noun
Meaning 1
A traveller, especially one on foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wayfarer
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
a traveler going on a trip
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: journeyer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: traveler, traveller
Narrower terms: pilgrim
noun
Meaning 3
a pedestrian who walks from place to place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pedestrian, walker, footer
History
Etymology
From Middle English weyfarere, weifarere; equivalent to way + farer.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ibn sabīlمُسَافِر ,ابن السبيل musāfir — traveller
- Armenian: ճանապարհորդ (čanaparhord) — traveller
- Armenian: ճամփորդ (čampʻord) — traveller
- Armenian: ուղեւոր (uġewor) — traveller
- Bengali: মুসাফির (musafir) — traveller
- Bengali: রাহী (rahī) — traveller
- Bulgarian: пътник (pǎtnik) — traveller
- Catalan: caminant — traveller
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅行者 (lǚxíng zhě) — traveller
- Czech: poutník — traveller
- Czech: pocestný — traveller
- Danish: vejfarende — traveller
- Dutch: reiziger — traveller
- Finnish: kulkija — traveller
- French: voyageur — traveller
- German: Wandersmann — traveller
- Greek: ταξιδιώτης (taxidiótis) — traveller
- Greek: ταξιδιώτρια (taxidiótria) — traveller
- Greek: ταξιδιώτισσα (taxidiótissa) — traveller
- Ancient Greek: ὁδοιπόρος (hodoipóros) — traveller
- Hungarian: utazó — traveller
- Hungarian: vándor — traveller
- Ingrian: matkalain — traveller
- Irish: rianaí — traveller
- Italian: viaggiatore — traveller
- Italian: viandante — traveller
- Japanese: 旅人 (tabibito) — traveller
- Japanese: トレッカー (torekkā) — traveller
- Kashmiri: مُسٲفِر (musạ̄fir) — traveller
- Kashmiri: وَتہِ پَکہٕ وُن (vati pakụvun) — traveller
- Kashmiri: وَتہٕ گَتھ (vatụ gath) — traveller
- Latin: viātor — traveller
- Latin: viātrix — traveller
- Latvian: ceļinieks — traveller
- Latvian: ceļotāja — traveller
- Macedonian: патник (patnik) — traveller
- Old English: weġfarend — traveller
- Polish: wędrowiec — traveller
- Portuguese: viajante — traveller
- Portuguese: andarilho — traveller
- Russian: пу́тник (pútnik) — traveller
- Russian: стра́нник (stránnik) — traveller
- Spanish: caminante — traveller
- Swedish: vägfarande — traveller
- Tatar: мосафир (mosafir) — traveller
- Tatar: сәфәрче (säfärçe) — traveller
- Ottoman Turkish: یولجی (yolcu) — traveller
- Welsh: fforddolyn — traveller