exile

See also: Exile and exilé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

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.

   • c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, 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 V, scene iv]:

     Let them be recalled from their exile.

   Synonym: banishment

2. (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

• internal exile

Translations

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

• Albanian: syrgjyni m, internimi m
• Arabic: نَفْي‎ ? (nafy)
• Aramaic: גלותא‎ f
• Armenian: աքսոր (hy) (akʿsor), աքսորում (hy) (akʿsorum)
• Asturian: exiliu m, estierru m, destierru m
• Azerbaijani: sürgün
• Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön)
• Bulgarian: изгнание (bg) n (izgnanie), заточение (bg) n (zatočenie)
• Catalan: exili (ca) m, bandejament m, desterrament m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: vyhnanství n, exil m
• Danish: eksil n
• 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)

  Ancient: ἐξορία f (exoría)

• Hebrew: גלות‎ (he) (galút)
• Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) ? (nirvāsan)
• Hungarian: száműzés (hu), száműzetés (hu)
• Indonesian: pengasingan (id)

• Irish: deoraíocht f
• Italian: esilio (it) m
• Japanese: 亡命 (ja) (ぼうめい, bōmei), 追放 (ja) (ついほう, tsuihō)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sirgûn (ku) f

• Latin: exsilium n, ablēgātiō f
• Latvian: trimda f, izraidījums m
• Maltese: eżilju m
• Manx: joarreeaght f, joarreeys m
• Maori: whakapakotanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksil n, utlendighet m or f

  Nynorsk: eksil n

• Occitan: exili (oc) m
• Old English: wræc n
• 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:

  Roman: izgnànstvo n, prògōnstvo (sh) n

• Spanish: exilio (es) m, destierro (es) m
• Swedish: exil (sv) c
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sürgün (tr)
• Volapük: xil (vo)
• Welsh: alltudiaeth f

someone who is banished from one's home or country

• Albanian: i internuari m, e internuara f
• Armenian: աքսորյալ (hy) (akʿsoryal)
• Bashkir: һөрөлгән кеше (hörölgän keše)
• Bulgarian: изгнаник (bg) m (izgnanik), заточеник (bg) m (zatočenik)
• Catalan: exiliat (ca) m, exiliada (ca) f, bandejat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vyhnanec m, exulant m
• Dutch: banneling (nl) m
• Finnish: maanpakolainen (fi)
• French: exilé (fr) m
• German: Exilant (de) m, Exilantin f, Verbannter m
• Greek: εξόριστος (el) m (exóristos)
• Hebrew: גולה‎ m or f
• Hungarian: száműzött (hu)
• Irish: deoraí m

• Italian: esiliato (it), esule (it)
• Japanese: 亡命者 (ぼうめいしゃ, bōmeisha)
• Latin: exsul m or f
• Latvian: trimdinieks m, izraidītais m
• Manx: eebyrtagh m, fogaragh m, skeayltagh m
• Old English: wreċċa m
• Polish: wygnaniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: exilado (pt) m
• Romanian: exilat (ro) m
• Russian: ссы́льный (ru) m (ssýlʹnyj), изгна́нник (ru) m (izgnánnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach m, deòradh m, eilthireach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ìzgnanīk m, ìzgnanica f, prògnanīk (sh) m, prògnanica (sh) f

• Spanish: exiliado (es) m, desterrado (es) m
• Swedish: landsflykting c
• Tibetan: བཙན་བྱོལ་བ (btsan byol ba)
• Volapük: xiläb (vo)
• Welsh: alltud m or f
• West Frisian: balling ?

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} divroañ (br) ?
• 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.
   • ?, 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: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene viii]:

     Calling home our exiled friends abroad.

   Synonyms: banish, forban

Translations

to send into exile

• Asturian: exiliar, esterrar, desterrar
• Azerbaijani: sürgün etmək, sürmək (az), sürdürmək
• Belarusian: высыла́ць impf (vysylácʹ), вы́слаць pf (výslacʹ)
• Bulgarian: заточавам (bg) (zatočavam)
• Catalan: exiliar (ca), bandejar (ca), desterrar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dalmatian: esiljur
• Danish: forvise
• Dutch: verbannen (nl)
• Esperanto: ekzili
• Finnish: karkottaa (fi), ajaa maanpakoon
• French: exiler (fr)
• Galician: exiliar, desterrar (gl)
• German: ins Exil schicken, exilieren
• Greek: εξορίζω (el) (exorízo)

  Ancient: ἐξορίζω (exorízō)

• Hebrew: הגלה‎ (higlá)

• Hungarian: száműz (hu)
• Irish: ionnarb, díbir
• Italian: esiliare (it)
• Latvian: izraidīt
• Luxembourgish: exiléieren
• Manx: eebyrt, eebree
• Maori: whakapako
• Norwegian: forvise
• Occitan: exiliar, faidir, fòrabandir (oc)
• Polish: wygnać (pl)
• Portuguese: exilar (pt), desterrar (pt)
• Romanian: exila (ro)
• Russian: вы́сылать (ru) impf (výsylatʹ), вы́слать (ru) pf (výslatʹ)
• Spanish: exiliar (es), desterrar (es), proscribir (es), trasterrar (esp. Mexico)
• Swedish: landsförvisa (sv), exilera (sv)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: висила́ти impf (vysyláty), ви́слати pf (výslaty)
• Welsh: alltudio

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. third-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

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Spanish

Verb

exile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exilar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of exilar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of exilar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exilar.