homeless
Lacking a permanent place of residenceLacking a permanent place of residence.
» I was homeless for three months.
Ich war drei Monate obdachlos. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я три месяца был бездомным. — marafon
Я три місяці був бездомний. — deniko
Я три місяці була бездомна. — deniko
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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. — deniko
ruЯ три месяца был бездомным. — marafon
deIch war drei Monate obdachlos. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I wonder if Tom is still homeless.
Цікаво, чи Том і досі бездомний. — deniko
Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
Сьогодні ми зосередимось на питанні безпритульних. — ascolto
Are you still homeless?
Ти все ще бомжуєш? — deniko
deSind Sie immer noch obdachlos? — wolfgangth
Is Tom still homeless?
Том досі бездомний? — deniko
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.