English Online Dictionary. What means immigration? What does immigration mean?
English
Etymology
From immigrate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
- Hyphenation: im‧mi‧gra‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
immigration (countable and uncountable, plural immigrations)
- The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
- The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.
Derived terms
- antiimmigration, anti-immigration
- illegal immigration
- proimmigration, pro-immigration
Related terms
- immigrate
- inmigration, in-migration
- emigration
- emigrate
- migration
- migrate
- outmigration, out-migration
Descendants
- → Malay: imigresen
Translations
Further reading
- immigration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
From immigrere + -tion. Likely from French immigration.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imiɡrasjoːn/, [imiɡ̊ʁɑˈɕoːˀn] or IPA(key): /emiɡrasjoːn/, [emiɡ̊ʁɑˈɕoːˀn]
Noun
immigration c (singular definite immigrationen, plural indefinite immigrationer)
- immigration
Inflection
Synonyms
- indvandring
Related terms
- emigrant
- emigration
- emigrere
- immigrant
- immigrere
Further reading
- immigration on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃/
Noun
immigration f (plural immigrations)
- immigration
Further reading
- “immigration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
immigration c
- immigration
- Synonym: invandring
- Antonyms: emigration, utvandring
Declension
Related terms
- immigrant
- immigrera
See also
- migration
References
- immigration in Svensk ordbok (SO)