refugee

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From French réfugié, past participle of réfugier ("to take refuge"), describing early French protestants seeking refuge.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɹɛfjudʒiː/, /ɹɛfjuˈdʒiː/

Rhymes: -iː

[edit] Noun

Singular
refugee

Plural
refugees

refugee (plural refugees)

A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.
A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.

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[edit] Translations

person seeking political asylum

Arabic: لاجئ ar(ar) (laaji') m.
Armenian: փախստական hy(hy) (p’axstakan)
Azeri: qaçqın az(az)
Belarusian: уцекач be(be) (ucékač) m.
Bulgarian: бежанец bg(bg) (bežanec) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: (政治 zhèngzhì) 難民 cmn(cmn), 难民 cmn(cmn) (nànmín), 避難者 cmn(cmn), 避难者 cmn(cmn) (bìnànzhě)
Czech: uprchlík cs(cs) m.
Finnish: pakolainen fi(fi)
French: réfugié fr(fr) m.
German: Flüchtling de(de) m., Asylant de(de) m., Asylbewerber de(de) m.
Hungarian: menekült hu(hu)
Japanese: 難民 ja(ja) (なんみん, nanmin)
Korean: 난민 ko(ko) (nanmin) (難民)

Polish: uchodźca pl(pl) m.
Russian: беженец ru(ru) (béženec) m., беженка ru(ru) (béženka) f.
Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach gd(gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: избеглица m., избjеглица m.

Roman: izbeglica m., izbjeglica m.
Slovak: utečenec sk(sk) m., utečenkyňa sk(sk) f.
Slovene: begunec sl(sl) m.
Spanish: refugiado es(es) m.
Swahili: mkimbizi sw(sw)
Swedish: flykting sv(sv) c.
Turkish: sığınmacı tr(tr), mülteci tr(tr), göçmen tr(tr)
Ukrainian: біженець uk(uk) (bíženec') m.

person seeking economic asylum

Arabic: لاجئ ar(ar) (laaji') m.
Armenian: փախստական hy(hy) (p’axstakan)
Chinese:

Mandarin: (經濟 / 经济 jīngjì) 難民 cmn(cmn), 难民 cmn(cmn) (nànmín)
Czech: uprchlík cs(cs) m.
Finnish: pakolainen fi(fi)
French: réfugié fr(fr) m.
German: Flüchtling de(de) m.

Hungarian: menekült hu(hu)
Japanese: 難民 ja(ja) (なんみん, nanmin)
Russian: беженец ru(ru) (béženec) m.
Spanish: refugiado es(es) m.
Swahili: mkimbizi sw(sw)
Swedish: flykting sv(sv) c.
Turkish: mülteci tr(tr), göçmen tr(tr)

person seeking refuge from natural disaster

Armenian: փախստական hy(hy) (p’axstakan)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 災民 cmn(cmn), 灾民 cmn(cmn) (zāimín)
Czech: uprchlík cs(cs) m.
Finnish: pakolainen fi(fi)
German: Flüchtling de(de) m.
Hungarian: menekült hu(hu)

Polish: uchodźca pl(pl) m.
Russian: беженец ru(ru) (béženec) m.
Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach gd(gd) m.
Swahili: mkimbizi sw(sw)
Swedish: flykting sv(sv) c.
Turkish: mülteci tr(tr), sığınmacı tr(tr), göçmen tr(tr)

person granted formal asylum

Armenian: փախստական hy(hy) (p’axstakan)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 難民 cmn(cmn), 难民 cmn(cmn) (nànmín)
Czech: uprchlík cs(cs) m.
Finnish: pakolainen fi(fi)
German: Flüchtling de(de) m.

Hungarian: menekült hu(hu)
Polish: uchodźca pl(pl) m.
Russian: беженец ru(ru) (béženec) m.
Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach gd(gd) m.
Swahili: mkimbizi sw(sw)

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Kurdish: penaber, mihacir, miltecî
Lithuanian: pabėgėlis

Malayalam: അഭയാര്‍ത്ഥി (abhayaarthi) (1,2,3,4)

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