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) + (verb-forming suffix);[1][2][3] possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

Pronunciation

Adjective and noun
  • IPA(key): /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
Verb
  • IPA(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • 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

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

Translations

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See also

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.

Translations

References

  1. ^ expatriate, v.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ expatriate, v.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ expatriate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Spanish

Verb

expatriate

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