Phrase guide

asylum seeker

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /əˈsaɪːləm siːkɚ/
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noun

Meaning 1

A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: asielsoeker — person who has applied for asylum
  • Albanian: azilkërkues — person who has applied for asylum
  • Arabic: طَالِب لُجُوء (ṭālib lujūʔ) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Arabic: طَالِبَة لُجُوء (ṭālibat lujūʔ) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Armenian: ապաստան հայցող (apastan haycʻoġ) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Belarusian: шука́льнік прыту́лку (šukálʹnik prytúlku) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Belarusian: шука́льніца прыту́лку (šukálʹnica prytúlku) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Bulgarian: тъ́рсещ убе́жище (tǎ́rsešt ubéžište) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Catalan: sol·licitant d'asil — person who has applied for asylum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尋求庇護者 /寻求庇护者 (xúnqiú bìhùzhě) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Czech: žadatel o azyl — person who has applied for asylum
  • Czech: žadatelka o azyl — person who has applied for asylum
  • Czech: azylant — person who has applied for asylum
  • Czech: azylantka — person who has applied for asylum
  • Danish: asylansøger — person who has applied for asylum
  • Dutch: asielzoeker — person who has applied for asylum
  • Esperanto: azilpetanto — person who has applied for asylum
  • Estonian: varjupaigataotleja — person who has applied for asylum
  • Finnish: turvapaikanhakija — person who has applied for asylum
  • French: demandeur d'asile — person who has applied for asylum
  • French: demandeuse d'asile — person who has applied for asylum
  • Galician: solicitante de asilo — person who has applied for asylum
  • Georgian: თავშესაფრის მაძიებელი (tavšesapris maʒiebeli) — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylant — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylantin — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylbewerber — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylbewerberin — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylsuchender — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylsuchende — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylwerber — person who has applied for asylum
  • German: Asylwerberin — person who has applied for asylum
  • Greek: αιτών άσυλο (aitón ásylo) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Greek: αιτητής ασύλου (aititís asýlou) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Hungarian: menedékkérő — person who has applied for asylum
  • Icelandic: hælisleitandi — person who has applied for asylum
  • Irish: iarrthóir tearmainn — person who has applied for asylum
  • Japanese: 亡命希望者 (bōmei kibōsha) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Khmer: ស្វែងរកសិទ្ធិជ្រកកោន (svaeng rɔɔk sət crɔɔk kaon) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Korean: 망명 신청자 (mangmyeong sincheongja) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Northern Kurdish: penaxwaz — person who has applied for asylum
  • Northern Kurdish: dawakarê penaberiyê — person who has applied for asylum
  • Northern Kurdish: dawakara penaberiyê — person who has applied for asylum
  • Latvian: patvēruma meklētājs — person who has applied for asylum
  • Lithuanian: prieglobsčio prašytojas — person who has applied for asylum
  • Lithuanian: prieglobsčio prašytoja — person who has applied for asylum
  • Lithuanian: pabėgėlis — person who has applied for asylum
  • Lithuanian: pabėgėlė — person who has applied for asylum
  • Macedonian: азила́нт (azilánt) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Macedonian: азила́нтка (azilántka) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Macedonian: кандида́т за азил (kandidát za azil) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Macedonian: кандида́тка за азил (kandidátka za azil) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Māori: kaikimi punanga — person who has applied for asylum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: asylsøker — person who has applied for asylum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: asylsøkjar — person who has applied for asylum
  • Persian: پناهنده (panâhande) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Persian: پناهجو (panâhju) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Polish: azylant — person who has applied for asylum
  • Polish: azylantka — person who has applied for asylum
  • Polish: azylowiec — person who has applied for asylum
  • Portuguese: asilado — person who has applied for asylum
  • Portuguese: requerente de asilo — person who has applied for asylum
  • Romanian: solicitant de azil — person who has applied for asylum
  • Romanian: solicitantă de azil — person who has applied for asylum
  • Romanian: refugiat — person who has applied for asylum
  • Russian: лицо́, ищу́щее убе́жище (licó, iščúščeje ubéžišče) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Russian: соиска́тель убе́жища (soiskátelʹ ubéžišča) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Russian: соиска́тельница убе́жища (soiskátelʹnica ubéžišča) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Russian: бе́женец (béženec) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Russian: бе́женка (béženka) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach — person who has applied for asylum
  • Serbo-Croatian: азѝлант — person who has applied for asylum
  • Serbo-Croatian: азѝлантица — person who has applied for asylum
  • Serbo-Croatian: тражилац азила — person who has applied for asylum
  • Serbo-Croatian: azìlant — person who has applied for asylum
  • Serbo-Croatian: azìlantica — person who has applied for asylum
  • Serbo-Croatian: tražilac azila — person who has applied for asylum
  • Slovak: žiadateľ o azyl — person who has applied for asylum
  • Slovak: žiadateľka o azyl — person who has applied for asylum
  • Slovak: azylant — person who has applied for asylum
  • Slovak: azylantka — person who has applied for asylum
  • Slovene: prosilec za azil — person who has applied for asylum
  • Slovene: prosilka za azil — person who has applied for asylum
  • Spanish: solicitante de asilo — person who has applied for asylum
  • Spanish: asilante — person who has applied for asylum
  • Swedish: asylsökande — person who has applied for asylum
  • Tajik: паноҳҷӯ (panohjü) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Tajik: паноҳҷӯй (panohjüy) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Turkish: sığınmacı — person who has applied for asylum
  • Ukrainian: шука́ч приту́лку (šukáč prytúlku) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Ukrainian: шука́чка приту́лку (šukáčka prytúlku) — person who has applied for asylum
  • Vietnamese: người xin tị nạn — person who has applied for asylum
  • Vietnamese: người xin tỵ nạn — person who has applied for asylum
  • Welsh: ceisiwr lloches — person who has applied for asylum