate emigrant exile immigrant repatriate patriate

Derived words

expat expatriatism nonexpatriate rex-patriate Texpatriate

Translations

Afrikaans: banneling Arabic: مَنْفِيّ Armenian: աքսորաբնակ Bulgarian: заточеник Chinese Mandarin: 流人 Danish: udvist Dutch: banneling Estonian: pagulane Finnish: maanpakolainen German: Verbannter German: Exilant German: Exulant German: Exilierter German: Ausgebürgerter Greek: εξόριστος Hungarian: száműzött Japanese: 国外追放者 Macedonian: изгнаник Macedonian: прогнаник Polish: wygnaniec Portuguese: expatriado Russian: изгна́нник Spanish: expatriado Swedish: landsflyktning Turkish: sürgün
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