nomad

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊmæd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊmæd/ === Noun === nomad (plural nomads) (anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home. (figuratively) Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person. (figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently. (figuratively, sports) A player who changes teams frequently. A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii. ==== Synonyms ==== (wanderer): See Thesaurus:vagabond ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === nomad (comparative more nomad, superlative most nomad) Synonym of nomadic. === References === "nomad, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Anagrams === Damon, Doman, Domna, Mando, Monda, mad on, mad-on, mando, monad == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French nomade. Compare Aromanian numad. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noˈmad/ === Noun === nomad m (plural nomazi, feminine equivalent nomadă) nomad ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “nomad”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nǒmaːd/ Hyphenation: no‧mad === Noun === nòmād m anim (Cyrillic spelling но̀ма̄д) nomad ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French nomade. Attested since 1766. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔmɑːd/, /nʊmɑːd/ Rhymes: -ɑːd === Noun === nomad c nomad ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === nomad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) nomad in Svensk ordbok (SO) nomad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)