Meanings
nounmigration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)
plural migrations
- countableuncountableAn instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- countableuncountableSeasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, pages 47–48 - countableuncountableMovement in general.
The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
- countableuncountablebiochemistryThe movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
Origin
- Latinmigrātiō
- Middle Frenchmigration
- Englishmigration
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans migrasie
- migrasiemoving a place to live to another
Ancient Greek μετανάστασις
- μετανάστασις (metanástasis)moving a place to live to another
Arabic هِجْرَة
- هِجْرَة (hijra)moving a place to live to another
Basque migrazio
- migraziomoving a place to live to another
Bengali হিজরত, অভিপ্রয়াণ
- হিজরত (hijrot)moving a place to live to another
- অভিপ্রয়াণ (obhiproẏan)moving a place to live to another
- হিজরত (hijrot)computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Bulgarian пресе́лване, мигра́ция
- пресе́лване (presélvane)moving a place to live to another
- мигра́ция (migrácija)moving a place to live to another
- мигра́ция (migrácija)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Catalan migració, migració
- migraciómoving a place to live to another
- migracióseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Chinese Mandarin 徙動 /徙动, 遷移 /迁移
- 徙動 /徙动 (túdòng)moving a place to live to another
- 遷移 /迁移 (qiānyí)moving a place to live to another
- 洄游 (huíyóu)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- 遷徙 /迁徙 (qiānxǐ)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Czech migrace
- migracemoving a place to live to another
Danish migration
- migrationmoving a place to live to another
Dutch migratie, migratie
- migratiemoving a place to live to another
- migratieseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- trekseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Esperanto migrado
- migradomoving a place to live to another
Estonian ränne, migratsioon
- rännemoving a place to live to another
- migratsioonmoving a place to live to another
Finnish muutto, migraatio
- muuttomoving a place to live to another
- migraatiomoving a place to live to another
- muuttoseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- vaellusseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
French migration
- migrationmoving a place to live to another
German Wohnsitzwechsel, Migration
- Wohnsitzwechselmoving a place to live to another
- Migrationmoving a place to live to another
- Migrationseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- Wanderungseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- Vogelwanderungseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- Vogelzugseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- Vogelstrichseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- Tierwanderungseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- Migrationcomputing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Greek μετανάστευση, αποδημία
- μετανάστευση (metanástefsi)moving a place to live to another
- αποδημία (apodimía)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- μετανάστευση (metanástefsi)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- μετεγκατάσταση (metegkatástasi)computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Hebrew הֲגִירָה
- הֲגִירָה (hagirá)moving a place to live to another
Hindi प्रवास, माइग्रेशन
- प्रवास (pravās)moving a place to live to another
- माइग्रेशन (māigreśan)moving a place to live to another
- पलायन (palāyan)moving a place to live to another
- प्रवास (pravās)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Hungarian migráció, vándorlás
- migrációmoving a place to live to another
- vándorlásmoving a place to live to another
Icelandic fólksflutningar
- fólksflutningarmoving a place to live to another
Indonesian hijrah, migrasi
- hijrahmoving a place to live to another
- migrasimoving a place to live to another
- migrasiseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- ruayaseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- migrasicomputing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
- pindahcomputing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Irish imirce, imirce
- imircemoving a place to live to another
- imirceseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Japanese 移住, 回遊
- 移住 (ijū)moving a place to live to another
- 回遊 (kaiyū)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- 移動 (idō)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- 移行 (ikō)computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Korean 이주, 이동
- 이주 (iju)moving a place to live to another
- 이동 (idong)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- 회유 (hoeyu)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- 이주 (iju)computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
- 이관 (igwan)computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Latin migrātiō
- migrātiōmoving a place to live to another
Latvian migrācija, pārceļošana
- migrācijamoving a place to live to another
- pārceļošanamoving a place to live to another
Lithuanian migracija
- migracijamoving a place to live to another
Malay hijrah, migrasi
- hijrahmoving a place to live to another
- migrasimoving a place to live to another
- migrasiseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- penghijrahanseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Māori hekenga
- hekengamoving a place to live to another
Norwegian Bokmål migrasjon, trekk
- migrasjonmoving a place to live to another
- trekkseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- migrasjonseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Polish migracja, migracja
- migracjamoving a place to live to another
- migracjaseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Portuguese migração, migração
- migraçãomoving a place to live to another
- migraçãoseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Romanian migrare, migrație
- migraremoving a place to live to another
- migrațiemoving a place to live to another
- migrațieseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Russian мигра́ция, переселе́ние
- мигра́ция (migrácija)moving a place to live to another
- переселе́ние (pereselénije)moving a place to live to another
- мигра́ция (migrácija)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- мигра́ция (migrácija)computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Scottish Gaelic imrich, imrich
- imrichmoving a place to live to another
- imrichseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Slovak migrácia
- migráciamoving a place to live to another
Spanish migración, migración
- migraciónmoving a place to live to another
- migraciónseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Swedish migration, migration
- migrationmoving a place to live to another
- migrationseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- migrationcomputing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Tagalog ngibambayan
- ngibambayanmoving a place to live to another
Tamil இடம்பெயர்தல், புலம்பெயர்வு
- இடம்பெயர்தல் (iṭampeyartal)moving a place to live to another
- புலம்பெயர்வு (pulampeyarvu)moving a place to live to another
- குடிபெயர்தல் (kuṭipeyartal)moving a place to live to another
- வலசை (valacai)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Thai อพยพ, การอพยพ
- อพยพ (òp-pá-yóp)moving a place to live to another
- การอพยพ (gaan-òp-pá-yóp)moving a place to live to another
- อพยพ (òp-pá-yóp)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Turkish migrasyon, göç
- migrasyonmoving a place to live to another
- göçmoving a place to live to another
- hicretmoving a place to live to another
Ukrainian мігра́ція, пересе́лення
- мігра́ція (mihrácija)moving a place to live to another
- пересе́лення (peresélennja)moving a place to live to another
- мігра́ція (mihrácija)seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Urdu ہِجْرَت, مائِگْریشَن
- ہِجْرَت (hijrat)moving a place to live to another
- مائِگْریشَن (māigreśan)moving a place to live to another
- نَقْلِ مَکانِی (naql-i makānī)moving a place to live to another
- مُہاجَرَت (muhājarat)moving a place to live to another
Vietnamese di dân, di cư
- di dânmoving a place to live to another
- di cưmoving a place to live to another
- di cưseasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with migration
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APA
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