English Online Dictionary. What means homeless? What does homeless mean?
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmlɪs/, /ˈhoʊmləs/
Adjective
homeless (not comparable)
- Lacking a permanent place of residence.
- (of places) Containing no place that might be called home.
Derived terms
- anti-homeless
- homeless dumping
- homeless shelter
- homelessness
- politically homeless
Related terms
- home
Descendants
- → Japanese: ホームレス (hōmuresu)
Translations
See also
- bum
- destitute
- hobo
- tramp
- transient
- vagabond
- unhoused
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English homeless.
Noun
homeless m (plural homeless)
- homeless