Phrase guide

illegal immigrant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who has immigrated into a country by bypassing customs and immigration controls.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: offensive, sometimes

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Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ապօրինի ներգաղթյալ (apōrini nergaġtʻyal) — illegal immigrant
  • Armenian: անօրինական ներգաղթյալ (anōrinakan nergaġtʻyal) — illegal immigrant
  • Azerbaijani: qeyri-leqal mühacir — illegal immigrant
  • Bulgarian: незако́нен имигра́нт (nezakónen imigránt) — illegal immigrant
  • Catalan: immigrant il·legal — illegal immigrant
  • Chinese Cantonese: II (aai1 aai1) — illegal immigrant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非法移民 (fēifǎ yímín) — illegal immigrant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑民 (hēimín) — illegal immigrant
  • Dutch: illegaal — illegal immigrant
  • Dutch: sans-papiers — illegal immigrant
  • Esperanto: senpasportulo — illegal immigrant
  • Esperanto: senpasportulino — illegal immigrant
  • Finnish: laiton maahanmuuttaja — illegal immigrant
  • French: sans-papiers — illegal immigrant
  • French: clandestin — illegal immigrant
  • French: immigrant illégal — illegal immigrant
  • French: immigrante illégale — illegal immigrant
  • Galician: ilegal — illegal immigrant
  • Georgian: არალეგალი (aralegali) — illegal immigrant
  • Georgian: არალეგალური იმიგრანტი (aralegaluri imigranṭi) — illegal immigrant
  • German: Illegaler — illegal immigrant
  • German: illegaler Einwanderer — illegal immigrant
  • German: illegale Einwandererin — illegal immigrant
  • German: Sans-Papiers — illegal immigrant
  • Greek: λαθρομετανάστης (lathrometanástis) — illegal immigrant
  • Hungarian: illegális bevándorló — illegal immigrant
  • Icelandic: ólöglegur innflytjandi — illegal immigrant
  • Indonesian: imigran ilegal — illegal immigrant
  • Indonesian: pendatang gelap — illegal immigrant
  • Italian: immigrato illegale — illegal immigrant
  • Italian: clandestino — illegal immigrant
  • Japanese: 不法入国者 (fuhō nyūkokusha) — illegal immigrant
  • Korean: 불법 체류자 (bulbeop cheryuja) — illegal immigrant
  • Korean: 불체자 (bulcheja) — illegal immigrant
  • Malay: pendatang tanpa izin — illegal immigrant
  • Malay: pendatang haram — illegal immigrant
  • Malay: pendatang asing tanpa izin — illegal immigrant
  • Portuguese: ilegal — illegal immigrant
  • Portuguese: imigrante ilegal — illegal immigrant
  • Romanian: imigrant ilegal — illegal immigrant
  • Russian: нелега́л (nelegál) — illegal immigrant
  • Russian: нелега́лка (nelegálka) — illegal immigrant
  • Russian: нелега́льный иммигра́нт (nelegálʹnyj immigránt) — illegal immigrant
  • Russian: нелега́льная иммигра́нтка (nelegálʹnaja immigrántka) — illegal immigrant
  • Spanish: ilegal — illegal immigrant
  • Spanish: inmigrante ilegal — illegal immigrant
  • Spanish: sin papeles — illegal immigrant
  • Swedish: illegal invandrare — illegal immigrant