roam

English

Etymology

Middle English romen from Old English *ramian from Proto-Germanic *raimōn (“to wander”). Akin to Old English ārǣman "to arise, stand up, lift up", Old High German rāmēn (“to aim”) ( > archaic German rahmen (“to strive”)), Middle Dutch rammen "to night-wander, copulate", rammelen "to wander about, ramble". More at ramble

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: rōm, IPA: /ɹəʊm/, SAMPA: /r@Um/
• (GenAm) enPR: rōm, IPA: /ɹoʊm/, SAMPA: /roUm/

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• Homophones: Rome
• Rhymes: -əʊm

Verb

roam (third-person singular simple present roams, present participle roaming, simple past and past participle roamed)

1. (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
2. (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

Synonyms

• (wander freely): err, wander

Translations

wander freely

Afrikaans: wandel Arabic: تجول (ar) (tajáwwala) Chinese: Mandarin: 漫游 (zh) (mànyóu), 漫步 (zh) (mànbù) Dutch: rondwandelen (nl), wandelen (nl), rondlopen (nl), dwalen (nl), ronddwalen (nl), zwerven (nl) Esperanto: migri (eo) Finnish: vaellella, kuljeskella, harhailla French: errer (fr)

German: wandern (de) Hebrew: לשוטט (he) (l'shotet), לנדוד (he) (l'ndod) Japanese: 歩き回る (ja) (あるきまわる, arukimawaru), うろつく (ja) (urotsuku) Portuguese: vagar (pt), vaguear (pt) Romanian: hoinări Russian: бродить (ru) (brodít') impf., скитаться (ru) (skitát'sja) impf., странствовать (ru) (stránstvovat') impf. Spanish: vagar (es)

Anagrams

• Amor
• moar
• mora
• Omar
• Roma