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expatriate

adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/
  • /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
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  • /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
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1

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
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