expatriate

English

Etymology

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

Pronunciation

Adjective and noun

• IPA^(key): /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

• IPA^(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate

Adjective

expatriate (not comparable)

1. Living outside of one's own country.

   Synonyms: émigré, outland, emigrant, immigrant

   an expatriate rebel force

Translations

living outside of one's own country

• Afrikaans: expat, ekspat
• Catalan: expatriat
• Danish: udvandrer
• Dutch: expat (nl)
• Finnish: ekspatriaatti-, maastamuuttaja-
• German: im Ausland lebend
• Greek: εκπατρισμένος (el) m (ekpatrisménos)
• Hebrew: גולה m (golé), מהגר m (mehagér)
• Hindi: प्रवासी (hi) m (pravāsī)
• Italian: espatriato (it)
• Japanese: 海外居住者の (kaigai-kyojyūsha no)
• Macedonian: иселенички m (iselenički)
• Portuguese: expatriado (pt)
• Romanian: expatriat (ro)
• Russian: эмигра́нтский (ru) (emigrántskij)
• Spanish: expatriado (es)

Noun

expatriate (plural expatriates)

1. One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

   Synonyms: émigré, outlander, emigrant, immigrant

2. One who has been banished from one's own country.

   Synonym: exile

Derived terms

• expat
• expatriatism
• nonexpatriate
• rex-patriate
• Texpatriate

Related terms

• inpatriate
• repatriate

Translations

person living outside own country

• Afrikaans: expat, ekspat, uitgewekene
• Arabic: مُغْتَرِب m (muḡtarib)
• Armenian: էմիգրանտ (hy) (ēmigrant)
• Bulgarian: изгнаник (bg) m (izgnanik)
• Catalan: expatriat m, expatriada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 僑民 / 侨民 (zh) (qiáomín), 僑居國外者 / 侨居国外者 (qiáojū guówài zhě), 海外國民 / 海外国民 (hǎiwài guómín)

• Czech: expatriant m
• Danish: udvandrer
• Dutch: buitenlander (nl) m
• Esperanto: eksterlandano
• Estonian: väljarännanu
• Faroese: útiseti m
• Finnish: ekspatriaatti (fi), maastamuuttaja (fi)
• French: expatrié (fr) m, expatriée (fr) f
• Georgian: ემიგრანტი (emigranṭi)
• German: Auswanderer (de) m
• Greek: απόδημος (el) m (apódimos), ομογενής (el) m (omogenís)
• Hebrew: גולה m (golé), מהגר m (mehagér)
• Hindi: प्रवासी (hi) m (pravāsī)
• Hungarian: kivándorló (hu), hazájától távol élő ember, (dated) emigráns (hu), (“foreigner”) külföldi (hu)
• Indonesian: ekspatriat (id)
• Italian: espatriato (it) m
• Japanese: (colloquial) 海外居住者 (kaigai-kyojūsha); (Japanese tax law) 非居住者 (kaigai-kyojūsha)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: иселеник m (iselenik)
• Malay: ekspatriat
• Polish: ekspatriant (pl) m, emigrant (pl) m
• Portuguese: expatriado (pt) m
• Romanian: expatriat (ro) m, expatriată f
• Russian: эмигра́нт (ru) m (emigránt), эмигра́нтка (ru) f (emigrántka), экспатриа́нт (ru) m (ekspatriánt), экспатриа́нтка (ru) f (ekspatriántka), (colloquial) экспа́т (ru) m (ekspát), релока́нт (ru) m (relokánt)
• Spanish: expatriado (es) m
• Swedish: utvandrare (sv) c, emigrant (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: gurbetçi (tr)

person banished from their own country

• Afrikaans: banneling
• Arabic: مَنْفِيّ m (manfiyy)
• Armenian: աքսորաբնակ (akʻsorabnak)
• Bulgarian: заточеник (bg) m (zatočenik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流人 (zh) (liúrén)

• Danish: udvist
• Dutch: banneling (nl)
• Estonian: pagulane
• Finnish: maanpakolainen (fi)
• German: Verbannter m, Exilant (de) m, Exulant m, Exilierter m, Ausgebürgerter m
• Greek: εξόριστος (el) m (exóristos)
• Hungarian: száműzött (hu)
• Japanese: 国外追放者 (kokugai-tsuihōsha)
• Macedonian: изгнаник m (izgnanik), прогнаник m (prognanik)
• Polish: wygnaniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: expatriado (pt) m
• Russian: изгна́нник (ru) m (izgnánnik)
• Spanish: expatriado (es) m
• Swedish: landsflyktning c
• Turkish: sürgün (tr)

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Translations to be checked‌: "moved over from expat which did not distinguish between the senses"

• Czech: expat m
• Finnish: ulkomailla asuva henkilö, ekspatriaatti (fi), emigrantti (fi)
• French: expat (fr) m or f
• Polish: ekspata (pl) m, ekspatka f, ekspat m
• Portuguese: expatriado (pt) m, emigrante (pt) m, exilado (pt) m
• Russian: эмигра́нт (ru) m (emigránt), экспатриа́нт (ru) m (ekspatriánt), экспа́т (ru) m (ekspát) (colloquial, neologism)
• Spanish: expatriado (es) m, emigrante (es) m, exiliado (es) m, exilado (es) m
• Swedish: emigrant (sv) c, utvandrare (sv) c, utomlandsboende c, utlandsboende c

See also

• emigrant
• exile
• immigrant

Verb

expatriate (third-person singular simple present expatriates, present participle expatriating, simple past and past participle expatriated)

1. (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
2. (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
3. (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

Related terms

• repatriate
• patriate

Translations

banish

• Bulgarian: заточавам (bg) (zatočavam)
• Catalan: expatriar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: forvise
• Dutch: verbannen (nl)
• Estonian: välja saatma
• Finnish: karkottaa (fi), ajaa maanpakoon
• German: expatriieren, ausweisen (de)
• Greek: εξορίζω (el) (exorízo)
• Japanese: 国外追放する (kokugai-tsuihō suru)
• Macedonian: изгонува (izgonuva), протерува (proteruva)
• Polish: wypędzać (pl), wygnać (pl)
• Portuguese: expatriar (pt)
• Romanian: expatria (ro)
• Spanish: expatriar (es)
• Swedish: förvisa (sv), bannlysa (sv)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: قوغمق (koğmak, kovmak)

withdraw from one’s country

• Bulgarian: изселвам се (izselvam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: udvandre, gå i eksil
• Estonian: välja rändama
• Finnish: muuttaa maasta
• German: auswandern (de)
• Italian: espatriare (it)
• Japanese: 去る (ja) (saru), 捨てる (ja) (suteru), 流出する (ja) (ryūshutsu suru)
• Macedonian: се иселува (se iseluva), се отселува (se otseluva)
• Polish: wypędzać (pl), wygnać (pl)
• Portuguese: migrar (pt)
• Romanian: se expatria
• Spanish: expatriarse (es)
• Swedish: utvandra (sv), emigrera (sv)

renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country

• Bulgarian: емигрирам (emigriram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Estonian: välja rändama
• Finnish: ottaa toisen maan kansalaisuus
• Greek: εκπατρίζω (ekpatrízo)
• Japanese: 亡命する (ja) (boumei suru)
• Russian: эмигри́ровать (ru) (emigrírovatʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Spanish

Verb

expatriate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of expatriar combined with te