expatriate C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction 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... emigrantexileexpatémigrémigrantsettler ↔ Opposites nativerepatriatecitizen Word family Derived forms expatriationexpatriatism Related forms patriotpatriotismrepatriate Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Space, Position & Direction - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown