adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/
/ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
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adj
Meaning 1
Living outside of one's own country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
an expatriate rebel force
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: émigré, outland, emigrant, immigrant
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: émigré, outlander, emigrant, immigrant
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
One who has been banished from one's own country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exile
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To withdraw from one’s native country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
American expatriates
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exile, expat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: absentee
Narrower terms: refugee, remittance man
8
verb
Meaning 8
move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emigrate
9
verb
Meaning 9
expel from a country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deport, exile
Antonyms: repatriate
Broader terms: expel, throw out, kick out
History
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”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.
Across languages
Translations
153 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
expat
— living outside of one's own country
Afrikaans:
ekspat
— living outside of one's own country
Catalan:
expatriat
— living outside of one's own country
Chinese Mandarin:
僑居的 /侨居的
(qiáojū de)
— living outside of one's own country
Danish:
udvandrer
— living outside of one's own country
Dutch:
expat
— living outside of one's own country
Finnish:
ekspatriaatti-
— living outside of one's own country
Finnish:
maastamuuttaja-
— living outside of one's own country
German:
im Ausland lebend
— living outside of one's own country
Greek:
εκπατρισμένος
(ekpatrisménos)
— living outside of one's own country
Hebrew:
גולה
(golé)
— living outside of one's own country
Hebrew:
מהגר
(mehagér)
— living outside of one's own country
Hindi:
प्रवासी
(pravāsī)
— living outside of one's own country
Italian:
espatriato
— living outside of one's own country
Japanese:
海外居住者の
(kaigai-kyojyūsha no)
— living outside of one's own country
Macedonian:
иселенички
(iselenički)
— living outside of one's own country
Portuguese:
expatriado
— living outside of one's own country
Romanian:
expatriat
— living outside of one's own country
Russian:
эмигра́нтский
(emigrántskij)
— living outside of one's own country
Spanish:
expatriado
— living outside of one's own country
Afrikaans:
expat
— person living outside own country
Afrikaans:
ekspat
— person living outside own country
Afrikaans:
uitgewekene
— person living outside own country
Arabic:
مُغْتَرِب
(muḡtarib)
— person living outside own country
Armenian:
էմիգրանտ
(ēmigrant)
— person living outside own country
Bulgarian:
изгнаник
(izgnanik)
— person living outside own country
Catalan:
expatriat
— person living outside own country
Catalan:
expatriada
— person living outside own country
Chinese Mandarin:
僑民 /侨民
(qiáomín)
— person living outside own country
Chinese Mandarin:
僑居國外者 /侨居国外者
(qiáojū guówài zhě)
— person living outside own country
Chinese Mandarin:
海外國民 /海外国民
(hǎiwài guómín)
— person living outside own country
Czech:
expatriant
— person living outside own country
Danish:
udvandrer
— person living outside own country
Dutch:
buitenlander
— person living outside own country
Esperanto:
eksterlandano
— person living outside own country
Estonian:
väljarännanu
— person living outside own country
Faroese:
útiseti
— person living outside own country
Finnish:
ekspatriaatti
— person living outside own country
Finnish:
maastamuuttaja
— person living outside own country
French:
expatrié
— person living outside own country
French:
expatriée
— person living outside own country
Georgian:
ემიგრანტი
(emigranṭi)
— person living outside own country
German:
Auswanderer
— person living outside own country
Greek:
απόδημος
(apódimos)
— person living outside own country
Greek:
ομογενής
(omogenís)
— person living outside own country
Hebrew:
גולה
(golé)
— person living outside own country
Hebrew:
מהגר
(mehagér)
— person living outside own country
Hindi:
प्रवासी
(pravāsī)
— person living outside own country
Hungarian:
kivándorló
— person living outside own country
Hungarian:
hazájától távol élő ember
— person living outside own country
Hungarian:
emigráns
— person living outside own country
Hungarian:
külföldi
— person living outside own country
Indonesian:
ekspatriat
— person living outside own country
Italian:
espatriato
— person living outside own country
Japanese:
海外居住者
(kaigai-kyojūsha)
— person living outside own country
Japanese:
非居住者
(kaigai-kyojūsha)
— person living outside own country
Macedonian:
иселеник
(iselenik)
— person living outside own country
Malay:
ekspatriat
— person living outside own country
Polish:
ekspatriant
— person living outside own country
Polish:
emigrant
— person living outside own country
Portuguese:
expatriado
— person living outside own country
Romanian:
expatriat
— person living outside own country
Romanian:
expatriată
— person living outside own country
Russian:
эмигра́нт
(emigránt)
— person living outside own country
Russian:
эмигра́нтка
(emigrántka)
— person living outside own country
Russian:
экспатриа́нт
(ekspatriánt)
— person living outside own country
Russian:
экспатриа́нтка
(ekspatriántka)
— person living outside own country
Russian:
экспа́т
(ekspát)
— person living outside own country
Russian:
релока́нт
(relokánt)
— person living outside own country
Spanish:
expatriado
— person living outside own country
Swedish:
utvandrare
— person living outside own country
Swedish:
emigrant
— person living outside own country
Turkish:
gurbetçi
— person living outside own country
Afrikaans:
banneling
— person banished from their own country
Arabic:
مَنْفِيّ
(manfiyy)
— person banished from their own country
Armenian:
աքսորաբնակ
(akʻsorabnak)
— person banished from their own country
Bulgarian:
заточеник
(zatočenik)
— person banished from their own country
Chinese Mandarin:
流人
(liúrén)
— person banished from their own country
Chinese Mandarin:
流亡者
(liúwángzhě)
— person banished from their own country
Danish:
udvist
— person banished from their own country
Dutch:
banneling
— person banished from their own country
Estonian:
pagulane
— person banished from their own country
Finnish:
maanpakolainen
— person banished from their own country
German:
Verbannter
— person banished from their own country
German:
Exilant
— person banished from their own country
German:
Exulant
— person banished from their own country
German:
Exilierter
— person banished from their own country
German:
Ausgebürgerter
— person banished from their own country
Greek:
εξόριστος
(exóristos)
— person banished from their own country
Hungarian:
száműzött
— person banished from their own country
Japanese:
国外追放者
(kokugai-tsuihōsha)
— person banished from their own country
Macedonian:
изгнаник
(izgnanik)
— person banished from their own country
Macedonian:
прогнаник
(prognanik)
— person banished from their own country
Polish:
wygnaniec
— person banished from their own country
Portuguese:
expatriado
— person banished from their own country
Russian:
изгна́нник
(izgnánnik)
— person banished from their own country
Spanish:
expatriado
— person banished from their own country
Swedish:
landsflyktning
— person banished from their own country
Turkish:
sürgün
— person banished from their own country
Bulgarian:
заточавам
(zatočavam)
— banish
Catalan:
expatriar
— banish
Chinese Mandarin:
放逐
(fàngzhú)
— banish
Chinese Mandarin:
流放
(liúfàng)
— banish
Chinese Mandarin:
驅逐出國 /驱逐出国
(qūzhú chūguó)
— banish
Danish:
forvise
— banish
Dutch:
verbannen
— banish
Estonian:
välja saatma
— banish
Finnish:
karkottaa
— banish
Finnish:
ajaa maanpakoon
— banish
German:
expatriieren
— banish
German:
ausweisen
— banish
Greek:
εξορίζω
(exorízo)
— banish
Japanese:
国外追放する
(kokugai-tsuihō suru)
— banish
Macedonian:
изгонува
(izgonuva)
— banish
Macedonian:
протерува
(proteruva)
— banish
Polish:
wypędzać
— banish
Polish:
wygnać
— banish
Portuguese:
expatriar
— banish
Romanian:
expatria
— banish
Spanish:
expatriar
— banish
Swedish:
förvisa
— banish
Swedish:
bannlysa
— banish
Ottoman Turkish:
قوغمق
(koğmak, kovmak)
— banish
Bulgarian:
изселвам се
(izselvam se)
— withdraw from one’s country
Chinese Mandarin:
離開祖國 /离开祖国
(líkāi zǔguó)
— withdraw from one’s country
Chinese Mandarin:
背井離鄉 /背井离乡
(bèijǐnglíxiāng)
— withdraw from one’s country
Danish:
udvandre
— withdraw from one’s country
Danish:
gå i eksil
— withdraw from one’s country
Estonian:
välja rändama
— withdraw from one’s country
Finnish:
muuttaa maasta
— withdraw from one’s country
German:
auswandern
— withdraw from one’s country
Italian:
espatriare
— withdraw from one’s country
Japanese:
去る
(saru)
— withdraw from one’s country
Japanese:
捨てる
(suteru)
— withdraw from one’s country
Japanese:
流出する
(ryūshutsu suru)
— withdraw from one’s country
Macedonian:
се иселува
(se iseluva)
— withdraw from one’s country
Macedonian:
се отселува
(se otseluva)
— withdraw from one’s country
Polish:
wypędzać
— withdraw from one’s country
Polish:
wygnać
— withdraw from one’s country
Portuguese:
migrar
— withdraw from one’s country
Romanian:
se expatria
— withdraw from one’s country
Spanish:
expatriarse
— withdraw from one’s country
Swedish:
utvandra
— withdraw from one’s country
Swedish:
emigrera
— withdraw from one’s country
Bulgarian:
емигрирам
(emigriram)
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Chinese Mandarin:
放棄原國籍 /放弃原国籍
(fàngqì yuánguójí)
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Chinese Mandarin:
歸化 /归化
(guīhuà)
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Chinese Mandarin:
取得新國籍 /取得新国籍
(qǔdé xīn guójí)
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Estonian:
välja rändama
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Finnish:
ottaa toisen maan kansalaisuus
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Greek:
εκπατρίζω
(ekpatrízo)
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Japanese:
亡命する
(boumei suru)
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
Russian:
эмигри́ровать
(emigrírovatʹ)
— renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country