expatriate

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /ɛksˈpeɪtriɪt/ UK /ɛksˈpætrɪət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person living outside their native country

The cafe was a haunt for British expatriates in Lisbon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person living outside... emigrant exileexpatémigrémigrant settler

Opposites

native repatriate citizen

Word family

Derived forms expatriationexpatriatism

Related forms patriot patriotism repatriate

Etymology

From Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare ('to leave one's country'), from Latin ex- ('out of') + patria ('native land'), from pater ('father').

expatriare Latin patria Latin pater Latin

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Topics

Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# expatriate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɛksˈpeɪtriɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɛksˈpætrɪət/

## Meanings
1. a person living outside their native country

## Examples
- The cafe was a haunt for British expatriates in Lisbon.

## Synonyms
- emigrant
- exile
- expat
- émigré
- migrant
- settler

## Antonyms
- native
- repatriate
- citizen

## Derived Forms
- expatriation
- expatriatism

## Related Forms
- patriot
- patriotism
- repatriate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: expatriare
- Root: patria
- Root: pater

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare ('to leave one's country'), from Latin ex- ('out of') + patria ('native land'), from pater ('father').

## AI Etymology
Expatriate is from Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare ('to leave one's country'), from Latin ex- ('out of') + patria ('native land'), from pater ('father'). Important recorded forms include expatriare (Latin), patria (Latin), and pater (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person living outside their native country. The wider family includes derived forms such as expatriation and expatriatism and related words such as patriot, patriotism, and repatriate.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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