homeless

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Lacking a permanent place of residence.
2. (not-comparable) Containing no place that might be called home.

Noun

A person who is homeless.

Sinonieme

shelterless

roofless

stray

vagabond

homeless person

vagrant

dispossessed

unsettled

roam

wander

houseless

nomadic

stateless

neglected

wanderer

unhoused

unsheltered

ruined

shameless

tramp

waif

wanderlust

family in mourning

soilless

street child

having no abode

without a family

without lodgment

street person

landless person

aimless

hupaithric

Arab

beggar

bum

derelict

desolate

destitute

hobo

impoverished

jobless

loiterer

orphan

outcast

ownerless

pauperized

peregrinate

rude

Vertalings

SDF

obdachlos

sans-abri

sin hogar

άστεγος

heimatlos

sans domicile fixe

sans abri

sem-teto

senza casa

dakloos

sin techo

مشرد

sans foyer

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhoʊmlɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: *homles

Geërf van Old English: hāmlēas

Verwante met Nederlands: heemloos

Verwante met Deens: hjemløs

Verwante met Sweeds: hemlös

Verwante met Duits: heimatlos

Verwante met Yslands: heimilislaus

In summary

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”).