exile
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
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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
- Let them be recalled from their exile.
- (countable) Someone who is banished from their home or country.
- Synonym: expatriate
- 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.
- She lived as an exile.
Derived terms
Translations
the state of being banished from one's home or country
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someone who is banished from one's home or country
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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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:
- 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.
Translations
to send into exile
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References
- Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9), volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 6.7, page 205.
French
Verb
exile
- inflection of exiler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
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
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