homeless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈhoʊmlɪs/ (General-American)
- /ˈhoʊmləs/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English hāmlēas Middle English *homles English homeless From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lacking a permanent place of residence.
Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.
Xinyang special region received 1,200-1,400 mm of rain between June and August 1956: 280,000 homes were destroyed and 3.2 million peasants (out of a total of almost 6 million) were left homeless. In the most affected county in the special region and the province, Huaibin, 60 percent of the total surface area was covered by floods and 230,000 out of 440,000 inhabitants left homeless; grain production fell by 66 percent in 1956 and the authorities had to send large amounts of relief.
1995 [1982], Jean-Luc Domenach, “The First Leftist Excesses and Their Consequences (Summer 1955-Winter 1956)”, in A M Berrett, transl., The Origins of the Great Leap Forward: The Case of One Chinese Province [Aux origines du Grand Bond en avant], Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:You know what you never see? A really good-looking homeless couple.
2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:The massive arches of the retaining walls have become tent city for the many homeless people in the area.
2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
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(not-comparable, of places) Containing no place that might be called home.
But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, The sound of streams that swift or slow Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:
Deriveds
politically homeless · antihomeless · homelessly · homeless shelter · homelessness · nonhomeless · homeless dumping
Descendants
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Translations (98)
fa بیخانمان (lacking a permanent residence) · la palabundus (lacking a permanent residence) · fy dakleas (lacking a permanent residence) · cs bezprizorný (lacking a permanent residence) · ja 家なき (lacking a permanent residence) · ka უბინაო (lacking a permanent residence) · pt desabrigado (lacking a permanent residence) · nb husløs (lacking a permanent residence) · fi koditon (lacking a permanent residence) · ga gan dídean (lacking a permanent residence) · fi asunnoton (lacking a permanent residence) · eo senhejma (lacking a permanent residence) · hu hajléktalan (lacking a permanent residence) · gl sen teito (lacking a permanent residence) · pl bezdomny (lacking a permanent residence) · grc ἄστεγος (lacking a permanent residence) · ka უსახლკარო (lacking a permanent residence) · ja ホームレス (lacking a permanent residence) · da hjemløs (lacking a permanent residence) · ro vagabond (lacking a permanent residence) · fo heimleysur (lacking a permanent residence) · cs bez domova (lacking a permanent residence) · th ไร้บ้าน (lacking a permanent residence) · az evsiz-eşiksiz (lacking a permanent residence) · fr sans-abri (lacking a permanent residence) · cmn 無家可歸 /无家可归 (lacking a permanent residence) · pt only as a noun: morador de rua (lacking a permanent residence) · az evsiz (lacking a permanent residence) · es sin techo (lacking a permanent residence) · th เร่ร่อน (lacking a permanent residence) · hi बेघर (lacking a permanent residence) · he הוֹמְלֶס (lacking a permanent residence) · nl dakloos (lacking a permanent residence) · sco hameless (lacking a permanent residence) · ms tuna wisma (lacking a permanent residence) · grc ἄχωρος (lacking a permanent residence) · ur بے گَھر (lacking a permanent residence) · tr evsiz (lacking a permanent residence) · cs bez přístřeší (lacking a permanent residence) · sv hemlös (lacking a permanent residence) · pt sem-abrigo (lacking a permanent residence) · fr SDF (sans domicile fixe) (lacking a permanent residence) · ru бездо́мный (lacking a permanent residence) · tr vatansız (lacking a permanent residence) · cs nebydlící (lacking a permanent residence) · it senzatetto (lacking a permanent residence) · eu etxegabe (lacking a permanent residence) · pt sem-teto (lacking a permanent residence) · cs bezdomovec (lacking a permanent residence) · uk безприту́льний (lacking a permanent residence) · es sinhogar (lacking a permanent residence) · enm herberweles (lacking a permanent residence) · hy դատարկուն (lacking a permanent residence) · ca sensesostre (lacking a permanent residence) · ro fără casă (lacking a permanent residence) · hi निराश्रित (lacking a permanent residence) · nb hjemløs (lacking a permanent residence) · ca sensellar (lacking a permanent residence) · es desalojado (lacking a permanent residence) · tr evsiz barksız (lacking a permanent residence) · ka მიუსაფარი (lacking a permanent residence) · th ร่อนเร่ (lacking a permanent residence) · th จรจัด (lacking a permanent residence) · de wohnungslos (lacking a permanent residence) · mi kāinga kore (lacking a permanent residence) · da husvild (lacking a permanent residence) · grc ἄνοικος (lacking a permanent residence) · vi vô gia cư (lacking a permanent residence) · el άστεγος (lacking a permanent residence) · ms gelandangan (lacking a permanent residence) · ja 無宿の (lacking a permanent residence) · th พเนจร (lacking a permanent residence) · gl sen fogar (lacking a permanent residence) · uk бездо́мний (lacking a permanent residence) · io senhema (lacking a permanent residence) · da boligløs (lacking a permanent residence) · fr itinérant (lacking a permanent residence) · es sintecho (lacking a permanent residence) · et kodutu (lacking a permanent residence) · ru беспризо́рный (lacking a permanent residence) · es guitón (lacking a permanent residence) · ar مُتَشَرِّد (lacking a permanent residence) · he חֲסַר בַּיִת (lacking a permanent residence) · es en situación de calle (lacking a permanent residence) · nn heimlaus (lacking a permanent residence) · vi không cửa không nhà (lacking a permanent residence) · ro fără adăpost (lacking a permanent residence) · es sin hogar (lacking a permanent residence) · es vagabundo (lacking a permanent residence) · is heimilislaus (lacking a permanent residence) · hy անօթեւան (lacking a permanent residence) · cmn 露宿街頭 /露宿街头 (lacking a permanent residence) · id tuna wisma (lacking a permanent residence) · wa sins toet (lacking a permanent residence) · te వసతిలేని (lacking a permanent residence) · ru бомж (lacking a permanent residence) · de obdachlos (lacking a permanent residence) · mi kāingakore (lacking a permanent residence)