repatriate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.

verb

To restore (a person) to their own country.
To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

/ɹiːˈpæ.tɹi.eɪt/ /ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-repatriate.wav

repatriate repatriates repatriating repatriated

Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).

expatriate

patriate patriation repatriatable repatriatee repatriation repatriator unrepatriated

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