expatriate

English

Etymology

From French expatrier, from ex- (“out of”) + patrie (“native land”).

Pronunciation

• Adjective and noun: IPA^(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
• Verb: IPA^(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪˌeɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹiˌeɪt/
• Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate

Adjective

expatriate (not comparable)

1. Living outside of one's own country.

   an expatriate rebel force

Translations

living outside of one's own country

• Danish: udvandrer
• Dutch: expat (nl)
• Finnish: ekspatriaatti-, maastamuuttaja-
• German: im Ausland lebend
• Greek: εκπατρισμένος (el) m (ekpatrisménos)
• Italian: espatriato (it)
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• Japanese: 海外居住者の (kaigai-kyojyūsha no)
• Macedonian: иселенички m (iselenički)
• Portuguese: expatriado (pt)
• Russian: эмигра́нтский (ru) (emigrántskij)
• Spanish: expatriado (es)

Noun

expatriate (plural expatriates)

1. One who lives outside their own country.
   1. One who has been banished from their own country.

Synonyms

• émigré
• outland

Derived terms

• expat
• rex-pat, rex-patriate

Related terms

• inpatriate
• repatriate

Translations

person living outside own country

• Arabic: مُغْتَرِب m (muḡtarib)
• Armenian: էմիգրանտ (hy) (ēmigrant)
• Bulgarian: изгнаник (bg) m (izgnanik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 僑民／侨民 (zh) (qiáomín), 侨民 (zh) (qiáomín), 僑居國外者／侨居国外者, 侨居国外者 (qiáojū guówài zhě), 海外國民／海外国民, 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, Ausländer (de) m
• Greek: απόδημος (el) m (apódimos), ομογενής (el) m (omogenís)
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• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: emigráns (hu)
• 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
• Russian: эмигра́нт (ru) m (emigránt), эмигра́нтка (ru) f (emigrántka), экспатриа́нт (ru) m (ekspatriánt), экспатриа́нтка (ru) f (ekspatriántka), (colloquial) экспа́т (ru) m (ekspát)
• 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

• 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
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• 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)

See also

• emigrant
• exile
• immigrant

Verb

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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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

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
• Italian: espatriare (it)
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• Japanese: 去る (ja) (saru), 捨てる (ja) (suteru), 流出する (ryūshutsu suru)
• Macedonian: се иселува (se iseluva), се отселува (se otseluva)
• Polish: wypędzać, wygnać (pl)
• Portuguese: migrar (pt)
• 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
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• Greek: εκπατρίζω (ekpatrízo)
• Japanese: 亡命する (ja) (boumei suru)
• Russian: эмигри́ровать (ru) (emigrírovatʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can