migration

migration

See also: Migration

English

Etymology

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“I migrate”).Morphologically migrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

migration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)

1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
2. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
   • 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 5 March 2016, retrieved 9 May 2013, page 47–48:

     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.

3. Movement in general.

   The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.

4. (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
5. (biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Derived terms

• chain migration
• internal migration
• loop migration
• mass migration
• relay migration
• stepwise migration

Related terms

• emigration
• migrant
• migrate
• migratory
• immigration
• inmigration, in-migration
• outmigration, out-migration
• porting

Translations

moving a place to live to another

Arabic: هِجْرَة‎ (ar) f (hijra) Armenian: միգրացիա (hy) (migracʿia), գաղթ (hy) (gałtʿ), գաղթում (hy) (gałtʿum) Bengali: হিজরত (bn) (hijôrôtô) Bulgarian: преселване n (preselvane) Catalan: migració f Chinese: Mandarin: 徙動／徙动 (túdòng), 遷移／迁移 (zh) (qiānyí) Czech: migrace (cs) f Esperanto: migrado Finnish: muutto (fi), migraatio French: free (fr), french (fr) pl, migration (fr) Galician: migración (gl) f Georgian: მიგრაცია (migracia), გადასახლება (gadasaxleba) German: Wohnsitzwechsel m, Migration (de) f Greek: μετανάστευση (el) f (metanástefsi) Ancient: μετανάστασις f (metanástasis) Indonesian: migrasi (id) Japanese: 移住 (ja) (いじゅう, ijū) Korean: 이주 (ko) (iju) Latin: migratio f Low German: German Low German: Migratschoon f Macedonian: преселба f (preselba), селидба f (selidba), миграција f (migracija) Malay: migrasi Maori: hekenga Norwegian: Bokmål: migrasjon m Nynorsk: migrasjon m Persian: هجرت‎ (fa), مهاجرت‎ (fa) Polish: migracja (pl) f Portuguese: migração (pt) f Romanian: migrare (ro), migrație (ro) Russian: мигра́ция (ru) f (migrácija), переселе́ние (ru) n (pereselénije) Scottish Gaelic: imrich f Slovene: migracija f Spanish: migración (es) f Swedish: migration (sv) c Tagalog: ngibambayan Telugu: వలస (te) (valasa) Thai: อพยพ (th) (òp-pá-yóp) Vietnamese: di dân (vi)

seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish

Armenian: չու (hy) (čʿu) (birds) Bulgarian: миграция f (migracija) Catalan: migració f Chinese: Mandarin: 洄游 (zh) (huíyóu), 遷徙／迁徙 (zh) (qiānxǐ) Finnish: muutto (fi), vaellus (fi) Galician: migración (gl) f Georgian: მიმოფრენა (mimoprena) (birds), გადაფრენა (gadaprena) (birds), მიგრაცია (migracia) German: Migration (de) f, Wanderung (de) f, Vogelwanderung f, Vogelzug (de) m, (partial) Vogelstrich m, Tierwanderung f Greek: αποδημία (el) f (apodimía), μετανάστευση (el) f (metanástefsi) Japanese: 回遊 (ja) (かいゆう, kaiyū), 移動 (ja) (いどう, idō) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: کۆچ‎ (ku) (koç) Northern Kurdish: koç (ku) Southern Kurdish: کووچ‎ (kûç) Macedonian: преселба f (preselba), миграција f (migracija) Norwegian: Bokmål: trekk n, migrasjon m Nynorsk: trekk n, migrasjon m Persian: کوچ‎ (fa) Polish: migracja (pl) f Portuguese: migração (pt) f Romanian: migrație (ro) Russian: мигра́ция (ru) f (migrácija) Scottish Gaelic: imrich f Spanish: migración (es) f Swedish: migration (sv) c Telugu: వలస (te) (valasa) Thai: อพยพ (th) (òp-pá-yóp) Vietnamese: di cư (vi) Volapük: (birds) bödatäv, (larks) laudatäv

computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one

Bengali: হিজরত (bn) (hijôrôtô) Galician: migración (gl) f German: Migration (de) f Greek: μετεγκατάσταση (el) f (metegkatástasi) Japanese: 移行 (ja) (いこう, ikō) Persian: ترایال‎ (fa) Russian: мигра́ция (ru) f (migrácija) Swedish: migration (sv)

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French

Etymology

From Latin migrātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (of animals)
2. migration (of people)

Related terms

• migrer

Further reading

• “migration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (movement from one place to another)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin migrātiō, from migrō (“I migrate”) + -ātiō.

Noun

migration c

1. migration; an instance of moving to live in another place for a while, often used in regards of immigration

   Migrationspolitiken har gått överstyr och måste återgå till sansade diskussioner.

   The migration politics has gone overboard and must return to a state of sane discussions.

2. (biology) migration; seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home
3. (computing) migration; instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one

Declension

Declension of migration
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	migration	migrationen	migrationer	migrationerna
Genitive	migrations	migrationens	migrationers	migrationernas

Derived terms

• Migrationsverket
• migrationspolitik

Related terms

• migrera
• migrant
• immigration
• emigration

References

• migration in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).