expatrier
French, verb/ɛk.spa.tʁi.je/
expatrier is spelled E-X-P-A-T-R-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expatrier is a French verb meaning “to expatriate, deport” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Obliger quelqu’un à quitter sa patrie, exiler”.
What does expatrier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to expatriate, deport
- 2
to emigrate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obliger quelqu’un à quitter sa patrie, exiler. 2. Quitter sa patrie pour s’établir ailleurs, émigrer. 3. Quitter un lieu où l’on a de fortes attaches pour s’établir dans un autre lieu.
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 expatrier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- expatriant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- expatrié participle past
- expatrie first-person indicative present
- expatries indicative present second-person
- expatrions first-person indicative plural
- expatriez indicative plural present
- expatrient indicative plural present
- expatriais first-person imperfect indicative
- expatriait imperfect indicative singular
- expatriions first-person imperfect indicative
- expatriiez imperfect indicative plural
- expatriaient imperfect indicative plural
- expatriai first-person historic indicative
- expatrias historic indicative past
- expatria historic indicative past
- expatriâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expatrier?
- /ɛk.spa.tʁi.je/
- \ɛks.pa.tʁi.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is expatrier in French?
expatrier appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).