adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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adj
Meaning 1
Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Somebody from one's own country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fellow citizen, countryperson
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a person from your own country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: national, subject
Narrower terms: countryman, countrywoman
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analysis, com- + patriot. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.
Across languages
Translations
155 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Spanish:
conterráneo
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Spanish:
coterráneo
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Spanish:
paisano
— Translations
Albanian:
bashkatdhetar
— somebody from one's own country
Albanian:
njëgjakës
— somebody from one's own country
Arabic:
مُوَاطِن
(muwāṭin)
— somebody from one's own country
Arabic:
مُوَاطِنَة
(muwāṭina)
— somebody from one's own country
Arabic:
زَمِيل
(zamīl)
— somebody from one's own country
Arabic:
زَمِيلَة
(zamīla)
— somebody from one's own country
Armenian:
հայրենակից
(hayrenakicʻ)
— somebody from one's own country
Azerbaijani:
həmvətən
— somebody from one's own country
Azerbaijani:
həmvətənli
— somebody from one's own country
Azerbaijani:
vətəndaş
— somebody from one's own country
Azerbaijani:
yurddaş
— somebody from one's own country
Belarusian:
суайчы́ннік
(suajčýnnik)
— somebody from one's own country
Belarusian:
суайчы́нніца
(suajčýnnica)
— somebody from one's own country
Belarusian:
зямля́к
(zjamlják)
— somebody from one's own country
Belarusian:
зямля́чка
(zjamljáčka)
— somebody from one's own country
Bengali:
স্বদেশবাসী
(śodeśbaśi)
— somebody from one's own country
Central Bikol:
kahimanwa
— somebody from one's own country
Breton:
kenvroad
— somebody from one's own country
Bulgarian:
съоте́чественик
(sǎotéčestvenik)
— somebody from one's own country
Bulgarian:
съотече́ственичка
(sǎotečéstvenička)
— somebody from one's own country
Bulgarian:
съотече́ственица
(sǎotečéstvenica)
— somebody from one's own country
Bulgarian:
земля́к
(zemlják)
— somebody from one's own country
Bulgarian:
земля́чка
(zemljáčka)
— somebody from one's own country
Burmese:
တိုင်းရင်းသား
(tuing:rang:sa:)
— somebody from one's own country
Burmese:
တိုင်းရင်းသူ
(tuing:rang:su)
— somebody from one's own country
Burmese:
နိုင်ငံသားချင်း
(nuingngamsa:hkyang:)
— somebody from one's own country
Chinese Mandarin:
同胞
(tóngbāo)
— somebody from one's own country
Chinese Mandarin:
國人 /国人
(guórén)
— somebody from one's own country
Czech:
krajan
— somebody from one's own country
Czech:
krajanka
— somebody from one's own country
Czech:
soukmenovec
— somebody from one's own country
Czech:
soukmenovkyně
— somebody from one's own country
Danish:
landsmand
— somebody from one's own country
Danish:
landsmandinde
— somebody from one's own country
Dutch:
landgenoot
— somebody from one's own country
Dutch:
landgenote
— somebody from one's own country
Esperanto:
samlandano
— somebody from one's own country
Estonian:
kaasmaalane
— somebody from one's own country
Finnish:
maanmies
— somebody from one's own country
French:
compatriote
— somebody from one's own country
Galician:
compatriota
— somebody from one's own country
Georgian:
თანამემამულე
(tanamemamule)
— somebody from one's own country
German:
Landsmann
— somebody from one's own country
German:
Landsmännin
— somebody from one's own country
German:
Landsfrau
— somebody from one's own country
German:
Volksgenosse
— somebody from one's own country
German:
Volksgenossin
— somebody from one's own country
Greek:
συμπατριώτης
(sympatriótis)
— somebody from one's own country
Greek:
συμπατριώτισσα
(sympatriótissa)
— somebody from one's own country
Hebrew:
בֶּן אַרְצוֹ
(ben artsú)
— somebody from one's own country
Hindi:
स्वदेशवासी
(svadeśvāsī)
— somebody from one's own country
Hindi:
देश-भाई
(deś-bhāī)
— somebody from one's own country
Hindi:
हमवतन
(hamvatan)
— somebody from one's own country
Hungarian:
honfitárs
— somebody from one's own country
Icelandic:
landsmaður
— somebody from one's own country
Icelandic:
samlanda
— somebody from one's own country
Indonesian:
kompatriot
— somebody from one's own country
Irish:
comhthíreach
— somebody from one's own country
Italian:
compatriota
— somebody from one's own country
Italian:
connazionale
— somebody from one's own country
Italian:
paesano
— somebody from one's own country
Italian:
paesana
— somebody from one's own country
Japanese:
同胞
— somebody from one's own country
Japanese:
同国人
(dōkokujin)
— somebody from one's own country
Kazakh:
отандас
(otandas)
— somebody from one's own country
Khmer:
មិត្តរួមជាតិ
(mɨt ruəm ciət)
— somebody from one's own country
Korean:
동포
(dongpo)
— somebody from one's own country
Korean:
동국인
(donggugin)
— somebody from one's own country
Northern Kurdish:
hemwelatî
— somebody from one's own country
Kyrgyz:
мекендеш
(mekendeş)
— somebody from one's own country
Lao:
ເພື່ອນຮ່ວມຊາດ
(phư̄an hūam sāt)
— somebody from one's own country
Latvian:
tautietis
— somebody from one's own country
Latvian:
tautiete
— somebody from one's own country
Lithuanian:
kraštietis
— somebody from one's own country
Lithuanian:
tėvynainis
— somebody from one's own country
Macedonian:
сонародник
(sonarodnik)
— somebody from one's own country
Macedonian:
сонародничка
(sonarodnička)
— somebody from one's own country
Maltese:
kompatrijott
— somebody from one's own country
Manx:
co-heeragh
— somebody from one's own country
Mongolian:
нэг нутгийн хүн
(neg nutgiin xün)
— somebody from one's own country
Norwegian Bokmål:
landsmann
— somebody from one's own country
Norwegian Bokmål:
landsmanninne
— somebody from one's own country
Norwegian Nynorsk:
landsmann
— somebody from one's own country
Old English:
ġelanda
— somebody from one's own country
Pashto:
هموطن
(hamwatán)
— somebody from one's own country
Pashto:
هېوادوال
(hewādwā́l)
— somebody from one's own country
Pashto:
وطندار
— somebody from one's own country
Pashto:
وطنوال
(watanwãl)
— somebody from one's own country
Iranian Persian:
هَمْوَطَن
(hamvatan)
— somebody from one's own country
Iranian Persian:
هَممیهَن
(ham-mihan)
— somebody from one's own country
Polish:
rodak
— somebody from one's own country
Polish:
rodaczka
— somebody from one's own country
Polish:
krajan
— somebody from one's own country
Polish:
krajanka
— somebody from one's own country
Polish:
kompatriota
— somebody from one's own country
Polish:
kompatriotka
— somebody from one's own country
Polish:
ziomek
— somebody from one's own country
Portuguese:
compatriota
— somebody from one's own country
Portuguese:
compatrício
— somebody from one's own country
Portuguese:
patrício
— somebody from one's own country
Romanian:
compatriot
— somebody from one's own country
Romanian:
compatrioată
— somebody from one's own country
Russian:
сооте́чественник
(sootéčestvennik)
— somebody from one's own country
Russian:
сооте́чественница
(sootéčestvennica)
— somebody from one's own country
Russian:
земля́к
(zemlják)
— somebody from one's own country
Russian:
земля́чка
(zemljáčka)
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
сународник
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
сународња̀киња
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
зѐмља̄к
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
земља̀киња
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
sunarodnik
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
sunarodnjàkinja
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
zèmljāk
— somebody from one's own country
Serbo-Croatian:
zemljàkinja
— somebody from one's own country
Slovak:
krajan
— somebody from one's own country
Slovak:
krajanka
— somebody from one's own country
Slovak:
súkmeňovec
— somebody from one's own country
Slovak:
súkmeňovkyňa
— somebody from one's own country
Slovene:
rojak
— somebody from one's own country
Slovene:
rojakinja
— somebody from one's own country
Spanish:
compatriota
— somebody from one's own country
Spanish:
paisano
— somebody from one's own country
Spanish:
coterráneo
— somebody from one's own country
Spanish:
compatricio
— somebody from one's own country
Spanish:
conterráneo
— somebody from one's own country
Swedish:
landsman
— somebody from one's own country
Swedish:
landsmaninna
— somebody from one's own country
Tagalog:
kababayan
— somebody from one's own country
Tajik:
ҳамватан
(hamvatan)
— somebody from one's own country
Tajik:
ҳамдиёр
(hamdiyor)
— somebody from one's own country
Tatar:
ватандаш
(watandaş)
— somebody from one's own country
Tatar:
илдәш
(ildäş)
— somebody from one's own country
Thai:
เพื่อนร่วมชาติ
(pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-châat)
— somebody from one's own country
Turkish:
vatandaş
— somebody from one's own country
Turkish:
hemşehri
— somebody from one's own country
Turkish:
memleketli
— somebody from one's own country
Ottoman Turkish:
وطنداش
(vatandaş)
— somebody from one's own country
Turkmen:
watandaş
— somebody from one's own country
Ukrainian:
співвітчи́зник
(spivvitčýznyk)
— somebody from one's own country
Ukrainian:
співвітчи́зниця
(spivvitčýznycja)
— somebody from one's own country
Ukrainian:
земля́к
(zemlják)
— somebody from one's own country
Ukrainian:
земля́чка
(zemljáčka)
— somebody from one's own country
Ukrainian:
края́нин
(krajányn)
— somebody from one's own country
Ukrainian:
края́нка
(krajánka)
— somebody from one's own country
Urdu:
ہَم وَطَن
(ham vatan)
— somebody from one's own country
Urdu:
گِرائِیں
(girāī̃)
— somebody from one's own country
Urdu:
دیش بھائی
(deś bhāī)
— somebody from one's own country
Uyghur:
ۋەتەنداش
(wetendash)
— somebody from one's own country
Uzbek:
vatandosh
— somebody from one's own country
Vietnamese:
đồng bào
— somebody from one's own country
Yiddish:
לאַנדסמאַן
(landsman)
— somebody from one's own country
Yiddish:
דאָרפֿמאַן
(dorfman)
— somebody from one's own country