exile

See also: Exile and exilé

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/, /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
(obsolete, for the verb) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzaɪl/^[1]
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Hyphenation: ex‧ile
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Noun edit

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exile (countable and uncountable, plural exiles)

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.
Synonym: banishment

He lived in exile.

They chose exile rather than assimilation.
- c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
  Let them be recalled from their exile.
(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.
Synonym: expatriate

She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
  Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

the state of being banished from one's home or country

Albanian: mërgim (sq) m, syrgjyn (sq) m, internim (sq) m
Arabic: نَفْي m (nafy), تَبْعِيد m (tabʕīd)
Aramaic: גלותא f
Armenian: աքսոր (hy) (akʿsor), աքսորում (hy) (akʿsorum)
Asturian: exiliu m, estierru m, destierru m
Azerbaijani: sürgün
Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön)
Belarusian: выгна́нне n (vyhnánnje), засла́нне n (zaslánnje)
Bulgarian: изгна́ние (bg) n (izgnánie), заточе́ние (bg) n (zatočénie)
Catalan: exili (ca) m, bandejament m, desterrament m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流亡 (zh) (liúwáng), 放逐 (zh) (fàngzhú), 流放 (zh) (liúfàng)
Czech: vyhnanství n, exil (cs) m
Danish: eksil n
Dutch: ballingschap (nl) f, verbanning (nl) f
Estonian: eksiil, maapagu
Finnish: maanpako (fi), maanpakolaisuus (fi)
French: exil (fr) m
Galician: exilio m, desterro m
Georgian: გაძევება (gaʒeveba), განდევნა (gandevna)
German: Exil (de) n, Verbannung (de) f
Greek: εξορία (el) f (exoría)
Ancient: ἐξορία f (exoría)
Hebrew: גָּלוּת (he) f (galút)
Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) m (nirvāsan)
Hungarian: száműzés (hu), száműzetés (hu)
Icelandic: útlegð
Indonesian: pengasingan (id), eksil
Irish: deoraíocht f
Italian: esilio (it) m
Japanese: 亡命 (ja) (ぼうめい, bōmei), 追放 (ja) (ついほう, tsuihō)
Kazakh: айдалу (aidalu), қуғын (quğyn), сүргін (sürgın)
Korean: 망명(亡命) (ko) (mangmyeong), 추방(追放) (ko) (chubang)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sirgûn (ku) f
Kyrgyz: сүргүн (ky) (sürgün)
Latin: exsilium n, ablēgātiō f
Latvian: trimda f, izraidījums m
Lithuanian: tremtis f
Macedonian: изгнанство n (izgnanstvo), прогонство n (progonstvo), егзил m (egzil)
Malay: buangan (ms), eksil
Maltese: eżilju m
Manx: joarreeaght f, joarreeys m
Maori: whakapakotanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eksil n, utlendighet m or f

Nynorsk: eksil n
Occitan: exili (oc) m
Old English: wræc n
Persian: تبعید (fa) (tab'id)
Polish: uchodźstwo n, wygnanie (pl) n, banicja (pl) f (historical), zesłanie (pl) n
Portuguese: exílio (pt) m, desterro (pt) m
Romanian: exil (ro) n, exilare (ro) f
Russian: ссы́лка (ru) f (ssýlka), изгна́ние (ru) n (izgnánije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изгна̀нство n, про̀го̄нство n, ѐгзӣл m, ѝзгон m

Roman: izgnànstvo n, prògōnstvo (sh) n, ègzīl (sh) m, ìzgon m
Slovak: vyhnanstvo n, exil m
Slovene: pregnanstvo n, izgnanstvo n, izgon (sl) m
Spanish: exilio (es) m, destierro (es) m
Swedish: exil (sv) c, landsflykt (sv) c
Tajik: бадарға (badarġa), табъид (tabʾid)
Tatar: сөрген (tt) (sörgen)
Thai: การเนรเทศ (th) (gaan-nee-rá-têet)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: sürgün (tr)
Turkmen: sürgün
Ukrainian: вигна́ння n (vyhnánnja), засла́ння n (zaslánnja), екзи́ль (uk) m (ekzýlʹ), екзи́л (uk) m (ekzýl)
Uyghur: سۈرگۈن (sürgün)
Uzbek: surgun (uz)
Volapük: xil (vo)
Welsh: alltudiaeth f

someone who is banished from one's home or country

Albanian: internuar (sq) m, internuare f
Armenian: աքսորյալ (hy) (akʿsoryal)
Bashkir: һөрөлгән кеше (hörölgən keşe)
Belarusian: выгна́ннік m (vyhnánnik), выгна́нніца f (vyhnánnica)
Bulgarian: изгна́ник (bg) m (izgnánik), изгна́ница f (izgnánica), изгна́ничка f (izgnánička), зато́ченик (bg) m (zatóčenik), зато́ченица f (zatóčenica), зато́ченичка f (zatóčenička)
Catalan: exiliat (ca) m, exiliada (ca) f, bandejat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流亡者 (zh) (liúwángzhe)
Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
Czech: vyhnanec m, vyhnankyně f, exulant (cs) m, exulantka f
Danish: udlændighed c, eksil c
Dutch: banneling (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: maanpakolainen (fi)
French: exilé (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Exilant (de) m, Exilantin (de) f, Verbannter m
Greek: εξόριστος (el) m (exóristos)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} גולה / גֻּלָּה m or f (gulá)
Hungarian: száműzött (hu)
Icelandic: útlagi m
Irish: deoraí m
Italian: esiliato (it), esule (it)
Japanese: 亡命者 (ぼうめいしゃ, bōmeisha)
Kazakh: қуғындалушы (quğyndaluşy)
Korean: 망명자(亡命者) (mangmyeongja)
Latin: exsul m or f
Latvian: trimdinieks m, izraidītais m
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Manx: eebyrtagh m, fogaragh m, skeayltagh m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: landflyktig m, flyktning (no) m

Nynorsk: landflyktig m, flyktning m
Old English: wreċċa m
Polish: wygnaniec (pl) m, wygnanka (pl) f, banita (pl) m (historical), banitka (pl) f (historical)
Portuguese: exilado (pt) m
Romanian: exilat (ro) m
Russian: ссы́льный (ru) m (ssýlʹnyj), ссы́льная (ru) f (ssýlʹnaja), изгна́нник (ru) m (izgnánnik), изгна́нница (ru) f (izgnánnica)
Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach m, deòradh m, eilthireach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: ìzgnanīk m, ìzgnanica f, prògnanīk (sh) m, prògnanica (sh) f
Slovak: vyhnanec m, vyhnankyňa f
Spanish: exiliado (es) m, desterrado (es) m
Swedish: landsflykting (sv) c
Tibetan: བཙན་བྱོལ་བ (btsan byol ba)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: вигна́нець m (vyhnánecʹ), вигна́ниця f (vyhnánycja)
Volapük: xiläb (vo)
Welsh: alltud m or f
West Frisian: balling ?

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Breton: ^{(please verify)} divroañ (br) ?
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} útlagi ?

Verb edit

exile (third-person singular simple present exiles, present participle exiling, simple past and past participle exiled)

(transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.
Synonyms: banish, forban, expatriate
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:
  Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
- 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza LXVIII, page 87:
  She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.