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English
Etymology
From Middle English exil , borrowed from Old French essil , exil , from Latin exsilium , exilium ( “ state of exile ” ) , derived from exsul , exul ( “ exiled person ” ) .
Pronunciation
( UK , US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ , /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
( obsolete, for the verb ) IPA (key ) : /ɪɡˈzaɪl/ [ 1]
Hyphenation: ex‧ile
Noun
exile (countable and uncountable , plural exiles )
( uncountable ) The state of being banished from one's home or country.
Synonym: banishment
He lived in exile .
They chose exile rather than assimilation.
c. 1590–1591 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “The Two Gentlemen of Verona ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :Let them be recalled from their exile .
2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL , number 1017 , page 49 :My son, a Canada-based IT professional who often travels to Ukraine, told me about the exhilarating atmosphere on those Ukraine-bound trains, bringing home hundreds of the unwilling refugees, mostly women and children (including the babies, born in exile on the way to meet their Ukrainian fighter fathers for the first time). The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return.
( countable ) Someone who is banished from his home or country.
Synonym: expatriate
She lived as an exile , and did her best to make the most out of such life.
c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :Thou art an exile , and thou must not stay.
2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL , number 1017 , page 49 :My son, a Canada-based IT professional who often travels to Ukraine, told me about the exhilarating atmosphere on those Ukraine-bound trains, bringing home hundreds of the unwilling refugees, mostly women and children (including the babies, born in exile on the way to meet their Ukrainian fighter fathers for the first time). The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return.
Derived terms
Translations
the state of being banished from one's home or country
Albanian: mërgim (sq) m , internim (sq) m
Arabic: نَفْي m ( nafy ) , تَبْعِيد m ( tabʕīd )
Aramaic: גלותא f
Armenian: աքսոր (hy) ( akʻsor ) , աքսորում (hy) ( akʻsorum )
Asturian: exiliu m , estierru m , destierru m
Azerbaijani: sürgün
Bashkir: һөргөн ( hörgön )
Belarusian: выгна́нне n ( vyhnánnje ) , засла́нне n ( zaslánnje )
Bulgarian: изгна́ние (bg) n ( izgnánie ) , заточе́ние (bg) n ( zatočénie )
Catalan: exili (ca) m , bandejament m , desterrament m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流亡 (zh) ( liúwáng ) , 放逐 (zh) ( fàngzhú ) , 流放 (zh) ( liúfàng )
Czech: vyhnanství n , exil (cs) m
Danish: eksil n
Dutch: ballingschap (nl) f , verbanning (nl) f
Estonian: eksiil , maapagu
Finnish: maanpako (fi) , maanpakolaisuus (fi)
French: exil (fr) m
Galician: exilio m , desterro m
Georgian: გაძევება ( gaʒeveba ) , განდევნა ( gandevna )
German: Exil (de) n , Verbannung (de) f
Greek: εξορία (el) f ( exoría )
Ancient: ἐξορία f ( exoría )
Hebrew: גָּלוּת (he) f ( galút ) , גּוֹלָה ( golá )
Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) m ( nirvāsan )
Hungarian: száműzés (hu) , száműzetés (hu)
Icelandic: útlegð
Indonesian: pengasingan (id) , eksil
Irish: deoraíocht f
Italian: esilio (it) m
Japanese: 亡命 (ja) ( ぼうめい, bōmei ) , 追放 (ja) ( ついほう, tsuihō )
Kazakh: айдалу ( aidalu ) , қуғын ( quğyn ) , сүргін ( sürgın )
Korean: 망명(亡命) (ko) ( mangmyeong ) , 추방(追放) (ko) ( chubang )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sirgûn (ku) f
Kyrgyz: сүргүн (ky) ( sürgün )
Latin: exsilium n , ablēgātiō f
Latvian: trimda f , izraidījums m
Lithuanian: tremtis f
Macedonian: изгнанство n ( izgnanstvo ) , прогонство n ( progonstvo ) , егзил m ( egzil )
Malay: buangan (ms) , eksil
Maltese: eżilju m
Manx: joarreeaght f , joarreeys m
Maori: whakapakotanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eksil n , utlendighet m or f
Nynorsk: eksil n
Occitan: exili (oc) m
Old English: wræc n
Persian: تبعید (fa) ( tab'id )
Polish: uchodźstwo n , wygnanie (pl) n , banicja (pl) f ( historical ) , zesłanie (pl) n
Portuguese: exílio (pt) m , desterro (pt) m
Romanian: exil (ro) n , exilare (ro) f
Russian: ссы́лка (ru) f ( ssýlka ) , изгна́ние (ru) n ( izgnánije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изгна̀нство n , про̀го̄нство n , ѐгзӣл m , ѝзгон m
Roman: izgnànstvo n , prògōnstvo (sh) n , ègzīl (sh) m , ìzgon m
Slovak: vyhnanstvo n , exil m
Slovene: pregnanstvo n , izgnanstvo n , izgon (sl) m
Spanish: exilio (es) m , destierro (es) m
Swedish: exil (sv) c , landsflykt (sv) c
Tajik: бадарға ( badarġa ) , табъид ( tabʾid )
Tatar: сөрген (tt) ( sörgen )
Thai: การเนรเทศ (th) ( gaan-nee-rá-têet )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: sürgün (tr)
Turkmen: sürgün
Ukrainian: вигна́ння n ( vyhnánnja ) , засла́ння n ( zaslánnja ) , екзи́ль (uk) m ( ekzýlʹ ) , екзи́л (uk) m ( ekzýl )
Uyghur: سۈرگۈن ( sürgün )
Uzbek: surgun (uz)
Volapük: xil (vo)
Welsh: alltudiaeth f
someone who is banished from one's home or country
Albanian: internuar (sq) m , internuare f
Armenian: աքսորյալ (hy) ( akʻsoryal )
Bashkir: һөрөлгән кеше ( hörölgən keşe )
Belarusian: выгна́ннік m ( vyhnánnik ) , выгна́нніца f ( vyhnánnica )
Bulgarian: изгна́ник (bg) m ( izgnánik ) , изгна́ница f ( izgnánica ) , изгна́ничка f ( izgnánička ) , зато́ченик (bg) m ( zatóčenik ) , зато́ченица f ( zatóčenica ) , зато́ченичка f ( zatóčenička )
Catalan: exiliat (ca) m , exiliada (ca) f , bandejat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流亡者 (zh) ( liúwángzhe )
Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
Czech: vyhnanec m , vyhnankyně f , exulant (cs) m , exulantka f
Danish: udlændighed c , eksil c
Dutch: banneling (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: maanpakolainen (fi)
French: exilé (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Exilant (de) m , Exilantin (de) f , Verbannter m
Greek: εξόριστος (el) m ( exóristos )
Hebrew: גּוֹלֶה m sg ( golé ) , גּוֹלָה f sg ( golá )
Hungarian: száműzött (hu)
Icelandic: útlagi m
Irish: deoraí m
Italian: esiliato (it) , esule (it)
Japanese: 亡命者 ( ぼうめいしゃ, bōmeisha )
Kazakh: қуғындалушы ( quğyndaluşy )
Korean: 망명자(亡命者) ( mangmyeongja )
Latin: exsul m or f
Latvian: trimdinieks m , izraidītais m
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Manx: eebyrtagh m , fogaragh m , skeayltagh m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: landflyktig m , flyktning (no) m
Nynorsk: landflyktig m , flyktning m
Old English: wreċċa m
Polish: wygnaniec (pl) m , wygnanka (pl) f , banita (pl) m ( historical ) , banitka (pl) f ( historical )
Portuguese: exilado (pt) m , degredado (pt) m
Romanian: exilat (ro) m
Russian: ссы́льный (ru) m ( ssýlʹnyj ) , ссы́льная (ru) f ( ssýlʹnaja ) , изгна́нник (ru) m ( izgnánnik ) , изгна́нница (ru) f ( izgnánnica )
Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach m , deòradh m , eilthireach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: ìzgnanīk m , ìzgnanica f , prògnanīk (sh) m , prògnanica (sh) f
Slovak: vyhnanec m , vyhnankyňa f
Spanish: exiliado (es) m , desterrado (es) m
Swedish: landsflykting (sv) c
Tibetan: བཙན་བྱོལ་བ ( btsan byol ba )
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: вигна́нець m ( vyhnánecʹ ) , вигна́ниця f ( vyhnánycja )
Volapük: xiläb (vo)
Welsh: alltud m or f
West Frisian: balling ?
Translations to be checked
Verb
exile (third-person singular simple present exiles , present participle exiling , simple past and past participle exiled )
( transitive ) To send (someone or something) into exile .
Synonyms: banish , forban , expatriate
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
1832 December (indicated as 1833 ), Alfred Tennyson , “The Palace of Art ”, in Poems , London: Edward Moxon , , →OCLC , stanza LXVIII, page 87 :She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.
Derived terms
Translations
to send into exile
Arabic: نَفَى ( nafā )
Asturian: exiliar , esterrar , desterrar
Azerbaijani: sürgün etmək , sürmək (az) , sürdürmək
Belarusian: высыла́ць impf ( vysylácʹ ) , вы́слаць pf ( výslacʹ )
Bulgarian: заточавам (bg) ( zatočavam )
Catalan: exiliar (ca) , bandejar (ca) , desterrar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dalmatian: esiljur
Danish: forvise
Dutch: verbannen (nl)
Esperanto: ekzili
Finnish: karkottaa (fi) , ajaa maanpakoon
French: exiler (fr)
Galician: exiliar , desterrar (gl)
German: ins Exil schicken , exilieren
Greek: εξορίζω (el) ( exorízo )
Ancient: ἐξορίζω ( exorízō )
Hebrew: הִגְלָה ( higlá ) , גָּלָה (he) ( galá )
Hungarian: száműz (hu)
Irish: ionnarb , díbir
Italian: esiliare (it)
Latin: exsulo
Latvian: izraidīt
Luxembourgish: exiléieren
Manx: eebyrt , eebree
Maori: whakapako
Norwegian: forvise
Occitan: exiliar (oc) , faidir , fòrabandir (oc)
Ottoman Turkish: قوغمق ( koğmak, kovmak )
Polish: wygnać (pl) , banitować (pl) impf ( historical or literary )
Portuguese: exilar (pt) , desterrar (pt)
Romanian: exila (ro)
Russian: вы́сылать (ru) impf ( výsylatʹ ) , вы́слать (ru) pf ( výslatʹ )
Spanish: exiliar (es) , desterrar (es) , proscribir (es) , trasterrar ( esp. Mexico )
Swedish: landsförvisa (sv) , exilera (sv)
Tibetan: ཡུལ་བྱོལ་བྱེད ( yul byol byed ) , རྒྱང་འབུད་གཏོང ( rgyang 'bud gtong )
Ukrainian: висила́ти impf ( vysyláty ) , ви́слати pf ( výslaty )
Welsh: alltudio
References
Anagrams
French
Verb
exile
inflection of exiler :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Latin
Adjective
exīle
nominative / accusative / vocative neuter singular of exīlis
Portuguese
Verb
exile
inflection of exilar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
exile
inflection of exilar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
second-person singular voseo imperative of exir combined with le