deport

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French deporter (“behave”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin deportō, from de- + portō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɔɹt/
• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɔːt/
• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpoɹt/
• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpoət/

Verb

deport (third-person singular simple present deports, present participle deporting, simple past and past participle deported)

1. (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
   • Alexander Pope

     Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.

2. (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
   • Walsh

     He told us he had been deported to Spain.

Translations

to evict, especially from a country

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: высыла́ць impf (vysylácʹ), вы́слаць pf (výslacʹ)
• Bulgarian: изселвам (bg) (izselvam), изгонвам (bg) (izgonvam)
• Catalan: deportar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驅逐出境／驱逐出境 (zh), 驱逐出境 (zh) (qūzhú chūjìng), 驅逐／驱逐 (zh) (qūzhú), 驱逐 (zh) (qūzhú)

• Danish: udvise
• Dutch: uitzetten (nl), deporteren (nl)
• Finnish: karkottaa (fi), karkottaa maasta
• French: déporter (fr)
• Galician: deportar
• German: abschieben (de), deportieren (de)
• Hebrew: גרש (he) (gerésh)
• Hungarian: deportál (hu), kitelepít (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: deportare (it)
• Japanese: 追放する (ja) (ついほうする, tsuihō suru)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: terepu, tūwhiti
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: deportar
• Russian: депорти́ровать (ru) impf or pf (deportírovatʹ), высыла́ть (ru) impf (vysylátʹ), вы́слать (ru) pf (výslatʹ)
• Spanish: deportar (es)
• Swedish: deportera (sv), utvisa (sv) (from a country)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sınırdışı etmek
• Ukrainian: висила́ти impf (vysyláty), ви́слати pf (výslaty)
• Vietnamese: trục xuất (vi)

Anagrams

• de trop, ported, red top, red-top, redtop, troped

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Catalan

Noun

deport m (plural deports)

1. sport

Synonyms

• esport

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Old French

Noun

deport oblique singular, m (oblique plural deporz or deportz, nominative singular deporz or deportz, nominative plural deport)

1. enjoyment; fun
   • circa 1200, Unknown author, Aucassin et Nicolette:

     Qui vauroit bons vers oïr
     del deport du viel antif

     Who would like to hear a few good lines
     Of amusement from the old storyteller

Descendants

• → English: sport (from the alternative Old French desport)
• → Portuguese: desporto (from the alternative Old French desport)

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Old Occitan

Noun

deport m (oblique plural deports, nominative singular deports, nominative plural deport)

1. enjoyment; fun
   • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Ges de chantar no.m pren talans

     Que d'aqui mou deportz e chans