Meanings
present singular third person immigrates · participle present immigrating · participle past immigrated · past immigrated
- intransitiveTo move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
He knows hardship. He has experienced life in a cold-water flat in Moldova before he immigrated to the States.
2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 56
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimmigratus
- Englishimmigrate
From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هَاجَرَ
- هَاجَرَ (hājara)to move into a foreign country or area
Bulgarian емигрирам, преселвам се
- емигрирам (emigriram)to move into a foreign country or area
- преселвам се (preselvam se)to move into a foreign country or area
Catalan immigrar
- immigrarto move into a foreign country or area
Chinese Cantonese 移民
- 移民 (ji⁴ man⁴)to move into a foreign country or area
Chinese Mandarin 移民, 移居
- 移民 (yímín)to move into a foreign country or area
- 移居 (yíjū)to move into a foreign country or area
Danish immigrere, indvandre
- immigrereto move into a foreign country or area
- indvandreto move into a foreign country or area
Dutch immigreren
- immigrerento move into a foreign country or area
Esperanto enmigri
- enmigrito move into a foreign country or area
Finnish muuttaa maahan
- muuttaa maahanto move into a foreign country or area
French immigrer
- immigrerto move into a foreign country or area
German einwandern, immigrieren
- einwandernto move into a foreign country or area
- immigrierento move into a foreign country or area
Hebrew הִגֵּר
- הִגֵּר (higér)to move into a foreign country or area
Hindi आप्रवास
- आप्रवास (āpravās)to move into a foreign country or area
Italian immigrare
- immigrareto move into a foreign country or area
Japanese 移住する, 移民する
- 移住する (ijū suru)to move into a foreign country or area
- 移民する (imin suru)to move into a foreign country or area
Norwegian immigrere
- immigrereto move into a foreign country or area
Polish imigrować
- imigrowaćto move into a foreign country or area
Portuguese imigrar
- imigrarto move into a foreign country or area
Russian иммигри́ровать, переселя́ться
- иммигри́ровать (immigrírovatʹ)to move into a foreign country or area
- переселя́ться (pereseljátʹsja)to move into a foreign country or area
- пересели́ться (pereselítʹsja)to move into a foreign country or area
Scottish Gaelic dèan in-imrich
- dèan in-imrichto move into a foreign country or area
Spanish inmigrar
- inmigrarto move into a foreign country or area
Swedish immigrera, invandra
- immigrerato move into a foreign country or area
- invandrato move into a foreign country or area
Turkish göçmek, göç etmek
- göçmekto move into a foreign country or area
- göç etmekto move into a foreign country or area
Vietnamese nhập cư
- nhập cưto move into a foreign country or area
Yiddish אײַנוואַנדערן
- אײַנוואַנדערן (aynvandern)to move into a foreign country or area
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Cite this entry
immigrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immigrate
“immigrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immigrate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immigrate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immigrate.
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