verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
leave one's country of residence for a new one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: immigrate
Broader terms: migrate, transmigrate
Narrower terms: expatriate
History
Etymology
From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
emigroj
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Albanian:
mërgoj
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Armenian:
արտագաղթել
(artagaġtʻel)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Catalan:
emigrar
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Chinese Mandarin:
移民
(yímín)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Chinese Mandarin:
移居
(yíjū)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Czech:
emigrovat
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Danish:
emigrere
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Danish:
udvandre
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Dutch:
emigreren
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Esperanto:
elmigri
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Finnish:
muuttaa maasta
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Finnish:
emigroitua
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
French:
émigrer
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
German:
auswandern
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
German:
emigrieren
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Hindi:
उत्प्रवास
(utpravās)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Hungarian:
emigrál
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Hungarian:
kivándorol
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Ido:
emigrar
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Italian:
emigrare
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Japanese:
移住する
(ijū suru)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Japanese:
移民する
(imin suru)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Lutuv:
pe
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Māori:
maunu
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Portuguese:
emigrar
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Russian:
эмигри́ровать
(emigrírovatʹ)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Russian:
переселя́ться
(pereseljátʹsja)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Russian:
пересели́ться
(pereselítʹsja)
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Spanish:
emigrar
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Swedish:
emigrera
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Swedish:
utvandra
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
Welsh:
ymfudo
— to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
