expatriation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French expatriation.

Noun

expatriation (countable and uncountable, plural expatriations)

1. voluntary migration from one's native land to another
2. forced expulsion of from one's native land to another

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spa.tʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

expatriation f (plural expatriations)

1. expatriation

Further reading

• “expatriation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.