migrer

Migrer is a French verb meaning to migrate or to move from one place to another, often over a long distance or across borders. It is commonly used for both animals and people, as well as in technical contexts such as data migration or organizational relocation. The term can describe seasonal or permanent movement and is often contrasted with quieter, local relocation like déménager.

The verb comes from Latin migrare, and is related to words such as migratoire (migratory) and le nom migrateur (migrant). The noun migration denotes the process of moving from one region to another, while the adjective migrant or migrante describes someone or something that migrates. In everyday language, migrer can apply to wildlife, human communities, or even abstract migrations of systems and populations.

In usage, migrer is typically intransitive, taking prepositions such as vers, dans, or à to indicate destination. Examples include “Les oiseaux migrent vers le sud” and “Les populations migrent vers les zones urbaines.” It can also be used more broadly to imply a shift or transition from one state to another. The phrase “migrer vers” is common when specifying a directional move, whereas “migrer dans” can indicate movement within a larger region.

Conjugation follows the regular pattern of -er verbs. In the present tense: je migre, tu migres, il migre, nous migrons, vous migrez, ils migrent. The past participle is migré, and the passé composé is formed with auxiliary appropriate to context, as in j’ai migré. Other tenses include; imperfect je migrais, future je migrerai, and the subjunctive present que je migre, que nous migrions.