"transmigrate" meaning in English

See transmigrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transmigrate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: transmigrates [present, singular, third-person], transmigrating [participle, present], transmigrated [participle, past], transmigrated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrō. By surface analysis, trans- + migrate. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|trānsmigrō}} Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrō, {{surface analysis|en|trans-|migrate}} By surface analysis, trans- + migrate Head templates: {{en-verb}} transmigrate (third-person singular simple present transmigrates, present participle transmigrating, simple past and past participle transmigrated)
  1. (intransitive) To migrate to another country. Tags: intransitive Hypernyms: translocate, migrate Translations (to migrate to another country): преселвам се (preselvam se) (Bulgarian), transmigrar (Catalan), 移居 (yíjū) (Chinese Mandarin), 移民 (yímín) (Chinese Mandarin), 遷移 /迁移 (qiānyí) (Chinese Mandarin), transmigri (Esperanto), muuttaa toiseen maahan (Finnish), transmigrer (French), imaistrigh (Irish), trasmigrare (Italian), trānsmigrō (Latin), transmigrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transmigrate-en-verb-nZc39Wvf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with trans-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with trans-: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'to migrate to another country': 95 5
  2. (intransitive, of the soul) To pass into another body after death. Tags: intransitive Coordinate_terms: reincarnate Translations (to pass into another body after death): превъплътявам се (prevǎplǎtjavam se) (Bulgarian), transmigrar (Catalan), 輪迴 /轮回 (lúnhuí) (Chinese Mandarin), 轉世 /转世 (zhuǎnshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 投胎 (tóutāi) (Chinese Mandarin), transmigri (Esperanto), siirtyä (Finnish), transmigrer (French), athchollaigh (Irish), transcorporō (Latin), transmigrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transmigrate-en-verb-VDluWN1e Disambiguation of 'to pass into another body after death': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: untransmigrated Related terms: transmigrable, transmigrant, transmigration, transmigrator, transmigratory

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "to pass into another body after death",
      "word": "athchollaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "to pass into another body after death",
      "word": "transcorporō"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to pass into another body after death",
      "word": "transmigrar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "transmigrate"
}

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