homeless

== 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== home ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ホームレス (hōmuresu) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === homeless (plural homelesses) (nonstandard, possibly offensive) A person who is homeless. Oszlár Kálmán András, Yoga in the Bed: Tantric Continence & Spiritual Intimacy […] the jobseekers and homelesses or even the future prime minister, all of us are involved in formation of the new world. ==== Translations ==== === See also === bum destitute hobo tramp transient vagabond unhoused == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English homeless. === Noun === homeless m (plural homeless) homeless ==== Declension ====