apatride

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French apatride. Ultimately from Byzantine Greek ἄπατρις (ápatris, without country).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.paːˈtri.də/
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  • Hyphenation: apa‧tri‧de
  • Rhymes: -idə

Adjective

apatride (not comparable)

  1. stateless, without citizenship or nationality
    Synonym: staatloos

Inflection

Declension of apatride
uninflected apatride
inflected apatride
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial apatride
indefinite m./f. sing. apatride
n. sing. apatride
plural apatride
definite apatride
partitive apatrides

Noun

apatride m (plural apatriden)

  1. A stateless, displaced person.
    Synonym: staatloze

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ patrie +‎ -ide. See also Byzantine Greek ἄπατρις (ápatris, without country).

Pronunciation

Adjective

apatride (plural apatrides)

  1. (law) stateless (without a state or nationality)

Descendants

  • Catalan: apàtrida
  • Spanish: apátrida

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