different between immigrant vs emigrate

English

Etymology

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigr?re (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) +? migr?re (“to migrate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m????nt/

Noun

immigrant (plural immigrants)

1. A non-native person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.
2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

Antonyms

• emigrant

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

immigrant (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.

See also

• expatriate

Anagrams

• Marmiting

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.mi???ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.mi???an/

Noun

immigrant m (plural immigrants)

1. immigrant

Adjective

immigrant (masculine and feminine plural immigrants)

1. immigrant

Verb

immigrant

1. present participle of immigrar

Dutch

Etymology

From immigreren +? -ant

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: im?migrant

Noun

immigrant m (plural immigranten, diminutive immigrantje n, feminine immigrante)

1. immigrant

Related terms

• immigreren, immigratie

French

Verb

immigrant

1. present participle of immigrer

Noun

immigrant m (plural immigrants)

1. immigrant

Adjective

immigrant (feminine singular immigrante, masculine plural immigrants, feminine plural immigrantes)

1. immigrant (attributive)

Further reading

• “immigrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

immigrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of immigr?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin immigrans

Noun

immigrant m (definite singular immigranten, indefinite plural immigranter, definite plural immigrantene)

1. an immigrant

Synonyms

• innvandrer

References

• “immigrant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “immigrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin immigrans

Noun

immigrant m (definite singular immigranten, indefinite plural immigrantar, definite plural immigrantane)

1. an immigrant

Synonyms

• innvandrar

References

• “immigrant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

immigrant c

1. an immigrant

Declension

See also

• emigrant
• immigration
• immigrera
• migration

English

Etymology

From Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??m?.gr?t'
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??m???e?t/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /??m???e?t/
• Homophone: immigrate (accents with pin-pen merger)
• Hyphenation: em?i?grate

Verb

emigrate (third-person singular simple present emigrates, present participle emigrating, simple past and past participle emigrated)

1. (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
   • 1872, John Henry Newman, Historical Sketches

     They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

Antonyms

• immigrate

Related terms

• emigrant
• emigration
• émigré
• immigrant
• immigrate
• immigration
• migrate
• migration
• migratory

Translations

Further reading

• emigrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emigrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• emigrate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Meritage, graemite

Italian

Adjective

emigrate f pl

1. feminine plural of emigrato

Noun

emigrate f

1. plural of emigrata

Verb

emigrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emigrare
2. second-person plural imperative of emigrare
3. feminine plural past participle of emigrato

Anagrams

• mergiate, regimate, remigate

Latin

Verb

?migr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?migr?