homeless
Lacking a permanent place of residenceLacking a permanent place of residence.
» I was homeless for three months.
Ich war drei Monate obdachlos.
Я три месяца был бездомным.
Я три місяці був бездомний.
Я три місяці була бездомна.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Lacking a permanent place of residence.
Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.
obdachlos, wohnungslos
бездо́мныйbezdómnyj, бомжbomž, беспризо́рныйbesprizórnyj
бездо́мнийbezdómnyj, безприту́льнийbezprytúlʹnyj
(not comparable)Containing no place that might be called home.
- without nationality or citizenship
- physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
Examples
377 sentencesI was homeless for three months.
Я три місяці був бездомний.
ruЯ три месяца был бездомным.
deIch war drei Monate obdachlos.
I wonder if Tom is still homeless.
Цікаво, чи Том і досі бездомний.
Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
Сьогодні ми зосередимось на питанні безпритульних.
Are you still homeless?
Ти все ще бомжуєш?
deSind Sie immer noch obdachlos?
Is Tom still homeless?
Том досі бездомний?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent toFrom 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”).
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- without nationality or citizenship:stateless
- physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security:dispossessedroofless
Word family
8 related wordsCollocations
9 patterns- homeless shelter
- a homeless shelter
- homeless by next
- is still homeless
- still homeless
- be homeless by
- to be homeless
- at a homeless
- homeless people