Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state of being banished from one's home or country.

    He lived in exile.

    They chose exile rather than assimilation.

    Exil, Verbannung

    ссы́лкаssýlka, изгна́ниеizgnánije

    вигна́нняvyhnánnja, засла́нняzaslánnja, екзи́льekzýlʹ

    a person who is expelled from home or country by authority

  2. (countable)Someone who is banished from their home or country.

    She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.

    Exilant, Exilantin, Verbannter

    ссы́льныйssýlʹnyj, ссы́льнаяssýlʹnaja, изгна́нникizgnánnik

    вигна́нецьvyhnánecʹ, вигна́ницяvyhnánycja

    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

Examples

73 sentences
  1. He was exiled to an island for the crime of high treason.

    Його було вислано на острів за державну зраду. — deniko

    ruОн был сослан на остров за государственную измену. — Biga

  2. He was exiled from his country.

    ruОн был изгнан из своей страны. — odexed

  3. Tom is still living in exile.

  4. He was exiled from his own country.

    ruОн был изгнан из собственной страны. — odexed

    deEr wurde aus seinem eigenen Land verbannt. — Sudajaengi

  5. I've been exiled.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the state of being banished from one's home or country:
someone who is banished from one's home or country:
Русский
By meaning 2
the state of being banished from one's home or country:
someone who is banished from one's home or country:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the state of being banished from one's home or country:
someone who is banished from one's home or country:

Origin

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exili

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

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Forms

plural: exiles
Singularexile
Pluralexiles

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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