emigrate

English

Etymology

From Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare (to move away, remove, depart from a place), from e (out) + migrare (to move, remove, depart).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/

Verb

emigrate (third-person singular simple present emigrates, present participle emigrating, simple past and past participle emigrated)

  1. (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
    • Macaulay
      Forced to emigrate in a body to America.
    • J. H. Newman
      They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

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Italian

Adjective

emigrate f pl

  1. Feminine plural of adjective emigrato.

Noun

emigrate f

  1. plural of emigrata

Verb

emigrate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of emigrare
  2. second-person plural imperative of emigrare
  3. feminine plural past participle of emigrato

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Latin

Verb

ēmigrāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of ēmigrō
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