adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/
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Canada, General-American:/noʊˈmæd.ɪk/
Australian:/nəʉˈmæd.ɪk/
Australian:/nɐʉˈmæd.ɪk/
rhymes with -ædɪk
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to nomads.
Of or related to itinerant herdsmen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to nomads.
Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
migratory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a restless mobile society
the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
wandering tribes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mobile, peregrine, roving, wandering
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νομαδικός (nomadikós), equivalent to nomad (“a member of a society or class of herdsmen”) + -ic (forming adjectives).
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بَدَوِيّ
(badawiyy)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Armenian:
քոչվորական
(kʻočʻvorakan)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Azerbaijani:
köçəri
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Belarusian:
качавы́
(kačavý)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Belarusian:
вандро́ўны
(vandrówny)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Belarusian:
качэ́ўны
(kačéwny)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Belarusian:
качэ́ўніцкі
(kačéwnicki)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Bulgarian:
нома́дски
(nomádski)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Catalan:
nòmada
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Chinese Mandarin:
游牧
(yóumù)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Czech:
nomádský
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Czech:
kočovný
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Danish:
nomadisk
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Dutch:
nomadisch
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Esperanto:
nomada
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Finnish:
paimentolais-
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
French:
nomade
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Galician:
nómade
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
German:
nomadisch
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
German:
Nomaden-
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Hungarian:
nomád
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Italian:
nomade
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Central Kurdish:
کۆچەری
(koçerî)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Lithuanian:
klajokliškas
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Macedonian:
номадски
(nomadski)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Norwegian Bokmål:
nomadisk
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nomadisk
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Old English:
simelfarende
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Polish:
koczowniczy
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Polish:
wędrowny
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Polish:
nomadyczny
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Portuguese:
nómada
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Portuguese:
nômade
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Portuguese:
nomádico
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Russian:
кочево́й
(kočevój)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Russian:
коче́внический
(kočévničeskij)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Serbo-Croatian:
но̀мадскӣ
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Serbo-Croatian:
nòmadskī
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Slovak:
nomádsky
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Slovak:
kočovný
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Slovak:
kočovnícky
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Slovene:
nomadski
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Spanish:
nómada
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Spanish:
nómade
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Ukrainian:
кочови́й
(kočovýj)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Ukrainian:
мандрі́вний
(mandrívnyj)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Ukrainian:
мандрівни́й
(mandrivnýj)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Ukrainian:
кочівни́й
(kočivnýj)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Ukrainian:
кочівни́цький
(kočivnýcʹkyj)
— of or relating to itinerant herdsmen
Arabic:
جَوَّال
(jawwāl)
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Arabic:
رَحَّال
(raḥḥāl)
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Arabic:
مُتَنَقِّل
(mutanaqqil)
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Bulgarian:
ски́тнически
(skítničeski)
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Catalan:
nòmada
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Czech:
nomádský
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Czech:
kočovný
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Finnish:
kiertelevä
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Finnish:
liikkuva
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
French:
nomade
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
German:
nomadisch
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Māori:
kānekeneke
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Māori:
kōkewa
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Polish:
koczowniczy
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Polish:
nomadyczny
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Portuguese:
nómada
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Portuguese:
nômade
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Portuguese:
nomádico
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Russian:
кочево́й
(kočevój)
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Russian:
кочу́ющий
(kočújuščij)
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Spanish:
nómada
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Spanish:
nómade
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
Spanish:
nomádico
— of or relating to any habitually wandering person
