exile

See also: 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 (plural exiles)

1. 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. 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

• Asturian: exiliu m, estierru m, destierru m
• 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)
• French: exil (fr) m
• Galician: exilio m, desterro m
• German: Exil (de) n
• Greek: εξορία (el) f (exoría)
• Hebrew: גלות (he) (galút)

• Hindi: निर्वासन (Nirvāsana)
• Hungarian: száműzés (hu), száműzetés (hu)
• 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
• Manx: joarreeaght f, joarreeys m
• Portuguese: exílio (pt) m, desterro (pt) m
• Romanian: exil (ro) n, exilare (ro) f
• Russian: ссылка (ru) f (ssýlka), изгнание (ru) n (izgnánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izgnànstvo n, prògōnstvo n
• Spanish: exilio (es) m, destierro (es) m
• Turkish: sürgün (tr)
• Volapük: xil (vo)

someone who is banished from one's home or country

• Bulgarian: изгнаник (bg) m (izgnanik), заточеник (bg) m (zatočenik)
• Catalan: exiliat m, bandejat 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
• Irish: deoraí m
• Italian: esiliato, esule

• Manx: eebyrtagh m, fogaragh m
• Portuguese: exilado (pt) m
• Romanian: exilat (ro) m
• Russian: ссыльный (ru) (ssýl'nyj), изгнанник (ru) m (izgnánnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach m, deòradh m, eilthireach m
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzgnanīk m, ìzgnanica f, prògnanīk m, prògnanica f
• Spanish: exiliado (es) m, desterrado (es) m
• Volapük: xiläb (vo)
• West Frisian: balling

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: útlagi
• Japanese: 追放人
• Spanish: exilio

Verb

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

1. 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
• 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 (de), exilieren (de)
• Greek: εξορίζω (el) (exorízo)

• Hebrew: הגלה (higlá)
• Hungarian: száműz (hu)
• Irish: ionnarb, díbir
• Italian: esiliare (it)
• Luxembourgish: exiléieren
• Manx: eebyrt
• Portuguese: exilar, desterrar (pt)
• Romanian: exila (ro)
• Spanish: exiliar (es), desterrar (es)
• Swedish: landsförvisa (sv)

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