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Meaning of exile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɛɡˌzaɪl

Definitions

  1. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
    uncountable
  2. The state of being banished from one's home or country
  3. Someone who is banished from his home or country.
    countable
  4. Someone who is banished from his home or country
  5. To send (someone or something) into exile

Equivalents

العربية المنفى تَبْعِيد تغريب تهجير طرد منفى نفى نفي
Azərbaycanca sürgün sürgün etmək sürmək
Беларуская вы́слаць высылаць
Bosanski egzil izgnanica izgnanik izgnanstvo prognanica prognanik progonstvo егзил изгнаник изгнаница изгнанство прогнаник прогнаница прогонство
Català bandejament bandejar desterrament desterrar exili exiliar
Čeština exil exulant vyhnanec vyhnanství
Cymraeg alltudiaeth alltudio
Dansk eksil
Deutsch Exil Exilant exilieren ins Exil schicken Verbannung
Ελληνικά εξορία εξορίζω εξόριστη εξόριστος
Esperanto ekzili
Español desterrar destierro exiliar exilio proscribir trasterrar
Suomi karkottaa maanpako maanpakolainen maanpakolaisuus
Français exil exilé exilé exilé exiler
Gaeilge deoraíocht díbir ionnarb
Gàidhlig deòradh fògradh
Galego desterrar desterro exiliar exílio
עברית גולה גלה גָּלוּת
हिन्दी कालापानी जलावतन देश-निकाला देशनिकाला निर्वासन निर्वासित वनवास हिजरत
Hrvatski egzil izgnanica izgnanik izgnanstvo prognanica prognanik progonstvo егзил изгнаник изгнаница изгнанство прогнаник прогнаница прогонство
Magyar száműz száműzetés
Հայերեն աքսոր աքսորում
Bahasa Indonesia parak pengasingan
Íslenska útlegð
Italiano esiliare esilio
日本語 お構い 亡命 流亡 流竄 流罪 流謫 竄流 追放 配流
Қазақша сүргін
한국어 귀양 도배 망명 추방
Kurdî surgun
Latina ablegatio acula exsilium exsul exsulatus exsulō fuga
Lëtzebuergesch exiléieren
Te Reo Māori whakapako whakapakotanga
Македонски изгнанство прогонство
Bahasa Melayu buangan
Nederlands ballingschap verbannen verbanning
Polski banicja banicyjny banita banitować biegun tułacz uchodźstwo wygnać wygnanie wygnaniec zesłańczy zesłanie zesłaniec
Português desterrar desterro exilar exile exílio
Română exil exila exilare
Русский выслать высылать изгнание ссылка
Slovenčina exil
Shqip Mërgim
Српски egzil izgnanica izgnanik izgnanstvo prognanica prognanik progonstvo егзил изгнаник изгнаница изгнанство прогнаник прогнаница прогонство
Svenska exil landsflykt landsförvisa landsförvisning
ไทย การเนรเทศ
Türkçe sürgün tehcir
ئۇيغۇرچە سۈرگۈن
Українська вигна́ння висилати ви́слати екзил
Tiếng Việt lưu vong

Examples

“He lived in exile.”
“They chose exile rather than assimilation.”
“Let them be recalled from their exile.”
“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.”
“She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.”
“Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

exile of conscience Exiled exiledom exilee exilehood exilement

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