repatriate
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repatriate
- /ɹiːˈpæ.tɹi.eɪt/ UK
- /ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/ UK, uncommon
- /ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).
noun repatriates
- A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
verb repatriates · repatriating · repatriated
- To restore (a person) to their own country. Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring.
- To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin. Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens.
- To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.
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noun a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
| 中文 | 被遣返回国者 |
|---|---|
| Italiano | rimpatriato |
| Ελληνικά | επαναπατρισμένος epanapatrisménos |
| Русский | репатриа́нт repatriánt, репатриа́нтка repatriántka |
verb to restore somebody to his or her own country
| Español | repatriar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 遣返 qiǎnfǎn |
| Français | rapatrier |
| Ελληνικά | επαναπατρίζω epanapatrízo |
| Русский | репатрии́ровать repatriírovatʹ |
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title = {repatriate},
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