migratory

English

Etymology

From Latin migrātōrius or migrate +‎ -ory.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.tə.ɹi/

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Adjective

migratory (not comparable)

1. (of birds, etc) Migrating.
2. Roving; wandering; nomadic.

   migratory habits; a migratory life

Antonyms

• sedentary

Derived terms

• migratory bird
• migratory divorce
• migratory grasshopper
• migratory locust
• migratory restlessness
• migratory thrush
• nonmigratory, non-migratory

Related terms

• migration

Translations

(of birds, etc) that migrate

• Bulgarian: мигриращ (bg) (migrirašt), прелетен (preleten) (за птици)
• Catalan: migratori (ca)
• Czech: stěhovavý (cs) m
• Dutch: trek- (nl)
• Finnish: muutto- (fi), vaellus- (fi)
• French: migrateur (fr)
• Galician: migratorio (gl)
• German: Zug- (de)
• Irish: imirceach, aistreánach
• Italian: migratorio (it), migrante (it)
• Northern Sami: bárbmo-
• Polish: przelotny (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: imrich
• Spanish: migratorio (es)
• Turkish: göçebe (tr), göçmen (tr)
• Welsh: ymfudol