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immigrant

See also: Immigrant

English

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Etymology

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From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) +‎ migrāre (“to migrate”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: im‧mi‧grant

Noun

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immigrant (plural immigrants)

  1. A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
    Approximately 1.5 million Mexicans are descendants of Irish immigrants.
    • 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants‎[1], Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2:
      What Alexis de Tocqueville saw in America was a society of immigrants, each of whom had begun life anew, on an equal footing. This was the secret of America: a nation of people with the fresh memory of old traditions who dared to explore new frontiers, people eager to build lives for themselves in a spacious society that did not restrict their freedom of choice and action.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178, about Eynsford:
      The village was once well known for its paper-milling, founded by Huguenot immigrants in 1648, which produced high-quality hand-made paper until 1952.
    • 2001, South African Law Commission, Review of the Child Care Act, page 1123:
      However, an accompanied undocumented immigrant child should not be removed from his or her family , unless there are grounds for removal in terms of section 14(4) of the Child Care Act, 1983.
    • 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents‎[2], number Summer 2019:
      [Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.
    • 2023 June 15, Eli Masket and Michelle Watson, “A city in Michigan votes to permanently ban Pride flags from display on public property during Pride Month”, in CNN‎[3]:
      Hamtramck is described in the resolution as “one of the most diverse cities in the United States.” The city has a large immigrant presence and all the city council members are of the Muslim faith, city manager Max Garbarino told CNN Thursday. Hamtramck was also the first known city in the US to inaugurate an all-Muslim government, CNN previously reported.
  2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

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Adjective

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immigrant (not comparable)

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

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Aragonese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /immiˈɡɾan/
  • Syllabification: im‧mi‧grant
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

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immigrant m

  1. immigrant

Adjective

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immigrant

  1. immigrant

Further reading

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  • “immigrant”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎[4], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN, page 1389

Catalan

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Noun

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immigrant m (plural immigrants)

  1. immigrant

Adjective

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immigrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural immigrants)

  1. immigrant

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immigrant

  1. gerund of immigrar

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin immigrans.

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Noun

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immigrant c (singular definite immigranten, plural indefinite immigranter)

  1. immigrant
    Synonym: indvandrer

Declension

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Declension of immigrant
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative immigrant immigranten immigranter immigranterne
genitive immigrants immigrantens immigranters immigranternes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From immigreren +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɪ.miˈɣrɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: im‧migrant

Noun

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

  1. immigrant

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: imigran

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  • “immigrant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

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Participle

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immigrant

  1. present participle of immigrer

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immigrant m (plural immigrants)

  1. immigrant

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

  1. (relational) immigrant

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Latin

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Verb

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immigrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of immigrō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin immigrans.

Noun

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

  1. an immigrant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin immigrans.

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

  1. an immigrant

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Swedish

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Noun

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immigrant c

  1. an immigrant
    Synonym: invandrare
    Antonyms: emigrant, utvandrare

Declension

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Declension of immigrant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite immigrant immigrants
definite immigranten immigrantens
plural indefinite immigranter immigranters
definite immigranterna immigranternas
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