noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the act of returning to the country of origin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: return, homecoming
History
Etymology
Either a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin repatriātiō (“act of restoring someone to their homeland”) or from Italian repatriazione and remodelled after words in -ation. By surface analysis, repatriate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
рэпатрыя́цыя
(repatryjácyja)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Bulgarian:
репатрация
(repatracija)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Catalan:
repatriació
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Chinese Mandarin:
遣返
(qiǎnfǎn)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Chinese Mandarin:
歸國 /归国
(guīguó)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Czech:
repatriace
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Danish:
hjemsendelse
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Danish:
repatriering
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Dutch:
repatriëring
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Finnish:
kotiutus
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Finnish:
palautus kotimaahan
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
French:
rapatriement
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
German:
Repatriierung
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Greek:
επαναπατρισμός
(epanapatrismós)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Hungarian:
hazatelepítés
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Hungarian:
hazatelepülés
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Indonesian:
repatriasi
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Japanese:
帰還
(kikan)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Japanese:
送還
(sōkan)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Korean:
송환
(songhwan)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Malay:
repatriasi
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Norwegian Bokmål:
hjemsendelse
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Norwegian Nynorsk:
heimsending
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Polish:
repatriacja
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Portuguese:
repatriação
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Romanian:
repatriere
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Russian:
репатриа́ция
(repatriácija)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Spanish:
repatriación
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
Ukrainian:
репатріа́ція
(repatriácija)
— the process of returning of a person to their country of origin
