immigrant

Signification

Noun

1. A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

Adj

Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

The roaches in his apartment were planted by his filthy immigrant next-door neighbors .

Les cafards de son appartement ont été plantés par ses voisins immigrés sales.