migrant

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From French migrant.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɪɡɹənt/
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Noun[edit]

migrant (plural migrants)

  1. A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
  2. Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
  3. (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[1]:
      “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.”
  4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.

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Adjective[edit]

migrant (comparative more migrant, superlative most migrant)

  1. Migratory.

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from adjective or noun

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Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

migrant m or f by sense (plural migrants)

  1. migrant

Verb[edit]

migrant

  1. gerund of migrar

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin migrans.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

migrant m (plural migranten, diminutive migrantje n, feminine migrante)

  1. migrant

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

migrant m (plural migrants)

  1. Traveler or worker who moves from one region or country to another

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Adjective[edit]

migrant (feminine migrante, masculine plural migrants, feminine plural migrantes)

  1. migrant, migratory

Participle[edit]

migrant

  1. present participle of migrer

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

migrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of migrō

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French migrant, from Latin migrāns.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

migrant m pers (female equivalent migrantka)

  1. migrant (person)

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Noun[edit]

migrant m animal

  1. migrant (animal)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • migrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • migrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

migrant c

  1. a migrant (someone who moves from one country or region to another)

Declension[edit]

Declension of migrant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative migrant migranten migranter migranterna
Genitive migrants migrantens migranters migranternas

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