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homewards en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Leading toward home.
    • At the end of the day we gratefully set off in a homewards direction.

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Translations (46)

pl skierowany ku domowi (leading toward home) · ru к до́му (leading toward home) · sh kući (leading toward home) · rm a casa (leading toward home) · ru домо́й (leading toward home) · rm a tgesa (leading toward home) · he הביתה (leading toward home) · fi kotiin menevä (leading toward home) · aaq wigwomwok (leading toward home) · rm a tgea (leading toward home) · nb hjemover (leading toward home) · de heim (leading toward home) · non heim (leading toward home) · hu hazafelé (leading toward home) · rm a chesa (leading toward home) · nl huiswaarts (leading toward home) · be дадо́му (leading toward home) · nl heemwaarts (leading toward home) · rm a tgeasa (leading toward home) · sl domôv (leading toward home) · cy adref (leading toward home) · fi kotiin päin (leading toward home) · yi אַהיים (leading toward home) · cy adre (leading toward home) · ru направля́ющийся домо́й (leading toward home) · sco hame-throu (leading toward home) · fr à la maison (leading toward home) · fi kotiin (leading toward home) · hu haza (leading toward home) · fi kotia kohti (leading toward home) · uk додо́му (leading toward home) · cmn 回家 (leading toward home) · ja 家へ向かって (leading toward home) · rm a chasa (leading toward home) · ga abhaile (leading toward home) · sk domov (leading toward home) · ru восвоя́си (leading toward home) · fo heim (leading toward home) · de nach Hause (leading toward home) · sv hemåt (leading toward home) · sh кући (leading toward home) · gd dhachaigh (leading toward home) · pt para casa (leading toward home) · cs domů (leading toward home) · de heimwärts (leading toward home) · tr eve (leading toward home)

homewards en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).

Meanings

  1. towards home
    • We're now heading homewards.

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