exil
French, noun/ɛɡ.zil/
exil is spelled E-X-I-L (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exil is a French masculine noun meaning “exile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de celui que l’autorité force à vivre hors de sa patrie, ou qui s’y résout lui-même”.
What does exil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineexile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de celui que l’autorité force à vivre hors de sa patrie, ou qui s’y résout lui-même. 2. Tout séjour dans un lieu qui n’est pas celui où l’on voudrait être, de tout éloignement qui prive de certains agréments que l’on regrette.
noun: 1. Exil des Hébreux à Babylone sous Nabuchodonosor II au VIᵉ siècle avant notre ère.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of exil
- exils plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exil?
- /ɛɡ.zil/
- \ɛɡ.zil\
- \ɛg.zil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exil in French?
exil appears 10 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).