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exiler

French, verb/ɛɡ.zi.le/

exiler is a French verb meaning “to exile, to banish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Envoyer en exil”.

What does exiler mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to exile, to banish

    Near-synonym: bannir

  2. 2

    to go into exile

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Envoyer en exil. 2. Reléguer. 3. Interdire à quelqu’un de se présenter devant soi. 4. Quitter délibérément son pays.

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 exiler

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • exilant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • exilé participle past
  • exile first-person indicative present
  • exiles indicative present second-person
  • exilons first-person indicative plural
  • exilez indicative plural present
  • exilent indicative plural present
  • exilais first-person imperfect indicative
  • exilait imperfect indicative singular
  • exilions first-person imperfect indicative
  • exiliez imperfect indicative plural
  • exilaient imperfect indicative plural
  • exilai first-person historic indicative
  • exilas historic indicative past
  • exila historic indicative past
  • exilâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce exiler?

  • /ɛɡ.zi.le/
  • \ɛɡ.zi.le\
  • [ɛg.zi.le]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to exiler

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is exiler in French?

exiler appears 1.2 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).