immigrant

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #12792

Meanings

1

noun
A person who comes to live permanently in a country that is not their own.

Many immigrants arrived in the city looking for work and a better life.
2

adj
Relating to immigrants or to coming to live in a new country.

The town has a large immigrant community from across Europe.

Thesaurus

Opposites

emigrant

Word family

Forms immigrants

Derived forms anti-immigrantantiimmigrantcrimmigranteuroimmigrantnonimmigranttrimmigrant

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Phrases (1)

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illegal immigrant
a person who enters or remains in a country without the required legal permission

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

immigrans Latin

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# immigrant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/
**Frequency rank:** 12792

## Meanings
1. A person who comes to live permanently in a country that is not their own.
2. Relating to immigrants or to coming to live in a new country.

## Examples
- Many immigrants arrived in the city looking for work and a better life.
- The town has a large immigrant community from across Europe.

## Antonyms
- emigrant

## Derived Forms
- anti-immigrant
- antiimmigrant
- crimmigrant
- euroimmigrant
- nonimmigrant
- trimmigrant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: immigrans

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

## AI Etymology
Immigrant comes from Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “A person who comes to live permanently in a country that is not their own” and “Relating to immigrants or to coming to live in a new country”.

## Topics
- People & Society

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