wander

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
2. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
3. (intransitive) To commit adultery.
4. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
5. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

Noun

1. (countable) An act or instance of wandering.
2. (uncountable) Deviation from a correct or normal value.

Concepts

errer

vaguer

vagabonder

flâner

se promener

divaguer

rôder

se balader

vadrouiller

étoile

⭐

voyager au loin

tromper

voltiger

érailler

balade

méandrer

cocu

déambuler

détourner

dévier

flaner

marcher

🚶

promener

🚶

roder

🇵🇱

tour

trahir

Synonymes

roam

rove

stray

ramble

drift

stroll

loiter

travel

walk

🚶

tramp

meander

range

gad

move around

swan

🦢

saunter

walk about

prowl

survive

float

tour

journey

hang around

go about

vagabond

live

digress

wander about

roam about

cuckold

homeless

betray

wind

move about

cheat

nomadic

divagate

walk around

go

cast

hike

deflect

fool around

thread

🧵

flow

roll

knock about

err

cheat on

promenade

Traductions

vagar

vagabondare

vagare

wandern

errare

vagar

vagar

⌚

vagabundear

errar

zwerven

umherstreifen

umherschweifen

errar

dolen

dwalen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɒndə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wandren

Hérité de ancien anglais: wandrian

Appartenant à écossais: wander

Appartenant à allemand: wandern

Appartenant à néerlandais: wandelen

Appartenant à danois: vandre

Appartenant à suédois: vandra

In summary

From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).