homeless

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• General-American: /ˈhoʊmlɪs/
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• General-American: /ˈhoʊmləs/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 M L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English hāmlēas Middle English *homles English homeless From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَشَرِّد (mutašarrid) — lacking a permanent residence
• Armenian: անօթեւան (anōtʻewan) — lacking a permanent residence
• Armenian: դատարկուն (datarkun) — lacking a permanent residence
• Azerbaijani: evsiz — lacking a permanent residence
• Azerbaijani: evsiz-eşiksiz — lacking a permanent residence
• Basque: etxegabe — lacking a permanent residence
• Catalan: sensellar — lacking a permanent residence
• Catalan: sensesostre — lacking a permanent residence
• Chinese Mandarin: 無家可歸 /无家可归 (wújiākěguī) — lacking a permanent residence
• Chinese Mandarin: 露宿街頭 /露宿街头 (lùsù jiētóu) — lacking a permanent residence
• Czech: nebydlící — lacking a permanent residence
• Czech: bez přístřeší — lacking a permanent residence
• Czech: bez domova — lacking a permanent residence
• Czech: bezprizorný — lacking a permanent residence
• Czech: bezdomovec — lacking a permanent residence
• Danish: hjemløs — lacking a permanent residence
• Danish: husvild — lacking a permanent residence
• Danish: boligløs — lacking a permanent residence
• Dutch: dakloos — lacking a permanent residence
• Esperanto: senhejma — lacking a permanent residence
• Estonian: kodutu — lacking a permanent residence
• Faroese: heimleysur — lacking a permanent residence
• Finnish: koditon — lacking a permanent residence
• Finnish: asunnoton — lacking a permanent residence
• French: SDF (sans domicile fixe) — lacking a permanent residence
• French: itinérant — lacking a permanent residence
• French: sans-abri — lacking a permanent residence
• Galician: sen teito — lacking a permanent residence
• Galician: sen fogar — lacking a permanent residence
• Georgian: უსახლკარო (usaxlḳaro) — lacking a permanent residence
• Georgian: უბინაო (ubinao) — lacking a permanent residence
• Georgian: მიუსაფარი (miusapari) — lacking a permanent residence
• German: obdachlos — lacking a permanent residence
• German: wohnungslos — lacking a permanent residence
• Greek: άστεγος (ástegos) — lacking a permanent residence
• Ancient Greek: ἄνοικος (ánoikos) — lacking a permanent residence
• Ancient Greek: ἄστεγος (ástegos) — lacking a permanent residence
• Ancient Greek: ἄχωρος (ákhōros) — lacking a permanent residence
• Hebrew: חֲסַר בַּיִת (khasár báyit) — lacking a permanent residence
• Hebrew: הוֹמְלֶס (hómles) — lacking a permanent residence
• Hindi: बेघर (beghar) — lacking a permanent residence
• Hindi: निराश्रित (nirāśrit) — lacking a permanent residence
• Hungarian: hajléktalan — lacking a permanent residence
• Icelandic: heimilislaus — lacking a permanent residence
• Ido: senhema — lacking a permanent residence
• Indonesian: tuna wisma — lacking a permanent residence
• Irish: gan dídean — lacking a permanent residence
• Italian: senzatetto — lacking a permanent residence
• Japanese: 家なき (ie naki) — lacking a permanent residence
• Japanese: 無宿の (mushuku no) — lacking a permanent residence
• Japanese: ホームレス (hōmuresu) — lacking a permanent residence
• Latin: palabundus — lacking a permanent residence
• Malay: gelandangan — lacking a permanent residence
• Malay: tuna wisma — lacking a permanent residence
• Māori: kāinga kore — lacking a permanent residence
• Māori: kāingakore — lacking a permanent residence
• Middle English: herberweles — lacking a permanent residence
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjemløs — lacking a permanent residence
• Norwegian Bokmål: husløs — lacking a permanent residence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heimlaus — lacking a permanent residence
• Persian: بیخانمان (bi-xânemân) — lacking a permanent residence
• Polish: bezdomny — lacking a permanent residence
• Portuguese: sem-teto — lacking a permanent residence
• Portuguese: sem-abrigo — lacking a permanent residence
• Portuguese: desabrigado — lacking a permanent residence
• Portuguese: only as a noun: morador de rua — lacking a permanent residence
• Romanian: fără casă — lacking a permanent residence
• Romanian: fără adăpost — lacking a permanent residence
• Romanian: vagabond — lacking a permanent residence
• Russian: бездо́мный (bezdómnyj) — lacking a permanent residence
• Russian: бомж (bomž) — lacking a permanent residence
• Russian: беспризо́рный (besprizórnyj) — lacking a permanent residence
• Scots: hameless — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: sin hogar — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: vagabundo — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: desalojado — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: sintecho — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: sin techo — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: en situación de calle — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: guitón — lacking a permanent residence
• Spanish: sinhogar — lacking a permanent residence
• Swedish: hemlös — lacking a permanent residence
• Telugu: వసతిలేని (vasatilēni) — lacking a permanent residence
• Thai: ไร้บ้าน — lacking a permanent residence
• Thai: เร่ร่อน — lacking a permanent residence
• Thai: ร่อนเร่ — lacking a permanent residence
• Thai: พเนจร (pá-nee-jɔɔn) — lacking a permanent residence
• Thai: จรจัด (jɔɔn-jàt) — lacking a permanent residence
• Turkish: evsiz — lacking a permanent residence
• Turkish: vatansız — lacking a permanent residence
• Turkish: evsiz barksız — lacking a permanent residence
• Ukrainian: бездо́мний (bezdómnyj) — lacking a permanent residence
• Ukrainian: безприту́льний (bezprytúlʹnyj) — lacking a permanent residence
• Urdu: بے گَھر (be-ghar) — lacking a permanent residence
• Vietnamese: vô gia cư — lacking a permanent residence
• Vietnamese: không cửa không nhà — lacking a permanent residence
• Walloon: sins toet — lacking a permanent residence
• West Frisian: dakleas — lacking a permanent residence
• German: Obdachloser — Translations
• Spanish: linyera — Translations
• Spanish: homeless — Translations
• Spanish: sin techo — Translations
• Spanish: vagabundo — Translations
• Spanish: guitón — Translations
• Spanish: juntapuchos (despective) — Translations
• Spanish: sintecho — Translations
• Spanish: sin hogar — Translations
• Spanish: sinhogar — Translations
• Thai: คนไร้บ้าน (kōn-rái-bâan) — Translations
• West Frisian: dakleaze — Translations