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immigration

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M AH0 G R EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • It took ages to get through immigration last time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: in-migration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: migration

Narrower terms: aliyah

4

noun

Meaning 4

the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the increased immigration strengthened the colony

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English immigrate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English immigration From immigrate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: immigrasie — the act of immigrating
  • Albanian: mërgim — the act of immigrating
  • Albanian: emigrim — the act of immigrating
  • Albanian: kurbet — the act of immigrating
  • Arabic: هِجْرَة (hijra) — the act of immigrating
  • Arabic: مُهَاجَرَة (muhājara) — the act of immigrating
  • Arabic: هِجَار (hijār) — the act of immigrating
  • Armenian: ներգաղթ (nergaġtʻ) — the act of immigrating
  • Azerbaijani: immiqrasiya — the act of immigrating
  • Azerbaijani: mühacirət — the act of immigrating
  • Azerbaijani: hicrət — the act of immigrating
  • Basque: immigrazio — the act of immigrating
  • Belarusian: імігра́цыя (imihrácyja) — the act of immigrating
  • Belarusian: перасяле́нне (pjerasjaljénnje) — the act of immigrating
  • Bengali: অভিবাসন (obhibaśon) — the act of immigrating
  • Bengali: হিজরত (hijrot) — the act of immigrating
  • Bulgarian: имигра́ция (imigrácija) — the act of immigrating
  • Bulgarian: пресе́лване (presélvane) — the act of immigrating
  • Burmese: လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေး (luwanghmu.kri:krap-re:) — the act of immigrating
  • Catalan: immigració — the act of immigrating
  • Chinese Cantonese: 移民 (ji4 man4) — the act of immigrating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移民 (yímín) — the act of immigrating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遷入 /迁入 (qiānrù) — the act of immigrating
  • Czech: imigrace — the act of immigrating
  • Czech: přistěhovalectví — the act of immigrating
  • Danish: indvandring — the act of immigrating
  • Dutch: inwijking — the act of immigrating
  • Dutch: immigratie — the act of immigrating
  • Esperanto: enmigrado — the act of immigrating
  • Estonian: immigratsioon — the act of immigrating
  • Estonian: ränne — the act of immigrating
  • Faroese: tilflutningur — the act of immigrating
  • Finnish: maahanmuutto — the act of immigrating
  • Finnish: siirtolaisuus — the act of immigrating
  • French: immigration — the act of immigrating
  • Galician: inmigración — the act of immigrating
  • Georgian: იმიგრაცია (imigracia) — the act of immigrating
  • Georgian: გადმოსახლება (gadmosaxleba) — the act of immigrating
  • German: Einwanderung — the act of immigrating
  • German: Immigration — the act of immigrating
  • Greek: μετανάστευση (metanástefsi) — the act of immigrating
  • Hebrew: הֲגִירָה (hagirá) — the act of immigrating
  • Hindi: आप्रवासन (āpravāsan) — the act of immigrating
  • Hindi: आप्रवास (āpravās) — the act of immigrating
  • Hungarian: bevándorlás — the act of immigrating
  • Icelandic: aðflutningur — the act of immigrating
  • Ido: enmigro — the act of immigrating
  • Ido: enmigrado — the act of immigrating
  • Indonesian: imigrasi — the act of immigrating
  • Interlingua: immigration — the act of immigrating
  • Irish: inimirce — the act of immigrating
  • Italian: immigrazione — the act of immigrating
  • Japanese: 移民 (imin) — the act of immigrating
  • Japanese: イミグレーション (imigurēshon) — the act of immigrating
  • Japanese: 入植 (nyūshoku) — the act of immigrating
  • Japanese: 移住 (ijū) — the act of immigrating
  • Kazakh: иммиграция (immigrasiä) — the act of immigrating
  • Kazakh: көші-қон (köşı-qon) — the act of immigrating
  • Khmer: អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ (ʼɑntaoprɑveeh) — the act of immigrating
  • Korean: 이주 (iju) — the act of immigrating
  • Korean: 이민 (imin) — the act of immigrating
  • Northern Kurdish: penaberî — the act of immigrating
  • Northern Kurdish: koçerî — the act of immigrating
  • Northern Kurdish: koç — the act of immigrating
  • Kyrgyz: иммиграция (immigratsiya) — the act of immigrating
  • Kyrgyz: четтен келүү (cetten kelüü) — the act of immigrating
  • Lao: ເຂົ້າເມືອງ (khao mư̄ang) — the act of immigrating
  • Latvian: imigrācija — the act of immigrating
  • Lithuanian: imigracija — the act of immigrating
  • Macedonian: доселување (doseluvanje) — the act of immigrating
  • Macedonian: имиграција (imigracija) — the act of immigrating
  • Malay: imigresen — the act of immigrating
  • Malay: imigrasi — the act of immigrating
  • Mongolian: цагаачлал (cagaačlal) — the act of immigrating
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ (čaɣačilal) — the act of immigrating
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innvandring — the act of immigrating
  • Norwegian Bokmål: immigrasjon — the act of immigrating
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: innvandring — the act of immigrating
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: immigrasjon — the act of immigrating
  • Occitan: immigracion — the act of immigrating
  • Pashto: مهاجرت (mohājerát) — the act of immigrating
  • Pashto: هجرت (hejrát) — the act of immigrating
  • Dari: مُهَاجَرَت (muhājarat) — the act of immigrating
  • Dari: کُوچ (kūč) — the act of immigrating
  • Dari: هِجْرَت (hijrat) — the act of immigrating
  • Iranian Persian: مُهاجِرَت (mohâjerat) — the act of immigrating
  • Iranian Persian: کوچ (kuč) — the act of immigrating
  • Iranian Persian: هِجْرَت (hejrat) — the act of immigrating
  • Polish: imigracja — the act of immigrating
  • Portuguese: imigração — the act of immigrating
  • Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ (prvās) — the act of immigrating
  • Romanian: imigrație — the act of immigrating
  • Romanian: imigrare — the act of immigrating
  • Russian: иммигра́ция (immigrácija) — the act of immigrating
  • Russian: переселе́ние (pereselénije) — the act of immigrating
  • Scottish Gaelic: in-imrich — the act of immigrating
  • Scottish Gaelic: imrich a-steach — the act of immigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: имигра́ција — the act of immigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: усеље́ње — the act of immigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: досеље́ње — the act of immigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: imigrácija — the act of immigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: useljénje — the act of immigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: doseljénje — the act of immigrating
  • Sinhalese: ආගමණය (āgamaṇaya) — the act of immigrating
  • Slovak: prisťahovalectvo — the act of immigrating
  • Slovak: imigrácia — the act of immigrating
  • Slovene: priseljevanje — the act of immigrating
  • Slovene: imigracija — the act of immigrating
  • Spanish: inmigración — the act of immigrating
  • Swedish: invandring — the act of immigrating
  • Swedish: immigration — the act of immigrating
  • Tagalog: pandarayuhan — the act of immigrating
  • Tagalog: suludbayan — the act of immigrating
  • Tajik: муҳоҷират (muhojirat) — the act of immigrating
  • Tajik: ҳиҷрат (hijrat) — the act of immigrating
  • Tamil: குடியேற்றம் (kuṭiyēṟṟam) — the act of immigrating
  • Thai: การเข้าเมือง (gaan-kâo-mʉʉang) — the act of immigrating
  • Thai: เข้าเมือง (kâo-mʉʉang) — the act of immigrating
  • Turkish: göç etme — the act of immigrating
  • Turkish: göçmenlik — the act of immigrating
  • Turkish: hicret — the act of immigrating
  • Turkmen: immigrasiýa — the act of immigrating
  • Ukrainian: іммігра́ція (immihrácija) — the act of immigrating
  • Ukrainian: пересе́лення (peresélennja) — the act of immigrating
  • Urdu: ہِجْرَت (hijrat) — the act of immigrating
  • Urdu: مُہاجَرَت (muhājarat) — the act of immigrating
  • Uyghur: كۆچۈش (köchüsh) — the act of immigrating
  • Uyghur: كۆچمەنلىك (köchmenlik) — the act of immigrating
  • Uyghur: ھىجرەت (hijret) — the act of immigrating
  • Uzbek: immigratsiya — the act of immigrating
  • Uzbek: hijrat — the act of immigrating
  • Vietnamese: sự nhập cư — the act of immigrating
  • Welsh: mewnfudiad — the act of immigrating
  • Yiddish: אימיגראַציע (imigratsye) — the act of immigrating
  • Yiddish: אײַנוואַנדערונג (aynvanderung) — the act of immigrating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊防檢查 /边防检查 (biānfáng jiǎnchá) — immigration checks at a border checkpoint
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊檢 /边检 (biānjiǎn) — immigration checks at a border checkpoint
  • Hindi: आव्रजन (āvrajan) — immigration checks at a border checkpoint
  • Indonesian: imigrasi — immigration checks at a border checkpoint
  • Malay: imigresen — immigration checks at a border checkpoint
  • Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ (prvās) — immigration checks at a border checkpoint
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