Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

migratory

/ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: mi-gra-to-ry
IPA: /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Roving; wandering; nomadic.

noun

Clipping of migratory bird.

Example Sentences

"To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986)."
"Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer."
"migratory habits; a migratory life"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
British English: /ˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.tə.ɹi/

Inflected Forms

migratories (plural)

Derived Forms

antimigratory comigratory electromigratory endomigratory hypermigratory migratorily nonmigratory postmigratory premigratory promigratory

Phrases

migratory bird migratory divorce migratory grasshopper migratory locust migratory restlessness migratory thrush non-migratory Wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy

Frequently Paired Words

migration

Synonyms

migrant

Antonyms

sedentary

Questions

How do you pronounce migratory?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/.
What does migratory mean?: Migrating.
Where does migratory come from?: Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.

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