migratory

English

Etymology

From Latin migrātōrius or migrate +‎ -ory.^[1]

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

References

1. “migratory, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.