transmigrate

A verb used to describe the passage of a soul from one body to another after death, often associated with reincarnation or spiritual beliefs.

• 🇫🇷Verbe décrivant le passage de l'âme d'un corps à un autre après la mort, souvent lié à la réincarnation ou à des croyances spirituelles, ou encore le déplacement d'un lieu à un autre, notamment pour les populations ou les animaux.

1. Rebirth in a new body C2 formal

   To be born again into a different physical form after death, as believed in some religions.

   • According to Hindu beliefs, the soul can transmigrate into another being.
   • The philosopher argued that souls transmigrate across lifetimes.
   • Some traditions hold that a person may transmigrate into an animal.

   🇫🇷Réincarnation

   Synonymes: come backreincarnatereturn

2. Migrate to a new place C1 formal

   To move from one country or region to another in order to live there permanently.

   • Many families transmigrated to the New World in search of opportunity.
   • The tribe transmigrated across the continent over several generations.
   • Economic hardship forced them to transmigrate to a neighboring country.

   🇫🇷transmigrer

   Synonymes: emigrateimmigratemigraterelocateresettle

   Antonymes: remainsettlestay

• transmigrated past participle
• transmigrated past simple
• transmigrating present participle
• transmigrates third person singular