fugitive

fugitive

English

Etymology

From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/

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• Hyphenation: fu‧gi‧tive

Noun

fugitive (plural fugitives)

1. A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”

Synonyms

• abscotchalater (archaic)
• nomad
• wanderer
• runaway

Translations

a person who is fleeing or escaping from something

Afrikaans: vlugteling Albanian: arratisur (sq) m Arabic: هَارِب‎ m (hārib), هَارِبَة‎ f (hāriba) Armenian: փախստական (hy) (pʿaxstakan) Aromanian: fugar m Azerbaijani: qaçaq, fərari (az), qaçqın (az) Belarusian: уцяка́ч m (ucjakáč), уцяка́чка f (ucjakáčka), бягле́ц m (bjahljéc), бягля́к m (bjahlják), бягля́чка f (bjahljáčka) Bulgarian: бегле́ц (bg) m (begléc) Catalan: fugitiu (ca) m, pròfug m Chinese: Mandarin: 逃亡者 (zh) (táowángzhě), 逃犯 (zh) (táofàn) Czech: uprchlík (cs) m, uprchlice (cs) f, utečenec (cs) m, utečenka f Danish: flygtning (da) c Dutch: vluchteling (nl) m, vluchtelinge (nl) f, voortvluchtige (nl) m or f Egyptian: (wꜥr m) Estonian: põgeneja, jooksik Finnish: karkulainen (fi), pakolainen (fi) French: fugitif (fr) m, fugitive (fr) f Galician: fuxitivo m Georgian: გაქცეული (gakceuli), ლტოლვილი (lṭolvili) German: Flüchtling (de) m Greek: φυγάς (el) m (fygás), φυγάς (el) f (fygás) Ancient: φυγάς m or f (phugás) Hebrew: מבוקש‎, עבריין נמלט‎ Hindi: भगोड़ा (hi) m (bhagoṛā), भग्गू (hi) m (bhaggū) Hungarian: szökevény (hu) Indonesian: buronan (id) Italian: latitante (it) m or f Japanese: 逃亡者 (とうぼうしゃ, tōbōsha) Kannada: ತಲೆತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡವನು (kn) (taletappisikoṇḍavanu) Kazakh: қашқын (qaşqyn), қашақ (qaşaq) Korean: 도망자(逃亡者) (domangja) Kyrgyz: качкын (ky) (kaçkın) Latin: fugitīvus m Latvian: bēglis (lv) m Lithuanian: pabėgėlis m Macedonian: бегалец m (begalec), бегалка f (begalka) Maori: taurewa, rerenga Norwegian: Bokmål: rømling m Old English: flīema m Pashto: پراري‎ m or f (parārí) Persian: فراری‎ (fa) (farâri) Polish: uciekinier (pl) m, uciekinierka f, zbieg (pl) m Portuguese: fugitivo m, foragido (pt) m Romanian: fugar (ro) m, fugară (ro) f, evadat (ro) m, evadată f Russian: бегле́ц (ru) m (begléc), бегля́нка (ru) f (begljánka) Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бегу́нац m, бегуница f, бегунка f Roman: begúnac (sh) m, begunica (sh) f, begunka f Slovak: utečenec m, utečenkyňa f, utečenka f Slovene: ubežnik (sl) m, ubežnica f Southern Altai: качкын (kačkïn) Spanish: fugitivo (es) m, prófugo Swedish: flykting (sv) c Tagalog: pugante Tajik: фирорӣ (firorī) Telugu: పలాయితుడు (te) (palāyituḍu) Turkish: firari (tr), kaçak (tr) Turkmen: gaçgak Ukrainian: утіка́ч m (utikáč), утіка́чка f (utikáčka), втіка́ч m (vtikáč), втіка́чка f (vtikáčka) Urdu: مفرور‎ m (mafrūr) Uyghur: قاچقۇن‎ (qachqun) Uzbek: qochqin (uz), qochoq (uz) Welsh: ffoadur m

Adjective

fugitive (comparative more fugitive, superlative most fugitive)

1. Fleeing or running away; escaping.
   • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎:

     I found afterwards that he was the chauffeur, who filled the gaps left by a succession of fugitive butlers.

2. Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
3. Elusive or difficult to retain.

Translations

fleeing or running away

Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: هربان‎ (harbān) Armenian: փախստական (hy) (pʿaxstakan) Bashkir: ҡасҡын (qasqın) Bulgarian: бегъл (bg) (begǎl) Catalan: fugitiu (ca) Danish: flygtig Dutch: voortvluchtig (nl), voortvluchtige (nl) Finnish: karkuri (fi), karkulainen (fi) Galician: fuxitivo German: flüchtig (de) Italian: latitante (it) m or f Latin: fugitīvus Maori: taurewa Norwegian: flyktig Persian: گریزان‎ (fa) (gorīzān) Portuguese: fugitivo, foragido (pt) Romanian: fugitiv (ro), fugar (ro), trecător (ro) Russian: бе́глый (ru) (béglyj) Spanish: fugitivo (es) Turkish: firari (tr)

transient, fleeting or ephemeral

Bulgarian: преходен (bg) (prehoden), кракотраен (krakotraen) Danish: flygtig Dutch: voorbijgaand (nl) Finnish: hetkellinen French: éphémère (fr) m or f German: flüchtig (de), vorübergehend (de), kurzlebig (de) Norwegian: diffus (no) Portuguese: efêmero (pt) Russian: мимолётный (ru) (mimoljótnyj), скороте́чный (ru) (skorotéčnyj), преходя́щий (ru) (prexodjáščij) Spanish: fugaz (es)

elusive or difficult to retain

Bulgarian: бегъл (bg) (begǎl) Dutch: vluchtig (nl) Finnish: pysymätön, saavuttamaton French: fuyant (fr) m German: flüchtig (de) Norwegian: diffus (no) Polish: ulotny (pl) m Portuguese: esquivo (pt)

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Translations to be checked

German: (please verify) flüchtig (de) Latin: (please verify) fugitivus

Related terms

• fugitive disentitlement
• fugitive dust
• fugitive from justice
• fugitive pigment

 

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.ʒi.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: fugitives

Noun

fugitive f (plural fugitives, masculine fugitif)

1. female equivalent of fugitif; a female fugitive

Further reading

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

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Latin

Adjective

fugitīve

1. vocative masculine singular of fugitīvus