English Explanatory Dictionary

immigrant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
  2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
adj
  1. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immigrant.wav

Word forms

immigrant immigrants

Etymology

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).

Antonyms

emigrant

Related words

expatriate

Derived words

anti-immigrant antiimmigrant crimmigrant digital immigrant economic immigrant Euroimmigrant illegal immigrant immigrant species landed immigrant new immigrant nonimmigrant trimmigrant undocumented immigrant
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