exile
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
exile (countable and uncountable, plural exiles)
- (uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.
- He lived in exile.
- They chose exile rather than assimilation.
- c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iv]:
- Let them be recalled from their exile.
- Synonym: banishment
- (countable) Someone who is banished from their home or country.
- c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.
- She lived as an exile.
- Synonyms: expatriate, expat
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the state of being banished from one's home or country
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someone who is banished from one's home or country
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Verb[edit]
exile (third-person singular simple present exiles, present participle exiling, simple past and past participle exiled)
- (transitive) To send into exile.
- a. 1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Passing of Arthur
- Exiled from eternal God.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene viii]:
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
- a. 1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Passing of Arthur
Translations[edit]
to send into exile
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
exile
- inflection of exiler:
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
exīle
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
exile
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of exilar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of exilar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of exilar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of exilar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
exile
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