exile

See also: Exile and exilé

English

Etymology

Middle English exil, from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium ‎(“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul ‎(“exiled person”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/, /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
• Hyphenation: ex‧ile

Noun

Wikipedia

exile ‎(countable and uncountable, plural exiles)

1. (uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

   He lived in exile.‎

   They chose exile rather than assimilation.‎

   • Shakespeare

     Let them be recalled from their exile.

2. (countable) Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
   • Shakespeare

     Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.

   She lived as an exile.‎

Synonyms

• (the state): banishment
• (the person): expatriate, expat

Derived terms

• internal exile

Translations

the state of being banished from one's home or country

• Arabic: نَفْي ‎(nafy), نَفْي ‎(nafy)
• Armenian: աքսոր (hy) ‎(akʿsor), աքսորում ‎(akʿsorum)
• Asturian: exiliu m, estierru m, destierru m
• Bashkir: һөргөн ‎(hörgön)
• Bulgarian: изгнание (bg) n ‎(izgnanie), заточение (bg) ‎(zatočenie)
• Catalan: exili m, bandejament m, desterrament m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流亡 (zh) ‎(liúwáng), 放逐 (zh) ‎(fàngzhú), 流放 (zh) ‎(liúfàng)

• Czech: vyhnanství n, exil m
• Dutch: ballingschap (nl) f
• Finnish: maanpako (fi), maanpakolaisuus (fi)
• French: exil (fr) m
• Galician: exilio m, desterro m
• Georgian: გაძევება ‎(gaʒeveba), განდევნა ‎(gandevna)
• German: Exil (de) n
• Greek: εξορία (el) f ‎(exoría)
• Hebrew: גלות (he) ‎(galút)
• Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) ‎(Nirvāsana)

• Hungarian: száműzés (hu), száműzetés (hu)
• Indonesian: pengasingan (id)
• Irish: deoraíocht f
• Italian: esilio (it) m
• Japanese: 亡命 ‎(ぼうめい, bōmei), 追放 (ja) ‎(ついほう, tsuihō)
• Latin: ablēgātiō f
• Latvian: trimda f, izraidījums m
• Manx: joarreeaght f, joarreeys m
• Maori: whakapakotanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utlendighet m, f

• Polish: wygnanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: exílio (pt) m, desterro (pt) m
• Romanian: exil (ro) n, exilare (ro) f
• Russian: ссы́лка (ru) f ‎(ssýlka), изгна́ние (ru) n ‎(izgnánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izgnànstvo n, prògōnstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: exilio (es) m, destierro (es) m
• Swedish: exil (sv) c
• Turkish: sürgün (tr)
• Volapük: xil (vo)

someone who is banished from one's home or country

• Armenian: աքսորյալ ‎(akʿsoryal)
• Bashkir: һөрөлгән ‎(hörölgän) кеше
• Bulgarian: изгнаник (bg) m ‎(izgnanik), заточеник (bg) m ‎(zatočenik)
• Catalan: exiliat m, bandejat m
• Czech: exulant m
• Dutch: banneling (nl) m
• Finnish: maanpakolainen
• French: exilé (fr)
• German: Exilant (de) m
• Greek: εξόριστος (el) m ‎(exóristos)
• Hebrew: גולה m, f
• Hungarian: száműzött (hu)
• Irish: deoraí m
• Italian: esiliato (it), esule (it)
• Japanese: 亡命者 ‎(ぼうめいしゃ, bōmeisha)

• Latvian: trimdinieks m, izraidītais m
• Manx: eebyrtagh m, fogaragh m
• Polish: wygnaniec m
• Portuguese: exilado (pt) m
• Romanian: exilat (ro) m
• Russian: ссы́льный (ru) ‎(ssýlʹnyj), изгна́нник (ru) m ‎(izgnánnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach m, deòradh m, eilthireach m
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzgnanīk m, ìzgnanica f, prògnanīk (sh) m, prògnanica (sh) f
• Spanish: exiliado (es) m, desterrado (es) m
• Swedish: landsflykting c
• Volapük: xiläb (vo)
• West Frisian: balling

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} útlagi

Verb

exile ‎(third-person singular simple present exiles, present participle exiling, simple past and past participle exiled)

1. (transitive) To send into exile.
   • Tennyson

     Exiled from eternal God.

   • Shakespeare

     Calling home our exiled friends abroad.

Synonyms

• banish

Translations

to send into exile

• Asturian: exiliar, esterrar, desterrar
• Belarusian: высыла́ць impf ‎(vysylácʹ), вы́слаць pf ‎(výslacʹ)
• Bulgarian: заточавам (bg) ‎(zatočavam)
• Catalan: exiliar (ca), bandejar (ca), desterrar (ca)
• Dalmatian: esiljur
• Dutch: verbannen (nl)
• Esperanto: ekzili
• Finnish: karkottaa (fi), ajaa maanpakoon
• Galician: exiliar, desterrar (gl)
• German: ins Exil schicken, exilieren
• Greek: εξορίζω (el) ‎(exorízo)
• Hebrew: הגלה ‎(higlá)
• Hungarian: száműz (hu)

• Irish: ionnarb, díbir
• Italian: esiliare (it)
• Latvian: izraidīt
• Luxembourgish: exiléieren
• Manx: eebyrt
• Maori: whakapako
• Polish: wygnać
• Portuguese: exilar (pt), desterrar (pt)
• Romanian: exila (ro)
• Russian: вы́сылать (ru) impf ‎(výsylatʹ), вы́слать (ru) pf ‎(výslatʹ)
• Spanish: exiliar (es), desterrar (es)
• Swedish: landsförvisa
• Ukrainian: висила́ти impf ‎(vysyláty), ви́слати pf ‎(výslaty)

Anagrams

• lexie, Lexie

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French

Verb

exile

1. first-person singular present indicative of exiler
2. third-person singular present indicative of exiler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exiler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of exiler
5. second-person singular imperative of exiler

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Latin

Adjective

exīle

1. nominative neuter singular of exīlis
2. accusative neuter singular of exīlis
3. vocative neuter singular of exīlis

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Portuguese

Verb

exile

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of exilar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of exilar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of exilar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of exilar