migrant
See also: Migrant
English
Etymology
From French migrant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪɡɹənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
migrant (plural migrants)
- A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
- Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
- (informal) A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another.
- 2021 April 22, Aryn Baker, “Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?”, in Time:
- “But once you lose everything— your home, your school, your clinic, your road, your church—then it’s an impossible situation. You become an environmental migrant because you have to find those facilities in some other place.”
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- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.
Hyponyms
- emigrant
- immigrant
Related terms
- migrate
- migration
Translations
migratory animal — See also translations at migratory bird
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person moving from one region or country to another
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Adjective
migrant (comparative more migrant, superlative most migrant)
- Migratory.
Anagrams
- Ntigram, marting
Catalan
Noun
migrant m or f (plural migrants)
- migrant
Verb
migrant
- present participle of migrar
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin migrans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈɣrɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mi‧grant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
migrant m (plural migranten, diminutive migrantje n, feminine migrante)
- migrant
Hyponyms
- emigrant
- immigrant
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
migrant m (plural migrants)
- Traveler or worker who moves from one region or country to another
Derived terms
- migrant économique
Adjective
migrant (feminine migrante, masculine plural migrants, feminine plural migrantes)
- migrant, migratory
Participle
migrant
- present participle of migrer
Further reading
- “migrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
migrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of migrō
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French migrant, from Latin migrāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiɡ.rant/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iɡrant
- Syllabification: mig‧rant
Noun
migrant m pers (feminine migrantka)
- migrant (person)
Declension
Declension of migrant
singular | plural | |
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nominative | migrant | migranci |
genitive | migranta | migrantów |
dative | migrantowi | migrantom |
accusative | migranta | migrantów |
instrumental | migrantem | migrantami |
locative | migrancie | migrantach |
vocative | migrancie | migranci |
Noun
migrant m anim
- migrant (animal)
Declension
Declension of migrant
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | migrant | migranty |
genitive | migranta | migrantów |
dative | migrantowi | migrantom |
accusative | migranta | migranty |
instrumental | migrantem | migrantami |
locative | migrancie | migrantach |
vocative | migrancie | migranty |
Further reading
- migrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- migrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN