overseas

overseas

English

Alternative forms

• (British) oversea

Etymology

over- +‎ seas

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/
• Homophones: oversees
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

overseas (not comparable)

1. Abroad.

   Overseas branches of the company are doing well.

2. (used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations) Living (being resident) in a foreign country.

   Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.

3. Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.

   Her overseas trip went well.

Translations

abroad

Finnish: ulkomainen (fi) German: Übersee-, im Ausland n, Auslands- (de) Hebrew: חו"ל [Hul] from חוץ לארץ [huts laarets] out of country Igbo: ùfèsị Italian: estero (it) Japanese: 海外の (ja) (かいがいの, kaigai no)

Norwegian: Bokmål: oversjøisk Nynorsk: oversjøisk Portuguese: do exterior Russian: заграни́чный (ru) (zagraníčnyj), иностра́нный (ru) (inostránnyj), зарубе́жный (ru) (zarubéžnyj) Serbo-Croatian: inostranstvo n

across a sea

Catalan: ultramar Dutch: overzees (nl) Esperanto: transmarejo Finnish: merentakainen French: outre-mer (fr) Georgian: ზღვისიქითა (zɣvisikita), ზღვისიქითური (zɣvisikituri) Hungarian: tengerentúli (hu) Igbo: na ùfèsị mmiri

Italian: oltremare Norwegian: Bokmål: oversjøisk Nynorsk: oversjøisk Polish: zamorski (pl) Portuguese: ultramarino (pt) Russian: замо́рский (ru) (zamórskij), заокеа́нский (ru) (zaokeánskij) (transoceanic) Spanish: ultramar (es)

Adverb

overseas (not comparable)

1. Abroad.

   He emigrated and now lives overseas.

2. Across a sea; to an area across a sea.

   She travelled overseas.

Translations

abroad

Chinese: Mandarin: 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài), 國外 (zh), 国外 (zh) (guówài) Dutch: in het buitenland Finnish: ulkomailla, ulkomaille French: à l'étranger Georgian: საზღვარგარეთ (sazɣvargaret) German: im Ausland Haitian Creole: aletranje Hebrew: מעבר לים‎ (me'éver layám)

Irish: thar sáile Italian: all'estero Japanese: 海外に (ja) (かいがいに, kaigai ni), 国外に (ja) (こくがいに, kokugai ni) Korean: 해외 (ko) (hae-oe), 국외 (gugoe) Maori: rāwāhi Portuguese: no exterior Russian: за грани́цу (za granícu), за рубе́ж (za rubéž) (where to), за грани́цей (ru) (za granícej), за рубежо́м (ru) (za rubežóm) (where at) Swedish: utomlands (sv) Vietnamese: hải ngoại (vi), ngoài nước

across a sea

Chinese: Mandarin: 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài) Finnish: merten takana, merten taakse French: outre-mer (fr) Georgian: ზღვისიქით (zɣvisikit) German: in Übersee

Hebrew: מעבר לים‎ (me'éver layám) Irish: thar sáile Japanese: 海外に (ja) (かいがいに, kaigai ni) Korean: 해외 (ko) (hae-oe) Russian: за́ мо́рем (zá mórem) (where at), за́ мо́ре (zá móre) (where to), че́рез мо́ре (čérez móre) (where to)