noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ɹiːˈpæ.tɹi.eɪt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 2
To restore (a person) to their own country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 3
To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens.
France repatriated an Athenian frieze back to Greece.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: citizen
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verb
Meaning 6
admit back into the country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: expatriate
Broader terms: admit, allow in, let in, intromit
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verb
Meaning 7
send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: extradite, deliver, deport
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
възвращенец
(vǎzvraštenec)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Chinese Mandarin:
被遣返回国者
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Greek:
επαναπατρισμένος
(epanapatrisménos)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Italian:
rimpatriato
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Kazakh:
оралман
(oralman)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Kazakh:
ورالمان
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Macedonian:
по́вратник
(póvratnik)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Macedonian:
повра́тничка
(povrátnička)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Macedonian:
репатри́рец
(repatrírec)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Macedonian:
репатри́рка
(repatrírka)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Polish:
repatriant
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Polish:
repatriantka
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Russian:
репатриа́нт
(repatriánt)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Russian:
репатриа́нтка
(repatriántka)
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Slovak:
repatriant
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Slovak:
repatriantka
— a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
Bulgarian:
репатрирам
(repatriram)
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Catalan:
repatriar
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Chinese Mandarin:
遣返
(qiǎnfǎn)
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Czech:
repatriovat
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Dutch:
repatriëren
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Finnish:
kotiuttaa
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Finnish:
palauttaa kotimaahan
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
French:
rapatrier
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Greek:
επαναπατρίζω
(epanapatrízo)
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Polish:
repatriować
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Russian:
репатрии́ровать
(repatriírovatʹ)
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Spanish:
repatriar
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Swedish:
repatriera
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Swedish:
skicka tillbaka
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
Ukrainian:
репатріюва́ти
(repatrijuváty)
— to restore somebody to his or her own country
