different between inpatriate vs expatriate

English

Etymology

Popularized in the 1990s. From expatriate, replacing ex- by in-. Surface analysis is in- +? patriate.

Noun

inpatriate (plural inpatriates)

1. (business) An employee of a multinational company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a foreign subsidiary to the corporation’s headquarters

Usage notes

The term was probably meant to indicate the direction of the transfer, but has added a level of confusion to the definition of individuals working outside of their home country. Inpatriates, like all other types of expatriates, are not in but outside of their country of origin. In business terms, however, an expatriate is transferred from the corporation headquarters to a country where the corporation has a subsidiary, while an inpatriate is transferred from the foreign subsidiary to the country where the corporation has its headquarters.

Adjective

inpatriate (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to people who are inpatriates, or to inpatriation.

Anagrams

• antipirate

English

Etymology

From French expatrier, from ex- (“out of”) + patrie (“native land”).

Pronunciation

• Adjective and noun: IPA^(key): /?ks?pæt???t/, /?ks?pe?.t?i.?t/
• Verb: IPA^(key): /?ks?pæt???e?t/, /?ks?pe?.t?i?e?t/
• Hyphenation: ex?pa?tri?ate

Adjective

expatriate (not comparable)

1. Living outside of one's own country.

Translations

Noun

expatriate (plural expatriates)

1. One who lives outside their own country.
   1. One who has been banished from their own country.

Synonyms

• émigré
• outland

Derived terms

• expat
• rex-pat, rex-patriate

Related terms

• inpatriate
• repatriate

Translations

See also

• emigrant
• exile
• immigrant

Verb

expatriate (third-person singular simple present expatriates, present participle expatriating, simple past and past participle expatriated)

1. (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
2. (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
3. (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

Related terms

• repatriate
• patriate

Translations