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transmigration

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • US: /ˌtɹænz.maɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.

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

A change from one state of existence to another.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

The movement of a soul from one body to another after death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: metempsychosis, reincarnation (both broadly synonymous)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: metempsychosis, reincarnation[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the passing of a soul into another body after death

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reincarnation, rebirth, renascence

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrātiō.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: преселване (preselvane) — departure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移居 (yíjū) — departure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移民 (yímín) — departure
  • Esperanto: transmigrado — departure
  • Finnish: muutto toiseen maahan — departure
  • French: transmigration — departure
  • Greek: μετανάστευση (metanástefsi) — departure
  • Greek: αποδημία (apodimía) — departure
  • Indonesian: transmigrasi — departure
  • Irish: imaistriú — departure
  • Irish: trasimirce — departure
  • Khmer: ចំណាកស្រុក (cɑmnaak srok) — departure
  • Latin: trānsmigrātiō — departure
  • Russian: трансмигра́ция (transmigrácija) — departure
  • Spanish: migración — departure
  • Swedish: transmigration — departure
  • Arabic: تَنَاسُخ الْأَرْوَاح (tanāsuḵ al-ʔarwāḥ) — movement of a soul
  • Bulgarian: превъплъщение (prevǎplǎštenie) — movement of a soul
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉世 /转世 (zhuǎnshì) — movement of a soul
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪迴 /轮回 (lúnhuí) — movement of a soul
  • Esperanto: animomigrado — movement of a soul
  • Esperanto: metempsikozo — movement of a soul
  • Esperanto: transmigrado — movement of a soul
  • Finnish: sielunvaellus — movement of a soul
  • French: transmigration — movement of a soul
  • Galician: transmigración — movement of a soul
  • Greek: μετεμψύχωση (metempsýchosi) — movement of a soul
  • Ancient Greek: μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis) — movement of a soul
  • Ancient Greek: μετενσωμάτωσις (metensōmátōsis) — movement of a soul
  • Ancient Greek: μεταγγισμός (metangismós) — movement of a soul
  • Irish: athchollúchas — movement of a soul
  • Irish: anamimirce — movement of a soul
  • Japanese: 転生 (tensei) — movement of a soul
  • Japanese: 転生 (tenshō) — movement of a soul
  • Khmer: សង្សារ (sɑngsaa) — movement of a soul
  • Latin: trānsmigrātiō — movement of a soul
  • Latin: metempsȳchōsis — movement of a soul
  • Latin: metensōmatōsis — movement of a soul
  • Spanish: transmigración — movement of a soul
  • Swedish: själavandring — movement of a soul
  • Tibetan: ཕོ (pho) — movement of a soul
  • Vietnamese: luân hồi — movement of a soul
Real reading context

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