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compatriot en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpætɹi.ət/
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• /kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/

Etymology

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analysis, com- + patriot. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

Meanings

1. Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism.
   • She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […] 1736, [James] Thomson, The Prospect: Being the Fifth Part of Liberty. A Poem, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 8, lines 71–72:

Forms

Relateds

patriot · patriotic

Translations (3)

es conterráneo (Translations) · es paisano (Translations) · es coterráneo (Translations)

compatriot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpætɹi.ət/
• (US) audio
• /kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/

Etymology

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analysis, com- + patriot. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

Meanings

1. Somebody from one's own country.
   • However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner. 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2025:
   • the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England:
   • And this, perhaps, might have been anticipated; for, as varieties, in order to become in any degree permanent, necessarily have to struggle with the other inhabitants of the country, the species which are already dominant will be the most likely to yield offspring which, though in some slight degree modified, will still inherit those advantages that enabled their parents to become dominant over their compatriots. 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:

Forms

Deriveds

compatriotic · compatriotship · compatriotism

Relateds

patriot

Synonyms

countryperson · fellow citizen

Translations (152)

hi हमवतन (somebody from one's own country) · hi स्वदेशवासी (somebody from one's own country) · ka თანამემამულე (somebody from one's own country) · tg ҳамватан (somebody from one's own country) · pt compatriota (somebody from one's own country) · es compatriota (somebody from one's own country) · tr hemşehri (somebody from one's own country) · ja 同国人 (somebody from one's own country) · ja 同胞 (somebody from one's own country) · my တိုင်းရင်းသား (somebody from one's own country) · ru земля́к (somebody from one's own country) · gv co-heeragh (somebody from one's own country) · fr compatriote (somebody from one's own country) · ko 동국인 (somebody from one's own country) · ur گِرائِیں (somebody from one's own country) · uk співвітчи́зник (somebody from one's own country) · bg земля́чка (somebody from one's own country) · ur دیش بھائی (somebody from one's own country) · ru земля́чка (somebody from one's own country) · sq njëgjakës (somebody from one's own country) · tt илдәш (somebody from one's own country) · uz vatandosh (somebody from one's own country) · bg съоте́чественик (somebody from one's own country) · lv tautiete (somebody from one's own country) · ar زَمِيل (somebody from one's own country) · hu honfitárs (somebody from one's own country) · nb landsmann (somebody from one's own country) · uk края́нин (somebody from one's own country) · az vətəndaş (somebody from one's own country) · ru сооте́чественница (somebody from one's own country) · hi देश-भाई (somebody from one's own country) · mk сонародник (somebody from one's own country) · lt kraštietis (somebody from one's own country) · be суайчы́ннік (somebody from one's own country) · el συμπατριώτισσα (somebody from one's own country) · cs soukmenovec (somebody from one's own country) · tt ватандаш (somebody from one's own country) · sh zemljàkinja (somebody from one's own country) · pl kompatriotka (somebody from one's own country) · lt tėvynainis (somebody from one's own country) · sl rojak (somebody from one's own country) · he בֶּן אַרְצוֹ (somebody from one's own country) · de Landsmännin (somebody from one's own country) · uk края́нка (somebody from one's own country) · fa-ira هَممیهَن (somebody from one's own country) · el συμπατριώτης (somebody from one's own country) · mk сонародничка (somebody from one's own country) · km មិត្តរួមជាតិ (somebody from one's own country) · pt compatrício (somebody from one's own country) · ar مُوَاطِن (somebody from one's own country) · my တိုင်းရင်းသူ (somebody from one's own country) · pl rodaczka (somebody from one's own country) · be зямля́чка (somebody from one's own country) · ro compatriot (somebody from one's own country) · kmr hemwelatî (somebody from one's own country) · be суайчы́нніца (somebody from one's own country) · pl krajanka (somebody from one's own country) · et kaasmaalane (somebody from one's own country) · es coterráneo (somebody from one's own country) · yi דאָרפֿמאַן (somebody from one's own country) · fi maanmies (somebody from one's own country) · pt patrício (somebody from one's own country) · tg ҳамдиёр (somebody from one's own country) · ps وطنوال (somebody from one's own country) · mt kompatrijott (somebody from one's own country) · sv landsmaninna (somebody from one's own country) · bn স্বদেশবাসী (somebody from one's own country) · pl kompatriota (somebody from one's own country) · es paisano (somebody from one's own country) · sh зѐмља̄к (somebody from one's own country) · de Landsmann (somebody from one's own country) · da landsmandinde (somebody from one's own country) · az yurddaş (somebody from one's own country) · sh zèmljāk (somebody from one's own country) · es conterráneo (somebody from one's own country) · be зямля́к (somebody from one's own country) · ur ہَم وَطَن (somebody from one's own country) · it paesana (somebody from one's own country) · uk земля́чка (somebody from one's own country) · fa-ira هَمْوَطَن (somebody from one's own country) · ga comhthíreach (somebody from one's own country) · ar زَمِيلَة (somebody from one's own country) · de Landsfrau (somebody from one's own country) · ota وطنداش (somebody from one's own country) · it paesano (somebody from one's own country) · de Volksgenossin (somebody from one's own country) · it connazionale (somebody from one's own country) · is landsmaður (somebody from one's own country) · ru сооте́чественник (somebody from one's own country) · bcl kahimanwa (somebody from one's own country) · cmn 同胞 (somebody from one's own country) · tr vatandaş (somebody from one's own country) · sv landsman (somebody from one's own country) · nl landgenote (somebody from one's own country) · vi đồng bào (somebody from one's own country) · ang ġelanda (somebody from one's own country) · id kompatriot (somebody from one's own country) · sh sunarodnjàkinja (somebody from one's own country) · ro compatrioată (somebody from one's own country) · uk земля́к (somebody from one's own country) · nb landsmanninne (somebody from one's own country) · sh сународник (somebody from one's own country) · sh sunarodnik (somebody from one's own country) · sk krajanka (somebody from one's own country) · lv tautietis (somebody from one's own country) · kk отандас (somebody from one's own country) · sk súkmeňovkyňa (somebody from one's own country) · sl rojakinja (somebody from one's own country) · bg съотече́ственичка (somebody from one's own country) · az həmvətən (somebody from one's own country) · my နိုင်ငံသားချင်း (somebody from one's own country) · hy հայրենակից (somebody from one's own country) · br kenvroad (somebody from one's own country) · es compatricio (somebody from one's own country) · it compatriota (somebody from one's own country) · pl ziomek (somebody from one's own country) · yi לאַנדסמאַן (somebody from one's own country) · sq bashkatdhetar (somebody from one's own country) · pl krajan (somebody from one's own country) · de Volksgenosse (somebody from one's own country) · uk співвітчи́зниця (somebody from one's own country) · cmn 國人 /国人 (somebody from one's own country) · tr memleketli (somebody from one's own country) · pl rodak (somebody from one's own country) · th เพื่อนร่วมชาติ (somebody from one's own country) · bg съотече́ственица (somebody from one's own country) · bg земля́к (somebody from one's own country) · ps وطندار (somebody from one's own country) · is samlanda (somebody from one's own country) · eo samlandano (somebody from one's own country) · ko 동포 (somebody from one's own country) · sk súkmeňovec (somebody from one's own country) · tk watandaş (somebody from one's own country) · cs soukmenovkyně (somebody from one's own country) · ug ۋەتەنداش (somebody from one's own country) · da landsmand (somebody from one's own country) · cs krajan (somebody from one's own country) · sh земља̀киња (somebody from one's own country) · ar مُوَاطِنَة (somebody from one's own country) · cs krajanka (somebody from one's own country) · sk krajan (somebody from one's own country) · az həmvətənli (somebody from one's own country) · ky мекендеш (somebody from one's own country) · sh сународња̀киња (somebody from one's own country) · gl compatriota (somebody from one's own country) · tl kababayan (somebody from one's own country) · ps هېوادوال (somebody from one's own country) · mn нэг нутгийн хүн (somebody from one's own country) · nn landsmann (somebody from one's own country) · ps هموطن (somebody from one's own country) · nl landgenoot (somebody from one's own country) · lo ເພື່ອນຮ່ວມຊາດ (somebody from one's own country)