migrant

See also: Migrant

English

Etymology

From French migrant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɪɡɹənt/
  • (file)

Noun

migrant (plural migrants)

  1. A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
  2. Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
  3. (informal) A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another.
    • 2021 April 22, Aryn Baker, “Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?”, in Time:
      “But once you lose everything— your home, your school, your clinic, your road, your church—then it’s an impossible situation. You become an environmental migrant because you have to find those facilities in some other place.”
  4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.

Hyponyms

Translations

Adjective

migrant (comparative more migrant, superlative most migrant)

  1. Migratory.

Anagrams


Catalan

Noun

migrant m or f (plural migrants)

  1. migrant

Verb

migrant

  1. present participle of migrar

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin migrans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈɣrɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mi‧grant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

migrant m (plural migranten, diminutive migrantje n, feminine migrante)

  1. migrant

Hyponyms


French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

migrant m (plural migrants)

  1. Traveler or worker who moves from one region or country to another

Derived terms

Adjective

migrant (feminine migrante, masculine plural migrants, feminine plural migrantes)

  1. migrant, migratory

Participle

migrant

  1. present participle of migrer

Further reading


Latin

Verb

migrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of migrō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French migrant, from Latin migrāns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɡ.rant/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡrant
  • Syllabification: mig‧rant

Noun

migrant m pers (feminine migrantka)

  1. migrant (person)

Declension

Noun

migrant m anim

  1. migrant (animal)

Declension

Further reading

  • migrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • migrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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