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emigrant

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who leaves one country to settle in another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emigre, emigree, outgoer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: migrant, migrator

History

Etymology

From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”).

Across languages

Translations

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Arabic: مُهَاجِر (muhājir) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Arabic: مُهَاجِرَة (muhājira) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Armenian: էմիգրանտ (ēmigrant) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Armenian: արտագաղթող (artagaġtʻoġ) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Azerbaijani: mühacir — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Belarusian: эмiгра́нт (emihránt) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Belarusian: эмiгра́нтка (emihrántka) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Belarusian: высяле́нец (vysjaljénjec) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Belarusian: высяле́нка (vysjaljénka) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Bengali: মুহাজির (muhajir) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Catalan: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Chinese Cantonese: 移民 (ji4 man4) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Chinese: 移民 (î-bîn) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移民 (yímín) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Czech: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Czech: emigrantka — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Czech: vystěhovalec — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Czech: vystěhovalkyně — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Danish: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Danish: udvandrer — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Dutch: uitwijkeling — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Dutch: uitwijkelinge — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Dutch: landverhuizer — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Dutch: landverhuizerin — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Dutch: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Dutch: emigrante — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Estonian: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Finnish: maastamuuttaja — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • French: émigré — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • French: émigrée — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • French: émigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • French: émigrante — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Galician: emigrante — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Georgian: ემიგრანტი (emigranṭi) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • German: Auswanderer — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • German: Auswanderin — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • German: Emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • German: Emigrantin — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • German: Aussiedler — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Greek: απόδημος (apódimos) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Greek: απόδημη (apódimi) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Hebrew: יוֹרֵד (yoréd) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Hindi: उत्प्रवासी (utpravāsī) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Hungarian: kivándorló — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Hungarian: emigráns — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Icelandic: förufólk — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Icelandic: útflytjandi — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Italian: emigrante — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Japanese: 移民 (imin) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Kazakh: эмигрант (émigrant) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Korean: 이민 (imin) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Kyrgyz: эмигрант (emigrant) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Latvian: emigrants — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Lithuanian: emigrantas — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Macedonian: иселеник (iselenik) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Macedonian: иселеничка (iselenička) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Macedonian: емигра́нт (emigránt) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Macedonian: емигра́нтка (emigrántka) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utvandrer — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utvandrar — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Persian: مهاجر (mohâjer) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Polish: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Polish: emigrantka — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Portuguese: emigrante — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Romanian: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Romanian: emigrantă — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Russian: эмигра́нт (emigránt) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Russian: эмигра́нтка (emigrántka) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: исељѐнӣк — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: исељѐница — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: емѝгрант — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: емѝгранткиња — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: iseljènīk — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: iseljènica — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: emìgrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Serbo-Croatian: emìgrantkinja — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovak: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovak: emigrantka — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovak: vysťahovalec — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovak: vysťahovalkyňa — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovene: izseljenec — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovene: izseljenka — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovene: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Slovene: emigrantka — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Spanish: emigrante — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Swedish: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Tagalog: manluluwasbayan — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Tajik: муҳоҷир (muhojir) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Turkish: muhacir — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Ukrainian: емігра́нт (emihránt) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Ukrainian: емігра́нтка (emihrántka) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Uzbek: muhojir — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Uzbek: emigrant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Vietnamese: người di cư — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Vietnamese: người xuất cư — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Volapük: setevan — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Volapük: hisetevan — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Volapük: jisetevan — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Volapük: setevanef — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Volapük: hisetevanef — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Volapük: jisetevanef — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Walloon: ebagant — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Welsh: ymfudwr — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Welsh: ymfudwraig — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
  • Yiddish: עמיגראַנט (emigrant) — someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
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