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)

Abroad.
Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
(used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations) Living (being resident) in a foreign country.
Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
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)

Abroad.
He emigrated and now lives overseas.
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)

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