Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repatriation

/ɹipˌeɪtɹiˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: repa-tri-a-tion
IPA: /ɹipˌeɪtɹiˈeɪʃən/

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

Countable; Uncountable

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.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: repatriazione

Usage

Inflected Forms

repatriations (plural)

Derived Forms

patriation repatriational

Frequently Paired Words

repatriate

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce repatriation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹipˌeɪtɹiˈeɪʃən/.
What does repatriation mean?: The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
Where does repatriation come from?: It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce repatriation

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