itinerant

See also: itinérant

English

Etymology

From Late Latin itinerāntem, from itinerāns, present active participle of itineror (“I travel”). See also itinerate, itinerary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈtɪnɚənt/

Adjective

itinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative most itinerant)

1. Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

   an itinerant preacher or peddler

   • (Can we date this quote by Blackstone and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.

Translations

travelling from place to place

• Arabic: مُتَنَقِّل (mutanaqqil)
• Bulgarian: пътуващ (bg) (pǎtuvašt), странстващ (bg) (stranstvašt)
• Catalan: itinerant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巡回的 (zh) (xúnhuíde)

• Dutch: rondtrekkend (nl), rondreizend (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kiertävä (fi)
• German: umherziehend (de); (in compounds) Wander-
• Greek: πλανόδιος (el) (planódios)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: vaganta (io)
• Italian: itinerante
• Japanese: 巡回する (ja) (じゅんかいする, junkai suru)
• Maori: hākoke, koroirangi, kānekeneke
• Portuguese: itinerante (pt)
• Russian: стра́нствующий (ru) (stránstvujuščij), скита́ющийся (ru) (skitájuščijsja), гуляющий (ru) (guljajuščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: siùbhlach
• Spanish: itinerante
• Swedish: kringresande
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

itinerant (plural itinerants)

1. One who travels from place to place.
2. (Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.

Translations

One who travels from place to place

• Bulgarian: странник (bg) m (strannik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kiertolainen (fi)
• Ido: vaganto (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: tipiwhenua, hākoke, murare
• Portuguese: itinerante (pt) m or f
• Russian: скиталец (ru) m (skitalec)

Further reading

• itinerant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nitratine