Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of or relating to nomads.

    Of or related to itinerant herdsmen.

    nomadisch, Nomaden-

    кочево́йkočevój, коче́вническийkočévničeskij

    кочови́йkočovýj, мандрі́внийmandrívnyj, мандрівни́йmandrivnýj

  2. (figuratively)Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.

    nomadisch

    кочево́йkočevój, кочу́ющийkočújuščij

More definitions
  • migratory

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Tom comes from a nomadic people.

    ruТом происходит из народа кочевников. — marafon

  2. The rural population subsists primarily on nomadic herding.

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  3. Nomadic peoples follow the water and grazing land.

  4. Algeria has nomadic tribes.

  5. He either gets discharged from his positions because of incompetency or he leaves because of his nomadic tendencies.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or relating to itinerant herdsmen:
Русский
By meaning 2
of or relating to itinerant herdsmen:
of or relating to any habitually wandering person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to itinerant herdsmen:

Origin

From Ancient Greek νομαδικός (nomadikós), equivalent to nomad (“a member of a society or c

From Ancient Greek νομαδικός (nomadikós), equivalent to nomad (“a member of a society or class of herdsmen”) + -ic (forming adjectives).

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Forms

more nomadic, most nomadic
Comparativemore nomadic Lesson
Superlativemost nomadic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

31 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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