How do you pronounce transmigration?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/.

transmigration

/ˌtɹænz.mɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: trans-mi-gra-tion
IPA: /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A change from one state of existence to another.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The movement of a soul from one body to another after death.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Any great change is like cold water in winter—one shrinks from the first plunge; and a lover may be excused who shivers a little at the transmigration into a husband."
"Near-synonyms: metempsychosis, reincarnation (both broadly synonymous)"
"The curioſity of the lady was highly inflamed, to know the hiſtory of the parrot's tranſmigration, which ſhe intreated the bird with all her eloquence to relate; but he preſented a deaf ear to her importunity, and, like a painted nightingale, remained ſilent."
"To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they [the Dacians] added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrātiō.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

transmigrations (plural)

Derived Forms

transmigrational

Frequently Paired Words

transmigrable transmigrant transmigrate transmigrator transmigratory

Synonyms

metempsychosis reincarnation[Appendix:Glossary

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

transmigration

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

Regional Pronunciation

Usage

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

Frequently Paired Words

Synonyms

Rhymes With

Questions

How to pronounce transmigration