pilgrim

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/ Hyphenation: pil‧grim === Noun === pilgrim (plural pilgrims) One who travels to visit a site of religious significance. (now literary) Any traveler. (by extension) An early American settler. (slang) A newcomer. (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed) (intransitive) To make a pilgrimage (intransitive, archaic) To wander; to ramble. == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pilɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛm] or IPA(key): /piːlɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛm] === Noun === pilgrim c (singular definite pilgrimmen, plural indefinite pilgrimme) pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites) ==== Inflection ==== == Middle English == === Noun === pilgrim alternative form of pilegrim == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish pilagrimber, from Old Norse pílagrímr, from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”). === Noun === pilgrim c a pilgrim Synonym: vallfärdare ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “pilgrim”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)