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

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

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.

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Let them be recalled from their exile.

2. (countable) Someone who is banished from their home or country.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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

• Albanian: syrgjyni m, internimi m
• Arabic: نَفْي (nafy)
• Aramaic: גלותא f
• Armenian: աքսոր (hy) (akʻsor), աքսորում (hy) (akʻsorum)
• Asturian: exiliu m, estierru m, destierru m
• Azerbaijani: sürgün
• Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön)
• Bulgarian: изгнание (bg) n (izgnanie), заточение (bg) (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
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: deoraíocht f
• Italian: esilio (it) m
• Japanese: 亡命 (ja) (ぼうめい, bōmei), 追放 (ja) (ついほう, tsuihō)
• 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
• 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
• 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) (akʻsoryal)
• Bashkir: һөрөлгән кеше (hörölgən keşe)
• Bulgarian: изгнаник (bg) m (izgnanik), заточеник (bg) m (zatočenik)
• Catalan: exiliat (ca) m, exiliada (ca) f, bandejat 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)
• German: Exilant (de) m, Exilantin f, Verbannter m
• Greek: εξόριστος (el) m (exóristos)
• Hebrew: גולה m or f
• Hungarian: száműzött (hu)
• Irish: deoraí m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• Polish: wygnaniec (pl) 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
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} divroañ (br)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} útlagi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} wreċċa

Verb

1. (transitive) To send into exile.
   • (Can we date this quote by Tennyson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Exiled from eternal God.

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ionnarb, díbir
• Italian: esiliare (it)
• Latvian: izraidīt
• Luxembourgish: exiléieren
• Manx: eebyrt
• Maori: whakapako
• Norwegian: forvise
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 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

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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.