Dictionary

immigrate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• ĭʹmĭ.grāt'
• /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
   • He knows hardship. He has experienced life in a cold-water flat in Moldova before he immigrated to the States. 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 56:

Forms

Antonyms

emigrate

Deriveds

immigrator · reimmigrate · immigrant · immigration

Relateds

migrate

Translations (40)

lo ເຂົ້າເມືອງ (to move into a foreign country or area) · gd dèan in-imrich (to move into a foreign country or area) · ar هَاجَرَ (to move into a foreign country or area) · es inmigrar (to move into a foreign country or area) · tr göçmek (to move into a foreign country or area) · ja 移民する (to move into a foreign country or area) · he הִגֵּר (to move into a foreign country or area) · eo enmigri (to move into a foreign country or area) · pl imigrować (to move into a foreign country or area) · ru переселя́ться (to move into a foreign country or area) · hy ներգաղթել (to move into a foreign country or area) · ru пересели́ться (to move into a foreign country or area) · de einwandern (to move into a foreign country or area) · sv immigrera (to move into a foreign country or area) · pt imigrar (to move into a foreign country or area) · km ធ្វើអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ (to move into a foreign country or area) · de immigrieren (to move into a foreign country or area) · sv invandra (to move into a foreign country or area) · bg емигрирам (to move into a foreign country or area) · fi muuttaa maahan (to move into a foreign country or area) · hi आप्रवास (to move into a foreign country or area) · yue 移民 (to move into a foreign country or area) · tr göç etmek (to move into a foreign country or area) · fr immigrer (to move into a foreign country or area) · ru иммигри́ровать (to move into a foreign country or area) · no immigrere (to move into a foreign country or area) · cmn 移民 (to move into a foreign country or area) · nl immigreren (to move into a foreign country or area) · sh imigrirati (to move into a foreign country or area) · da indvandre (to move into a foreign country or area) · cmn 移居 (to move into a foreign country or area) · vi nhập cư (to move into a foreign country or area) · bg преселвам се (to move into a foreign country or area) · io enmigrar (to move into a foreign country or area) · ca immigrar (to move into a foreign country or area) · it immigrare (to move into a foreign country or area) · ja 移住する (to move into a foreign country or area) · yi אײַנוואַנדערן (to move into a foreign country or area) · sh имигрирати (to move into a foreign country or area) · da immigrere (to move into a foreign country or area)