different between immigrate vs emigration

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??m?.gr?t'
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??m???e?t/
• Homophone: emigrate (pin-pen merger)

Etymology

From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).

Verb

immigrate (third-person singular simple present immigrates, present participle immigrating, simple past and past participle immigrated)

1. (intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

Antonyms

• emigrate

Derived terms

• immigrant
• immigration

Related terms

• migrate

Translations

Italian

Adjective

immigrate f pl

1. feminine plural of immigrato

Noun

immigrate f

1. plural of immigrata

Verb

immigrate

1. second-person plural present of immigrare
2. second-person plural imperative of immigrare
3. feminine plural past participle of immigrare

Latin

Verb

immigr?te

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

English

Etymology

From Late Latin stem of emigratio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

emigration (countable and uncountable, plural emigrations)

1. The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
2. A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively

   the Irish emigration

Related terms

• migration
• migrate
• migratory
• emigrate
• émigré, emigre
• immigrate
• immigration
• inmigration, in-migration
• outmigration, out-migration

Translations

See also

• emigration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

emigration

1. emigration

Synonyms

• udvandring

Swedish

Noun

emigration c

1. emigration

Declension