pilgrim

See also: Pilgrim

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine.

The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Hyphenation: pil‧grim

Noun

pilgrim (plural pilgrims)

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13:
  strangers and pilgrims on the earth
(slang) A newcomer.
- 2014, W.R. Benton, War Drums:
  "I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first."
(historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.

Derived terms

Translations

traveler, especially to religious sites

Afrikaans: pelgrim
Albanian: pelegrin (sq) m, haxhi (sq) m
Arabic: حَاجّ m (ḥājj), حَجِّيّ m (ḥajjiyy)
Armenian: ուխտագնաց (hy) (uxtagnacʻ)
Asturian: pelegrín m
Azerbaijani: zəvvar, ziyarətçi
Belarusian: пало́мнік m (palómnik), пілігры́м m (pilihrým)
Bengali: তীর্থযাত্রী (bn) (tirthojatri)
Breton: pirc'hirin m
Bulgarian: хаджи́я (bg) m (hadžíja), покло́нник (bg) m (poklónnik), пилигри́м (bg) m (piligrím)
Burmese: ဘုရားဖူး (my) (bhu.ra:hpu:)
Catalan: pelegrí (ca) m, pelegrina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 朝覲者 / 朝觐者 (cháojìnzhě), 朝聖者 / 朝圣者 (zh) (cháoshèngzhě), 巡禮者 / 巡礼者 (xúnlǐzhě), 香客 (zh) (xiāngkè) (in Buddhism)
Czech: poutník (cs)
Danish: pilgrim (da) c
Dutch: pelgrim (nl) m
Esperanto: pilgrimanto
Estonian: palverändur (et)
Faroese: pílagrímur m
Finnish: pyhiinvaeltaja (fi)
French: pèlerin (fr) m
Galician: peregrino (gl) m
Georgian: მლოცვარე (mlocvare)
German: Pilger (de) m, Wallfahrer (de) m
Greek: προσκυνητής (el) m (proskynitís)
Hebrew: עוֹלֵה רֶגֶל m (olé régel), צַלְיָן (he) m (tzalyán)
Hindi: तीर्थयात्री m (tīrthayātrī)
Hungarian: zarándok (hu)
Icelandic: pílagrímur m
Italian: pellegrino (it) m
Japanese: 巡礼者 (じゅんれいしゃ, junreisha)
Kannada: ಯಾತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (yātrika), ಯಾತ್ರಾರ್ಥಿ (kn) (yātrārthi)
Khmer: បូជនិយេសក៍ (bochnĭyésk៍)
Korean: 순례자 (sullyeja)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hecî (ku) m
Lithuanian: maldininkas m
Lombard: pelegrì
Macedonian: поклоник m (poklonik), аџија m (adžija)
Malay: jemaah (ms)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Norman: pèlerîn m
Norwegian: pilegrim m
Occitan: pelegrin (oc) m, romieu (oc) m, romiu (oc) m
Ottoman Turkish: حاجی (hacı)
Pashto: زاير m (zāér), زوار m (zawãr), حاجي m (hāǰí), اجاڼۍ (ps) f (aǰāṇᶕy) (female, to Mecca)
Persian: زائر (fa) (zâ'er), حاجی (fa) (hâji)
Plautdietsch: Pilja m
Polish: pielgrzym (pl) m, pątnik (pl) m (bookish)
Portuguese: peregrino (pt) m
Old Portuguese: romeu, romeiro
Romanian: pelerin (ro) m
Russian: пало́мник (ru) m (palómnik), пилигри́м (ru) m (piligrím), стра́нник (ru) m (stránnik), богомо́лец (ru) (bogomólec)
Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: hȍdočasnīk (sh) m, hȍdočasnica (sh) f, poklonik (sh) m, poklonica (sh) f
Sicilian: caminanti m or f, piḍḍigrinu m, zannu m, divutu m
Slovak: pútnik m
Spanish: peregrino (es) m, colonista m
Swedish: pilgrim (sv) c, vallfärdare c
Tagalog: peregrino
Tajik: зиёраткунанда (ziyoratkunanda), ҳоҷӣ (hoji), тавофкунанда (tavofkunanda)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: యాత్ర చేసేవాడు (te) (yātra cēsēvāḍu), తీర్థయాత్రాపరుడు (te) (tīrthayātrāparuḍu), యాత్రికుడు (te) (yātrikuḍu)
Thai: ผู้แสวงบุญ, นักแสวงบุญ
Turkish: hacı (tr)
Turkmen: zyýaratçy
Ukrainian: проча́нин m (pročányn), пало́мник m (palómnyk), пілігри́м m (pilihrým)
Urdu: زائر m (zā'ir)
Uzbek: ziyoratchi (uz)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: pilgrim (vo)
Welsh: pererin m

Verb

pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed)

(intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
- 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
  For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants
- 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling:
  [T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.]

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pilɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛm] or IPA^(key): /piːlɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛm]

Noun

pilgrim c (singular definite pilgrimmen, plural indefinite pilgrimme)

pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites)

Inflection

Declension of *pilgrim*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pilgrim	pilgrimmen	pilgrimme	pilgrimmene
genitive	pilgrims	pilgrimmens	pilgrimmes	pilgrimmenes

Middle English

Noun

pilgrim (pilgrimes)

Alternative form of pilegrim

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish pilagrimber, from Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).

Noun

pilgrim c

pilgrim

Declension

Declension of *pilgrim*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pilgrim	pilgrims
singular	definite	pilgrimen	pilgrimens
plural	indefinite	pilgrimer	pilgrimers
plural	definite	pilgrimerna	pilgrimernas

Derived terms

pilgrimsfärd

References