homeless

English

Etymology

From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home +‎ -less. Cognate with Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”), Dutch heemloos. Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊmlɪs/, /ˈhoʊmləs/

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Adjective

homeless (not comparable)

1. Lacking a permanent place of residence.

   Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

Derived terms

• homeless dumping
• homeless shelter
• homelessness

Related terms

• home

Descendants

• Japanese: ホームレス (hōmuresu)

Translations

lacking a permanent residence

• Arabic: مُتَشَرِّد (ar) m (mutašarrid)
• Armenian: անօթեւան (anōtʻewan), դատարկուն (hy) (datarkun)
• Catalan: sensellar (ca), sensesostre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無家可歸／无家可归 (zh) (wú jiā kě guī), 无家可归 (zh) (wújiākěguī), 露宿街頭／露宿街头, 露宿街头 (lùsù jiētóu)

• Czech: nebydlící, bez přístřeší, bez domova, bezprizorný, bezdomovec (cs)
• Danish: hjemløs (da)
• Dutch: dakloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senhejma
• Estonian: kodutu (et)
• Faroese: heimleysur
• Finnish: koditon (fi), asunnoton (fi)
• French: SDF (fr) (sans domicile fixe (fr)), itinérant (fr) m (Quebec), sans-abri (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: obdachlos (de)
• Greek: άστεγος (el) (ástegos)

  Ancient: ἄοικος (áoikos), ἄστεγος (ástegos), ἄχωρος (ákhōros)

• Hungarian: hajléktalan (hu)
• Icelandic: heimilislaus
• Indonesian: tuna wisma
• Irish: gan dídean
• Italian: senzatetto (it)
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• Japanese: 家なき (ie naki), 無宿の (mushuku no), ホームレス (hōmuresu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: kāinga kore, kāingakore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjemløs, husløs (no)

  Nynorsk: heimlaus

• Persian: بی‌خانمان (fa) (bi-xânemân)
• Polish: bezdomny (pl) m
• Portuguese: sem-abrigo (pt) m, sem-teto (pt), mendigo (pt) m, mendiga f
• Romanian: fără casă, fără adăpost, vagabond (ro)
• Russian: бездо́мный (ru) m (bezdómnyj), бомж (ru) m (bomž) (noun), (children) беспризо́рный (ru) (besprizórnyj)
• Scots: hameless
• Spanish: sin hogar, vagabundo (es), desalojado (es), sintecho, sin techo, en situación de calle
• Swedish: hemlös (sv)
• Telugu: వసతిలేని (vasatilēni)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: evsiz (tr), vatansız (tr)
• Vietnamese: vô gia cư (vi), không cửa không nhà
• Walloon: sins toet (wa) m or f ("sins-toet" for noun)

See also

• bum
• destitute
• transient
• unhoused