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transmigrate

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To migrate to another country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: translocate, migrate

2

verb

Meaning 2

To pass into another body after death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

move from one country or region to another and settle there

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
  • This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: migrate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move

Narrower terms: immigrate, emigrate

4

verb

Meaning 4

be born anew in another body after death

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Hindus believe that we transmigrate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reincarnate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be born

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrō. By surface analysis, trans- + migrate.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: преселвам се (preselvam se) — to migrate to another country
  • Catalan: transmigrar — to migrate to another country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移居 (yíjū) — to migrate to another country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移民 (yímín) — to migrate to another country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遷移 /迁移 (qiānyí) — to migrate to another country
  • Esperanto: transmigri — to migrate to another country
  • Finnish: muuttaa toiseen maahan — to migrate to another country
  • French: transmigrer — to migrate to another country
  • Irish: imaistrigh — to migrate to another country
  • Italian: trasmigrare — to migrate to another country
  • Latin: trānsmigrō — to migrate to another country
  • Spanish: transmigrar — to migrate to another country
  • Bulgarian: превъплътявам се (prevǎplǎtjavam se) — to pass into another body after death
  • Catalan: transmigrar — to pass into another body after death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪迴 /轮回 (lúnhuí) — to pass into another body after death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉世 /转世 (zhuǎnshì) — to pass into another body after death
  • Chinese Mandarin: 投胎 (tóutāi) — to pass into another body after death
  • Esperanto: transmigri — to pass into another body after death
  • Finnish: siirtyä — to pass into another body after death
  • French: transmigrer — to pass into another body after death
  • Irish: athchollaigh — to pass into another body after death
  • Latin: transcorporō — to pass into another body after death
  • Spanish: transmigrar — to pass into another body after death