evict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin evictus, past participle of evincere (“to vanquish completely”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪkt

Verb

evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)

(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

Related terms

Translations

to expel

Arabic: أَجْلَى‎‎ (ʾajlā), طَرَدَ‎‎ (ar) (ṭarada)
Basque: kanporatu
Bulgarian: изгонвам (bg) (izgonvam), изселвам (bg) (izselvam)
Catalan: desnonar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 驅逐 (zh), 驱逐 (zh) (qūzhú), 赶出 (zh) (gǎnchū)
Dutch: verjagen (nl), uitzetten (nl)
Finnish: häätää (fi)
French: expulser (fr), évincer (fr)
German: vertreiben (de), verweisen (de), ausweisen (de), exmittieren
Ido: eviktar (io)
Irish: díshealbhaigh

Italian: espellere (it), sfrattare (it)
Japanese: 追い出す (おいだす, oidasu), 立ち退かせる (たちのかせる, tachinokaseru)
Korean: 쫓아내다 (ko) (jjochanaeda), 퇴거시키다 (toegeosikida)
Maori: pana, pei, tute
Polish: eksmitować
Portuguese: despejar (pt)
Romanian: evinge (ro), expulza (ro)
Russian: выселя́ть (ru) (vyseljátʹ), выгоня́ть (ru) (vygonjátʹ), изгоня́ть (ru) (izgonjátʹ)
Spanish: expulsar (es), desahuciar (es)
Swedish: vräka (sv), avhysa (sv)
Welsh: troi allan

Anagrams

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