expatriate
English
editEtymology
editFrom French expatrié, from ex- (“out of”) + patrie (“native land”).
Pronunciation
edit- Adjective and noun: IPA(key): /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Verb: IPA(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate
Adjective
editexpatriate (not comparable)
- Living outside of one's own country.
Translations
editliving outside of one's own country
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Noun
editexpatriate (plural expatriates)
- One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
- One who has been banished from one's own country.
- Synonym: exile
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editperson living outside own country
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person banished from their own country
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See also
editVerb
editexpatriate (third-person singular simple present expatriates, present participle expatriating, simple past and past participle expatriated)
- (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
- (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
Related terms
editTranslations
editbanish
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withdraw from one’s country
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renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
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Spanish
editVerb
editexpatriate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of expatriar combined with te
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