noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/
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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