overseas

English

Alternative forms

• (British) oversea

Etymology

From earlier oversea, equivalent to oversea +‎ -s. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzees, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/
• Homophones: oversees
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

overseas (not comparable)

1. Abroad.

   Synonyms: transmarine, (archaic) ultramarine

   Overseas branches of the company are doing well.

2. Used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations: living (being resident) in a foreign country.

   Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.

3. Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.

   Her overseas trip went well.

Translations

abroad

• Finnish: ulkomainen (fi)
• German: Übersee-, im Ausland n, Auslands-
• Hebrew: חו"ל‎ (he) (khul), חוץ לארץ‎ (khuts laárets)
• Igbo: ùfèsị
• Irish: thar lear
• Italian: estero (it)
• Japanese: 海外の (ja) (かいがいの, kaigai no)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oversjøisk

  Nynorsk: oversjøisk

• Portuguese: do exterior
• Russian: заграни́чный (ru) (zagraníčnyj), иностра́нный (ru) (inostránnyj), зарубе́жный (ru) (zarubéžnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: inostranstvo n
• Thai: โพ้นทะเล (póon-tálee)

across a sea

• Catalan: ultramar (ca)
• Dutch: overzees (nl)
• Esperanto: transmarejo
• Finnish: merentakainen
• French: outre-mer (fr)
• Georgian: ზღვისიქითა (zɣvisikita), ზღვისიქითური (zɣvisikituri)
• Hungarian: tengerentúli (hu)
• Igbo: na ùfèsị mmiri

• Italian: oltremare (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oversjøisk

  Nynorsk: oversjøisk

• Polish: zamorski (pl)
• Portuguese: ultramarino (pt)
• Russian: замо́рский (ru) (zamórskij), заокеа́нский (ru) (zaokeánskij) (transoceanic)
• Spanish: ultramar (es)
• Thai: โพ้นทะเล (póon-tálee), ข้ามทะเล (kâam-tálee)

Adverb

overseas (not comparable)

1. Abroad.

   He emigrated and now lives overseas.

2. Across a sea; to an area across a sea.

   She travelled overseas.

   • 1988, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Orange Crush”, in Green:

     I've had my fun and now it's time to send / Your conscience overseas / Coming in fast / Over me

Translations

abroad

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài), 國外 (zh), 国外 (zh) (guówài)

• Dutch: in het buitenland
• Finnish: ulkomailla, ulkomaille
• French: à l'étranger
• Georgian: საზღვარგარეთ (sazɣvargaret)
• German: im Ausland
• Haitian Creole: aletranje
• Hebrew: מעבר לים‎ (he) (me'éver layám)

• Irish: thar sáile, thar lear
• Italian: all'estero
• Japanese: 海外に (ja) (かいがいに, kaigai ni), 国外に (ja) (こくがいに, kokugai ni)
• Korean: 해외 (ko) (hae'oe), 국외 (gugoe)
• Maori: rāwāhi
• Portuguese: exterior (pt), estrangeiro (pt)
• Russian: за грани́цу (za granícu), за рубе́ж (za rubéž) (where to), за грани́цей (ru) (za granícej), за рубежо́м (ru) (za rubežóm) (where at)
• Swedish: utomlands (sv)
• Thai: โพ้นทะเล (póon-tálee)
• Vietnamese: hải ngoại (vi), ngoài nước

across a sea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài)

• Finnish: merten takana, merten taakse
• French: outre-mer (fr)
• Georgian: ზღვისიქით (zɣvisikit)
• German: in Übersee

• Hebrew: מעבר לים‎ (he) (me'éver layám)
• Irish: thar sáile
• Japanese: 海外に (ja) (かいがいに, kaigai ni)
• Korean: 해외 (ko) (hae'oe)
• Portuguese: além-mar (pt) m, ultramar (pt) m
• Russian: за́ мо́рем (zá mórem) (where at), за́ мо́ре (zá móre) (where to), че́рез мо́ре (čérez móre) (where to)
• Thai: โพ้นทะเล (póon-tálee), ข้ามทะเล (kâam-tálee)