French word

expulser

Pronunciation

IPA/ɛkspylse/

Meaning

  • verbevict

Example

Le propriétaire a expulsé le locataire.

The landlord evicted the tenant.

Illustration for expulser (evict)

More examples

La police a expulsé les manifestants.

The police expelled the protesters.

Core concept

A person forced across the boundary of a group, institution, or territory.

Common phrases

  • expulser quelqu'un

    expel someone

  • expulser un locataire

    evict a tenant

  • expulser de force

    forcibly expel

Similar words

virer: Informally dismiss someone from a job.
mettre dehors: Physically make someone leave a home, room, or other indoor place.
renvoyer: Formally dismiss someone from a job or school.
chasser: Drive someone out of a place by force or pursuit.

Definition in French

Exclure une personne d'un groupe, d'un établissement ou d'un territoire en la contraignant à partir.

Word origin

Expulser comes from Latin expulsare, based on ex- meaning 'out' and pellere meaning 'drive'.

Usage tips

  • Expulser takes a direct object and commonly uses de for the place or group: expulser quelqu'un de l'établissement.

Other meanings

  • expelverb

Opposites

Related words

  • expulsionexpulsionnoun
  • expulséexpelledadjective
  • expulsableexpellableadjective

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