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 Common collocations illegal immigrant Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”). immigrans Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown