different between immigrant vs freshie

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

Alternative forms

• freshy

Etymology

fresh +? -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.

Pronunciation

Noun

freshie (countable and uncountable, plural freshies)

1. (countable, colloquial, US) A freshman.
2. (countable, colloquial, Britain) A new immigrant (usually to the UK).
3. (countable, colloquial, Australia) A freshwater crocodile
4. (uncountable, colloquial, skiing) Freshly fallen snow.

Synonyms

• (freshman): fresher, frosh
• (new immigrant): comeling, FOB, greener, newling; see also Thesaurus:newcomer

See also

• freshies

Anagrams

• freeish, heifers