"immigrant" in seven languages
Meaningimmigrant
Spanish
inmigrante
/inmiˈgɾante/
masc.learned
Same form for women: la inmigrante.
French
immigré
/imigʁe/
masc.learned
Feminine immigrée; immigrant exists but stresses the act of arriving.
Italian
immigrato
/immiˈgrato/
masc.learned
Feminine immigrata.
Portuguese
imigrante
/imiˈgɾɐ̃tʃi/
masc.learned
Romanian
imigrant
/imiˈgrant/
masc.learned
Catalan
immigrant
/imiˈgɾan/
masc.learned
English
immigrant
/ˈɪmɪgɹənt/
from Latin/French · Latin IMMIGRANTEM
English → ItalianimmigrantimmigratoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IMMIGRĀRE‘to move into (MIGRĀRE 'to move')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish uses the present participle like English (inmigrante, with Spanish nm for Latin mm); French and Italian prefer the past participle, 'one who has immigrated'.
English relatives: immigration, migrate, emigrant
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In a sentence
- esMuchos inmigrantes trabajan en la agricultura.
- frBeaucoup d'immigrés travaillent dans l'agriculture.
- itMolti immigrati lavorano in agricoltura.
- ptMuitos imigrantes trabalham na agricultura.
- roMulți imigranți lucrează în agricultură.
- caMolts immigrants treballen a l'agricultura.
- enMany immigrants work in agriculture.