adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/
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CMU ARPABET:IH1 M AH0 G R AH0 N T
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Approximately 1.5 million Mexicans are descendants of Irish immigrants.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: migrant, migrator
History
Etymology
From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).
Across languages
Translations
154 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Albanian:
mërgimtar
— person who comes to a country to settle
Albanian:
imigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Amharic:
ስደተኛ
(sədätäña)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Arabic:
مُهَاجِر
(muhājir)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Arabic:
مُهَاجِرَة
(muhājira)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Armenian:
ներգաղթյալ
(nergaġtʻyal)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Azerbaijani:
immiqrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Azerbaijani:
mühacir
— person who comes to a country to settle
Basque:
etorkin
— person who comes to a country to settle
Belarusian:
імігра́нт
(imihránt)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Belarusian:
імігра́нтка
(imihrántka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Belarusian:
перасяле́нец
(pjerasjaljénjec)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Belarusian:
перасяле́нка
(pjerasjaljénka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Bengali:
অভিবাসী
(obhibaśi)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Bengali:
নাজিহ্
(najiho)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Bulgarian:
имигра́нт
(imigránt)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Bulgarian:
имигра́нтка
(imigrántka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Bulgarian:
пресе́лник
(presélnik)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Bulgarian:
пресе́лничка
(presélnička)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Catalan:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Chinese Cantonese:
移民
(ji4 man4)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Chinese Mandarin:
移民
(yímín)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Chinese Mandarin:
移民者
(yímínzhě)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Czech:
přistěhovalec
— person who comes to a country to settle
Czech:
přistěhovalkyně
— person who comes to a country to settle
Czech:
imigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Czech:
imigrantka
— person who comes to a country to settle
Danish:
indvandrer
— person who comes to a country to settle
Danish:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Dutch:
inwijkeling
— person who comes to a country to settle
Dutch:
ingewekene
— person who comes to a country to settle
Dutch:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Esperanto:
enmigrinto
— person who comes to a country to settle
Estonian:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Estonian:
sisserändaja
— person who comes to a country to settle
Finnish:
siirtolainen
— person who comes to a country to settle
Finnish:
maahanmuuttaja
— person who comes to a country to settle
French:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
French:
immigrante
— person who comes to a country to settle
French:
immigré
— person who comes to a country to settle
French:
immigrée
— person who comes to a country to settle
Galician:
inmigrante
— person who comes to a country to settle
Georgian:
იმიგრანტი
(imigranṭi)
— person who comes to a country to settle
German:
Einwanderer
— person who comes to a country to settle
German:
Einwanderin
— person who comes to a country to settle
German:
Immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
German:
Immigrantin
— person who comes to a country to settle
Greek:
μετανάστης
(metanástis)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Hebrew:
מְהַגֵּר
(m'hagér)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Hebrew:
מְהַגֶּרֶת
(m'hagéret)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Hindi:
आप्रवासी
(āpravāsī)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Hindi:
मुहाजिर
(muhājir)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Hungarian:
bevándorló
— person who comes to a country to settle
Icelandic:
innflytjandi
— person who comes to a country to settle
Indonesian:
imigran
— person who comes to a country to settle
Indonesian:
pendatang
— person who comes to a country to settle
Indonesian:
orang pindah
— person who comes to a country to settle
Irish:
inimirceach
— person who comes to a country to settle
Italian:
immigrante
— person who comes to a country to settle
Japanese:
移民
(imin)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Japanese:
移住者
(ijūsha)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Kazakh:
келімсек
(kelımsek)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Khmer:
ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍
(cŭən ʼɑntaoprɑveeh)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Khmer:
អន្តោប្រវេសន្ត
(ʼɑntaoprɑveesɑn)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Khmer:
ជននិគម
(cŭən nikum)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Korean:
이민
(imin)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Korean:
이민자
(iminja)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Korean:
이주자
(ijuja)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Northern Kurdish:
koçber
— person who comes to a country to settle
Northern Kurdish:
mihacir
— person who comes to a country to settle
Kyrgyz:
иммигрант
(immigrant)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Lao:
ຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງ
(khon khao mư̄ang)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Latvian:
imigrants
— person who comes to a country to settle
Latvian:
ieceļotājs
— person who comes to a country to settle
Lithuanian:
imigrantas
— person who comes to a country to settle
Macedonian:
доселеник
(doselenik)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Macedonian:
доселеничка
(doselenička)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Macedonian:
имигра́нт
(imigránt)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Macedonian:
имигра́нтка
(imigrántka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Macedonian:
преселник
(preselnik)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Macedonian:
преселничка
(preselnička)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Malay:
pendatang
— person who comes to a country to settle
Mongolian:
цагаач
(cagaač)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Mongolian:
нүүсэн
(nüüsen)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Mongolian:
шилжсэн
(šilžsen)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Mongolian:
цагаачлагч
(cagaačlagč)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Norwegian Bokmål:
innvandrer
— person who comes to a country to settle
Norwegian Bokmål:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Norwegian Nynorsk:
innvandrar
— person who comes to a country to settle
Norwegian Nynorsk:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Occitan:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Occitan:
immigranta
— person who comes to a country to settle
Pashto:
مهاجر
(mohāǰér)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Persian:
مهاجر
(mohâjer)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Plautdietsch:
Immigraunt
— person who comes to a country to settle
Polish:
imigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Polish:
imigrantka
— person who comes to a country to settle
Portuguese:
imigrante
— person who comes to a country to settle
Romanian:
imigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Romanian:
imigrantă
— person who comes to a country to settle
Russian:
иммигра́нт
(immigránt)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Russian:
иммигра́нтка
(immigrántka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Russian:
переселе́нец
(pereselénec)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Russian:
переселе́нка
(pereselénka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Scottish Gaelic:
in-imriche
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
досељѐнӣк
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
досељѐница
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
имѝгрант
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
имѝгранткиња
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
doseljènīk
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
doseljènica
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
imìgrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Serbo-Croatian:
imìgrantkinja
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovak:
prisťahovalec
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovak:
prisťahovalkyňa
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovak:
imigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovak:
imigrantka
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovene:
priseljenec
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovene:
priseljenka
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovene:
imigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Slovene:
imigrantka
— person who comes to a country to settle
Spanish:
inmigrante
— person who comes to a country to settle
Swedish:
invandrare
— person who comes to a country to settle
Swedish:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Tagalog:
manunuludbayan
— person who comes to a country to settle
Tajik:
муҳоҷир
(muhojir)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Thai:
ผู้อพยพ
(pûu-òp-pá-yóp)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Tibetan:
གཞིས་ཆགས་ལ་ཡོང་པའི་མི
(gzhis chags la yong pa'i mi)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Turkish:
göçmen
— person who comes to a country to settle
Turkish:
muhacir
— person who comes to a country to settle
Turkmen:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Ukrainian:
іммігра́нт
(immihránt)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Ukrainian:
іммігра́нтка
(immihrántka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Ukrainian:
переселе́нець
(pereselénecʹ)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Ukrainian:
переселе́нка
(pereselénka)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Urdu:
مہاجر
(muhājir)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Uyghur:
كۆچمەن
(köchmen)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Uzbek:
immigrant
— person who comes to a country to settle
Uzbek:
muhojir
— person who comes to a country to settle
Vietnamese:
dân nhập cư
— person who comes to a country to settle
Vietnamese:
nhập cư
— person who comes to a country to settle
Volapük:
nütevan
— person who comes to a country to settle
Volapük:
hinütevan
— person who comes to a country to settle
Volapük:
jinütevan
— person who comes to a country to settle
Volapük:
nütevanef
— person who comes to a country to settle
Volapük:
hinütevanef
— person who comes to a country to settle
Volapük:
jinütevanef
— person who comes to a country to settle
Welsh:
mewnfudwr
— person who comes to a country to settle
Yiddish:
אימיגראַנט
(imigrant)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Yiddish:
אײַנוואַנדערער
(aynvanderer)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Yiddish:
אײַנגעוואַנדערטער
(ayngevanderter)
— person who comes to a country to settle
Japanese:
帰化植物
(kika shokubutsu)
— plant or animal