migration

See also: Migration

English

Etymology

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“I migrate”). Morphologically migrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

migration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)

1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
2. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
   • 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, pages 47–48:

     Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

3. Movement in general.

   The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.

4. (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
5. (biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Derived terms

• abmigration
• antimigration
• chain migration
• chemomigration
• climigration
• comigration
• countermigration
• ecomigration
• eco-migration
• electromigration
• endomigration
• hypermigration
• intermigration
• internal migration
• interregional migration
• intraregional migration
• loop migration
• mass migration
• migrational
• migrationism
• migrationist
• mismigration
• neuromigration
• nonmigration
• overmigration
• palaeomigration
• postmigration
• premigration
• relay migration
• remigration
• stepwise migration
• time migration

 

Related terms

• emigration
• migrant
• migrate
• migratory
• immigration
• inmigration, in-migration
• outmigration, out-migration
• porting

Translations

moving a place to live to another

• Arabic: هِجْرَة (ar) f (hijra)
• Armenian: միգրացիա (hy) (migracʻia), գաղթ (hy) (gaġtʻ), գաղթում (hy) (gaġtʻum)
• Basque: migrazio
• Bengali: হিজরত (bn) (hijrot)
• Bulgarian: преселване n (preselvane)
• Catalan: migració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 徙動／徙动 (túdòng), 遷移／迁移 (zh) (qiānyí)

• Czech: migrace (cs) f
• Dutch: migratie (nl)
• Esperanto: migrado
• Finnish: muutto (fi), migraatio
• French: migration (fr)
• Galician: migración (gl) f
• Georgian: მიგრაცია (migracia), გადასახლება (gadasaxleba)
• German: Wohnsitzwechsel m, Migration (de) f
• Greek: μετανάστευση (el) f (metanástefsi)

  Ancient: μετανάστασις f (metanástasis)

• Indonesian: migrasi (id)
• Irish: imirce f
• Japanese: 移住 (ja) (いじゅう, ijū)
• Korean: 이주 (ko) (iju)
• Latin: migratio f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Migratschoon f

• Macedonian: преселба f (preselba), селидба f (selidba), миграција f (migracija)
• Malay: migrasi, penghijrahan
• Maori: hekenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: migrasjon m

  Nynorsk: migrasjon m

• Persian: هجرت (fa), مهاجرت (fa)
• Polish: migracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: migração (pt) f
• Romanian: migrare (ro), migrație (ro)
• Russian: мигра́ция (ru) f (migrácija), переселе́ние (ru) n (pereselénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: imrich f
• Slovene: migracija f
• Spanish: migración (es) f
• Swedish: migration (sv) c
• Tagalog: ngibambayan
• Telugu: వలస (te) (valasa)
• Thai: อพยพ (th) (òp-pá-yóp)
• Vietnamese: di dân (vi)

seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish

• Armenian: չու (hy) (čʻu) (birds)
• Bulgarian: миграция f (migracija)
• Catalan: migració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洄游 (zh) (huíyóu), 遷徙／迁徙 (zh) (qiānxǐ)

• Dutch: migratie (nl), trek (nl)
• Finnish: muutto (fi), vaellus (fi)
• Galician: migración (gl) f
• Georgian: მიმოფრენა (mimoprena) (birds), გადაფრენა (gadaprena) (birds), მიგრაცია (migracia)
• German: Migration (de) f, Wanderung (de) f, Vogelwanderung f, Vogelzug (de) m, (partial) Vogelstrich m, Tierwanderung f
• Greek: αποδημία (el) f (apodimía), μετανάστευση (el) f (metanástefsi)
• Irish: imirce f
• Japanese: 回遊 (ja) (かいゆう, kaiyū), 移動 (ja) (いどう, idō)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کۆچ (koç)

  Northern Kurdish: koç (ku)

  Southern Kurdish: کووچ (kûç)

• Macedonian: преселба f (preselba), миграција f (migracija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trekk n, migrasjon m

  Nynorsk: trekk n, migrasjon m

• Persian: کوچ (fa)
• Polish: migracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: migração (pt) f
• Romanian: migrație (ro)
• Russian: мигра́ция (ru) f (migrácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: imrich f
• Spanish: migración (es) f
• Swedish: migration (sv) c
• Telugu: వలస (te) (valasa)
• Thai: อพยพ (th) (òp-pá-yóp)
• Vietnamese: di cư (vi)
• Volapük: (birds) bödatäv, (larks) laudatäv

computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one

• Bengali: হিজরত (bn) (hijrot)
• Galician: migración (gl) f
• German: Migration (de) f
• Greek: μετεγκατάσταση (el) f (metegkatástasi)
• Japanese: 移行 (ja) (いこう, ikō)
• Persian: ترایال
• Russian: мигра́ция (ru) f (migrácija)
• Swedish: migration (sv)

French

Etymology

From Latin migrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (of animals)
2. migration (of people)

Related terms

• migrer

Further reading

• “migration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (movement from one place to another)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin migrātiō, from migrō (“I migrate”) + -ātiō.

Noun

migration c

1. migration; an instance of moving to live in another place for a while, often used in regards of immigration

   Migrationspolitiken har gått överstyr och måste återgå till sansade diskussioner.

   The migration politics has gone overboard and must return to a state of sane discussions.

2. (biology) migration; seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home
3. (computing) migration; instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one

Declension

Declension of migration

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	migration	migrations
	definite	migrationen	migrationens
plural	indefinite	migrationer	migrationers
	definite	migrationerna	migrationernas

Derived terms

• Migrationsverket
• migrationspolitik

Related terms

• migrant
• migrera

See also

• emigration
• immigration

References

• migration in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• migration in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• migration in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• migration in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).