emigrate

English

Etymology

From Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).

Verb

emigrate (third-person singular simple present emigrates, present participle emigrating, simple past and past participle emigrated)

1. (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

Antonyms

• immigrate

Translations

to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere

• Albanian: emigroj (sq), mërgoj (sq)
• Catalan: emigrar (ca)
• Czech: emigrovat (cs)
• Danish: emigrere (da), udvandre (da)
• Dutch: emigreren (nl)
• Finnish: muuttaa (fi) maasta, emigroitua (fi)
• French: émigrer (fr)

• German: auswandern (de)
• Italian: emigrare (it)
• Spanish: emigrar (es)
• Swedish: emigrera (sv), utvandra (sv)

Related terms

• emigrant
• emigration
• émigré
• immigrant
• immigrate
• immigration
• migrate
• migration
• migratory

External links

• emigrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• emigrate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• emigrate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Adjective

emigrate f pl

1. feminine plural of emigrato

Noun

emigrate f

1. Plural form of emigrata

Verb

emigrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emigrare
2. second-person plural imperative of emigrare
3. Feminine plural of emigrato

Anagrams

• mergiate, regimate, remigate

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Latin

Verb

ēmigrāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of ēmigrō