expatriate
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expatriate
- /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/
- /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
- /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/
- /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
Where it comes from
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.
adjective
noun expatriates
verb expatriates · expatriating · expatriated
- To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- To withdraw from one’s native country.
- To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
Translations
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adj living outside of one's own country
| Español | expatriado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 海外居住者の kaigai-kyojyūsha no |
| 中文 | 僑居的 /侨居的 qiáojū de |
| हिन्दी | प्रवासी pravāsī |
| Português | expatriado |
| Deutsch | im Ausland lebend |
| Italiano | espatriato |
| Ελληνικά | εκπατρισμένος ekpatrisménos |
| Română | expatriat |
| Русский | эмигра́нтский emigrántskij |
| עברית | גולה golé, מהגר mehagér |
noun person banished from their own country
| Español | expatriado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 国外追放者 kokugai-tsuihōsha |
| 中文 | 流人 liúrén, 流亡者 liúwángzhě |
| Português | expatriado |
| Deutsch | Verbannter, Exilant, Exulant, Exilierter, Ausgebürgerter |
| Ελληνικά | εξόριστος exóristos |
| Русский | изгна́нник izgnánnik |
| العربية | مَنْفِيّ manfiyy |
noun person living outside own country
| Español | expatriado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 海外居住者 kaigai-kyojūsha, 非居住者 kaigai-kyojūsha |
| 中文 | 僑民 /侨民 qiáomín, 僑居國外者 /侨居国外者 qiáojū guówài zhě, 海外國民 /海外国民 hǎiwài guómín |
| हिन्दी | प्रवासी pravāsī |
| Português | expatriado |
| Français | expatrié, expatriée |
| Deutsch | Auswanderer |
| Italiano | espatriato |
| Ελληνικά | απόδημος apódimos, ομογενής omogenís |
| Română | expatriat, expatriată |
| Русский | эмигра́нт emigránt, эмигра́нтка emigrántka, экспатриа́нт ekspatriánt, экспатриа́нтка ekspatriántka, экспа́т ekspát, релока́нт relokánt |
| العربية | مُغْتَرِب muḡtarib |
| עברית | גולה golé, מהגר mehagér |
verb banish
| Español | expatriar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 国外追放する kokugai-tsuihō suru |
| 中文 | 放逐 fàngzhú, 流放 liúfàng, 驅逐出國 /驱逐出国 qūzhú chūguó |
| Português | expatriar |
| Deutsch | expatriieren, ausweisen |
| Ελληνικά | εξορίζω exorízo |
| Română | expatria |
verb withdraw from one’s country
| Español | expatriarse |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 去る saru, 捨てる suteru, 流出する ryūshutsu suru |
| 中文 | 離開祖國 /离开祖国 líkāi zǔguó, 背井離鄉 /背井离乡 bèijǐnglíxiāng |
| Português | migrar |
| Deutsch | auswandern |
| Italiano | espatriare |
| Română | se expatria |
verb renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
| 日本語 | 亡命する boumei suru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 放棄原國籍 /放弃原国籍 fàngqì yuánguójí, 歸化 /归化 guīhuà, 取得新國籍 /取得新国籍 qǔdé xīn guójí |
| Ελληνικά | εκπατρίζω ekpatrízo |
| Русский | эмигри́ровать emigrírovatʹ |
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title = {expatriate},
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