"immigration" in seven languages
Meaningimmigration
Spanish
inmigración
/inmigɾaˈθjon/
fem.learned
Spanish writes the prefix in-, not im-, before m.
French
immigration
/imigʁasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
immigrazione
/immigratˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
imigração
/imiɡɾaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
imigrație
/imiˈɡratsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
immigració
/imiɡɾəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
immigration
/ɪmɪˈgɹeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Latin IMMIGRĀRE + -ation
English → ItalianimmigrationimmigrazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IMMIGRĀRE‘to move into’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A modern learned coinage, so the four differ only in the -tion ending — and Spanish, which spells inmigración with n-m.
English relatives: migrate, emigrant, migration
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In a sentence
- esLa inmigración es un gran tema en las elecciones.
- frL'immigration est un grand thème de l'élection.
- itL'immigrazione è un tema importante delle elezioni.
- ptA imigração é um grande tema nesta eleição.
- roImigrația e o temă importantă în campania electorală.
- caLa immigració és un gran tema a les eleccions.
- enImmigration is a big topic in the election.
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