immigrate

From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).

• enPR: ĭʹmĭ.grāt'
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: emigrate (pin–pen merger)

immigrate (third-person singular simple present immigrates, present participle immigrating, simple past and past participle immigrated)

1. (intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
   • 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 56:

     He knows hardship. He has experienced life in a cold-water flat in Moldova before he immigrated to the States.

• emigrate

• migrate

immigrate f pl

1. feminine plural of immigrato

immigrate f

1. plural of immigrata

immigrate

1. inflection of immigrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

immigrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of immigrō