different between outlander vs immigrant

English

Etymology

From outland +? -er. In certain uses, influenced by or a calque of the Dutch uitlander or Afrikaans uitlander. Also cognate with German Ausländer and Swedish utlänning.

Noun

outlander (plural outlanders)

1. A foreigner or alien.
   • 1940, Lloyd's List Law Reports:

     It will be observed that it does not say "inlanders" or "excluding outlanders"; it simply says "by Germans," an expression which covers both inlanders and outlanders "for passages in foreign ships."

2. A stranger or outsider.

Synonyms

• (foreigner): outcomeling, outener, peregrine (dated); see also Thesaurus:foreigner
• (outsider): fremd, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:outcast

See also

• barbarian

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