The refugee crossed the line safely.
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Refugee
//ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː//
Synonyms for "refugee" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
252 translations across 86 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- لَاجِئ noun (person seeking political asylum)
- لَاجِئ noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- لَاجِئَة noun (person seeking political asylum)
Armenian
4 entries- փախստական noun (person seeking political asylum)
- փախստական noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- փախստական noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- փախստական noun (person granted formal asylum)
Assamese
1 entries- শৰণাৰ্থী noun (person seeking political asylum)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaçqın noun (person seeking political asylum)
Bashkir
3 entries- ҡасҡын noun (person seeking political asylum)
- ҡасҡын noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- ҡасҡын noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Belarusian
4 entries- бе́жанец noun (person seeking political asylum)
- бе́жанец noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- бе́жанец noun (person granted formal asylum)
- бе́жанка noun (person seeking political asylum)
Bengali
1 entries- শরণার্থী noun (person seeking political asylum)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бежане́ц noun (person seeking political asylum)
- бежане́ц noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- бежане́ц noun (person granted formal asylum)
- бежанка́ noun (person seeking political asylum)
Burmese
2 entries- ဒုက္ခသည် noun (person seeking political asylum)
- ဒုက္ခသည် noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Catalan
4 entries- refugiada noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refugiat noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refugiat noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- refugiat noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەنابەر noun (person seeking political asylum)
Chinese
1 entries- 難民 /难民 noun (person seeking political asylum)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 難民 /难民 noun (person seeking political asylum)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 災民 /灾民 noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- 避難者 /避难者 noun (person seeking political asylum)
- 難民 /难民 noun (person seeking political asylum)
- 難民 /难民 noun (person seeking economic asylum)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qaçaq noun (person seeking political asylum)
Czech
4 entries- běženec noun (person seeking political asylum)
- běženka noun (person seeking political asylum)
- uprchlice noun (person seeking political asylum)
- uprchlice noun (person seeking economic asylum)
Danish
3 entries- flygtning noun (person seeking political asylum)
- flygtning noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- flygtning noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Dutch
1 entries- vluchteling noun (person seeking political asylum)
Esperanto
2 entries- rifuĝintino noun (person seeking political asylum)
- rifuĝinto noun (person seeking political asylum)
Estonian
2 entries- pagulane noun (person seeking political asylum)
- põgenik noun (person seeking political asylum)
Faroese
1 entries- flóttafólk noun (person seeking political asylum)
Finnish
4 entries- pakolainen noun (person seeking political asylum)
- pakolainen noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- pakolainen noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- pakolainen noun (person granted formal asylum)
French
3 entries- réfugié noun (person seeking political asylum)
- réfugié noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- réfugiée noun (person seeking political asylum)
Galician
4 entries- refuxiada noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refuxiada noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- refuxiado noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refuxiado noun (person seeking economic asylum)
Georgian
2 entries- ლტოლვილი noun (person seeking political asylum)
- ლტოლვილი noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
German
4 entries- Asylant noun (person seeking political asylum)
- Asylantin noun (person seeking political asylum)
- Asylbewerber noun (person seeking political asylum)
- Asylbewerberin noun (person seeking political asylum)
Greek
1 entries- πρόσφυγας noun (person seeking political asylum)
Greenlandic
1 entries- qimaasoq noun (person seeking political asylum)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- refigye noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refijye noun (person seeking political asylum)
Hebrew
1 entries- פָּלִיט noun (person seeking political asylum)
Hindi
4 entries- शरणार्थी noun (person seeking political asylum)
- शरणार्थी noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- शरणार्थी noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- शरणार्थी noun (person granted formal asylum)
Hungarian
4 entries- menekült noun (person seeking political asylum)
- menekült noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- menekült noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- menekült noun (person granted formal asylum)
Icelandic
1 entries- flóttamaður noun (person seeking political asylum)
Indonesian
1 entries- pengungsi noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Irish
1 entries- dídeanaí noun (person seeking political asylum)
Italian
3 entries- profugo noun (person seeking political asylum)
- rifugiata noun (person seeking political asylum)
- rifugiato noun (person seeking political asylum)
Japanese
2 entries- 難民 noun (person seeking political asylum)
- 難民 noun (person seeking economic asylum)
Kazakh
2 entries- босқын noun (person seeking political asylum)
- қашқын noun (person seeking political asylum)
Khmer
1 entries- ជនភៀសខ្លួន noun (person seeking political asylum)
Korean
1 entries- 난민 noun (person seeking political asylum)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- качкын noun (person seeking political asylum)
Lao
1 entries- ຜູ້ລີ້ໄພ noun (person seeking political asylum)
Latin
4 entries- profugus noun (person seeking political asylum)
- profugus noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- refugus noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refugus noun (person seeking economic asylum)
Latvian
1 entries- bēglis noun (person seeking political asylum)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pabėgėlis noun (person seeking political asylum)
Macedonian
4 entries- бегалец noun (person seeking political asylum)
- бегалка noun (person seeking political asylum)
- бежанец noun (person seeking political asylum)
- бежанка noun (person seeking political asylum)
Malay
4 entries- pelari noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- pelari noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- pelari noun (person granted formal asylum)
- pelarian noun (person seeking political asylum)
Malayalam
4 entries- അഭയാർത്ഥി noun (person seeking political asylum)
- അഭയാർത്ഥി noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- അഭയാർത്ഥി noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- അഭയാർത്ഥി noun (person granted formal asylum)
Mongolian
2 entries- дүрвэгч noun (person seeking political asylum)
- ᠳᠦᠷᠪᠡᠭᠴᠢ noun (person seeking political asylum)
Māori
4 entries- konene noun (person seeking political asylum)
- konene noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- konene noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- konene noun (person granted formal asylum)
Nepali
1 entries- शरणार्थी noun (person seeking political asylum)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- penaber noun (person seeking political asylum)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- flyktning noun (person seeking political asylum)
- flyktning noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- flyktning noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- flyktning noun (person seeking political asylum)
- flyktning noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- flyktning noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Old English
1 entries- flīema noun (person seeking political asylum)
Pashto
1 entries- پناهګزين noun (person seeking political asylum)
Persian
2 entries- فراری noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- پَناهَندِه noun (person seeking political asylum)
Polish
4 entries- uchodźca noun (person seeking political asylum)
- uchodźca noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- uchodźca noun (person granted formal asylum)
- uchodźczyni noun (person seeking political asylum)
Portuguese
4 entries- asilado noun (person granted formal asylum)
- desabrigado noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- expatriado noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- refugiada noun (person seeking political asylum)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸ਼ਰਨਾਰਥੀ noun (person seeking political asylum)
Rohingya
1 entries- refúji noun (person seeking political asylum)
Romanian
2 entries- refugiat noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refugiată noun (person seeking political asylum)
Romansch
1 entries- fugitiv noun (person seeking political asylum)
Russian
4 entries- бе́женец noun (person seeking political asylum)
- бе́женец noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- бе́женец noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- бе́женец noun (person granted formal asylum)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- fògarrach noun (person seeking political asylum)
- fògarrach noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- fògarrach noun (person granted formal asylum)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ìzbeglica noun (person seeking political asylum)
- ìzbjeglica noun (person seeking political asylum)
- ѝзбеглица noun (person seeking political asylum)
- ѝзбјеглица noun (person seeking political asylum)
Slovak
3 entries- utečenec noun (person seeking political asylum)
- utečenka noun (person seeking political asylum)
- utečenkyňa noun (person seeking political asylum)
Slovene
4 entries- begunec noun (person seeking political asylum)
- begunec noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- begunec noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- begunka noun (person seeking political asylum)
Spanish
4 entries- refugiada noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refugiado noun (person seeking political asylum)
- refugiado noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- refugiado noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Swahili
4 entries- mkimbizi noun (person seeking political asylum)
- mkimbizi noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- mkimbizi noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- mkimbizi noun (person granted formal asylum)
Swedish
3 entries- flykting noun (person seeking political asylum)
- flykting noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- flykting noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
Tajik
1 entries- паноҳанда noun (person seeking political asylum)
Tamil
4 entries- அகதி noun (person seeking political asylum)
- அகதி noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- அகதி noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- அகதி noun (person granted formal asylum)
Tatar
2 entries- качак noun (person seeking political asylum)
- качкын noun (person seeking political asylum)
Telugu
3 entries- కాందిశీకుడు noun (person seeking political asylum)
- శరణాగతుడు noun (person seeking political asylum)
- శరణార్థి noun (person seeking political asylum)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้ลี้ภัย noun (person seeking political asylum)
Tibetan
1 entries- བཙན་བྱོལ་བ noun (person seeking political asylum)
Turkish
4 entries- göçmen noun (person seeking political asylum)
- göçmen noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- göçmen noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- mülteci noun (person seeking political asylum)
Turkmen
1 entries- bosgun noun (person seeking political asylum)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бі́женець noun (person seeking political asylum)
- бі́женець noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- бі́женець noun (person granted formal asylum)
- бі́женка noun (person seeking political asylum)
Urdu
1 entries- پناہ گزین noun (person seeking political asylum)
Uyghur
1 entries- پاناھلانغۇچى noun (person seeking political asylum)
Uzbek
3 entries- qochoq noun (person seeking political asylum)
- qochqin noun (person seeking political asylum)
- qochqindi noun (person seeking political asylum)
Vietnamese
4 entries- người tị nạn noun (person seeking political asylum)
- người tị nạn noun (person seeking economic asylum)
- người tị nạn noun (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
- người tỵ nạn noun (person seeking political asylum)
Welsh
1 entries- ffoadur noun (person seeking political asylum)
Yiddish
2 entries- בעזשענעץ noun (person seeking political asylum)
- פּליט noun (person seeking political asylum)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The principal cause of death in refugee camps is the lack of nourishment.
Source: tatoeba (280807)
Sanitary conditions in the refugee camps were terrible.
Source: tatoeba (280808)
He donated $10000 to the refugee fund.
Source: tatoeba (302145)
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