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expatriate

/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pa-tri-ate
IPA
/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living outside of one's own country.

noun

One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

noun

One who has been banished from one's own country.

verb

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

Transitive verb

verb

To withdraw from one’s native country.

Intransitive verb

verb

To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ex-, expatrier

Usage

Inflected Forms

expatriates (plural) expatriates (present, singular) expatriating (participle, present) expatriated (participle, past) expatriated (past)

Derived Forms

expat expatriatism nonexpatriate Texpatriate

Phrases

rex-patriate

Frequently Paired Words

inpatriate repatriate emigrant exile immigrant patriate

Synonyms

émigré outland emigrant immigrant outlander exile expat deport

Rhymes With

repatriate

Questions

How do you pronounce expatriate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/.
What does expatriate mean?
Living outside of one's own country.
Where does expatriate come from?
It is traced to Latin. First known use: first attested in 1787.

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