wandering

English

Etymology

wander +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑndəɹɪŋ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒndəɹɪŋ/

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Adjective

wandering (not comparable)

1. Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
2. (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.

   a wandering kidney; a wandering liver

Derived terms

terms derived from wandering

• unwandering
• wandering abscess
• wandering albatross
• wandering cell
• wandering dune
• wandering Jew
• wandering kidney
• wandering liver

• wandering mouse
• wandering pacemaker
• wandering sequence
• wandering set
• wandering spider
• wandering tattler

Translations

which wanders

• Galician: vagabundo
• Latin: vagus, errābundus, vagabundus (Medieval)
• Portuguese: errante (pt), vagante (pt)
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• Russian: блужда́ющий (ru) (bluždájuščij), стра́нствующий (ru) (stránstvujuščij), скита́ющийся (ru) (skitájuščijsja)
• Spanish: errabundo, andariego

Noun

wandering (plural wanderings)

1. Travelling with no preset route; roaming.
2. Irregular turning of the eyes.
3. Aimless thought.
4. Straying from a desired path.
5. (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.

Derived terms

• outwandering

Translations

roaming

• French: errement (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: πλάνη f (plánē), ἄλη f (álē)

• Icelandic: vapp
• Irish: fán m, fánaíocht f
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• Korean: 방랑 (ko) (bangnang)
• Latin: vagus
• Macedonian: талка (talka)
• Polish: wędrowny (pl)
• Russian: блужда́ния (ru) n pl (bluždánija), стра́нствия (ru) n pl (stránstvija), скита́ния (ru) n pl (skitánija)
• Scottish Gaelic: allaban m

turning of eyes

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aimless thought

• French: errement (fr) m, divagation (fr) f
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straying

• French: errement (fr) m
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disordered speech

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} תעיה (t'ìyah)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} vagar (es)

Verb

wandering

1. present participle of wander

Anagrams

• wardening