nomadic

English

Alternative forms

• nomadick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/, X-SAMPA: /n@U"m{d.Ik/
• Rhymes: -ædɪk

Adjective

nomadic (comparative more nomadic, superlative most nomadic)

1. Of, or relating to nomads.
2. Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant.
   • 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48: 

     Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

Translations

of, or relating to nomads

• Armenian: քոչվորական (hy) (kʿočʿvorakan)
• Catalan: nòmada (ca)
• Czech: nomádský (cs)
• Esperanto: nomada (eo)

• Finnish: paimentolais-
• German: nomadisch (de)
• Hungarian: nomád (hu)
• Spanish: nómada (es)

leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant

• Catalan: nòmada (ca)
• Czech: nomádský (cs), kočovný (cs)
• Finnish: kiertelevä, liikkuva

• German: nomadisch (de)
• Spanish: nómada (es)

Anagrams

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