apatride

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French apatride. Ultimately from Byzantine Greek ἄπατρις (ápatris, “without country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.paːˈtri.də/

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• Hyphenation: apa‧tri‧de
• Rhymes: -idə

Adjective

apatride (not comparable)

1. stateless, without citizenship or nationality

   Synonym: staatloos

Inflection

Declension of apatride
uninflected	apatride
inflected	apatride
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		apatride
indefinite	m./f. sing.	apatride
	n. sing.	apatride
	plural	apatride
definite		apatride
partitive		apatrides

Noun

apatride m (plural apatriden)

1. A stateless, displaced person.

   Synonym: staatloze

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ patrie +‎ -ide. See also Byzantine Greek ἄπατρις (ápatris, “without country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pa.tʁid/

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Adjective

apatride (plural apatrides)

1. (law) stateless (without a state or nationality)

Descendants

• → Catalan: apàtrida
• → Spanish: apátrida

Further reading

• “apatride”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dérapait