expat

See also: ex-pat

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apocope of expatriate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛksˌpæt/

Noun

expat (plural expats)

  1. An expatriate; a person who lives outside their own country.

Meronyms

Derived terms

Translations
expatriate — see expatriate

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛkspat]

Noun

expat m

  1. (informal) expat, expatriate (a person who lives outside his or her own country)
    Synonym: expatriant

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • expat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • expat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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