"nomadic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nomadic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more nomadic [comparative], most nomadic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek νομαδικός (nomadikós), equivalent to nomad (“a member of a society or class of herdsmen”) + -ic (forming adjectives). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{bor|en|grc|νομαδικός}} Ancient Greek νομαδικός (nomadikós), {{m|en|nomad||a member of a society or class of herdsmen}} nomad (“a member of a society or class of herdsmen”), {{af|en|-ic|pos1=forming adjectives}} -ic (forming adjectives) Head templates: {{en-adj}} nomadic (comparative more nomadic, superlative most nomadic)
  1. Of or relating to nomads.
    (anthropology) Of or related to itinerant herdsmen.
    Categories (topical): Anthropology Synonyms (of or related to itinerant herdsmen): pastoral Translations (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen): بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), քոչվորական (kʻočʻvorakan) (Armenian), köçəri (Azerbaijani), качавы́ (kačavý) (Belarusian), вандро́ўны (vandróŭny) (Belarusian), качэ́ўны (kačéŭny) (Belarusian), качэ́ўніцкі (kačéŭnicki) (Belarusian), нома́дски (nomádski) (Bulgarian), nòmada (Catalan), کۆچەری (koçerî) (Central Kurdish), 游牧 (yóumù) (Chinese Mandarin), nomádský (Czech), kočovný (Czech), nomadisk (Danish), nomadisch (Dutch), nomada (Esperanto), paimentolais- (Finnish), nomade (French), nomadisch (German), Nomaden- (German), nomád (Hungarian), номадски (nomadski) (Macedonian), nomadisk (Norwegian Bokmål), nomadisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), simelfarende (Old English), koczowniczy (Polish), wędrowny (Polish), nomadyczny (Polish), nómada [Portugal] (Portuguese), nômade [Brazil] (Portuguese), nomádico (Portuguese), кочево́й (kočevój) (Russian), коче́внический (kočévničeskij) (Russian), но̀мадскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nòmadskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nomádsky (Slovak), kočovný (Slovak), kočovnícky (Slovak), nomadski (Slovene), nómada (Spanish), кочови́й (kočovýj) (Ukrainian), мандрі́вний (mandrívnyj) (Ukrainian), мандрівни́й (mandrivnýj) (Ukrainian), кочівни́й (kočivnýj) (Ukrainian), кочівни́цький (kočivnýcʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-nomadic-en-adj-4G4SinWS Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or related to itinerant herdsmen': 84 16 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to itinerant herdsmen': 91 9
  2. Of or relating to nomads.
    (figuratively) Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.
    Tags: figuratively Translations (of or relating to any habitually wandering person): جَوَّال (jawwāl) [masculine] (Arabic), رَحَّال (raḥḥāl) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَنَقِّل (mutanaqqil) [masculine] (Arabic), ски́тнически (skítničeski) (Bulgarian), nòmada (Catalan), nomádský (Czech), kočovný (Czech), kiertelevä (Finnish), liikkuva (Finnish), nomade (French), nomadisch (German), kānekeneke (Maori), kōkewa (Maori), koczowniczy (Polish), nomadyczny (Polish), nómada [Portugal] (Portuguese), nômade [Brazil] (Portuguese), nomádico (Portuguese), кочево́й (kočevój) (Russian), кочу́ющий (kočújuščij) (Russian), nómada (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nomadic-en-adj-2sjcjRFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 24 76 Synonyms (all): nomad Synonyms (habitually wandering): wandering, peripatetic, itinerant, itinerate, unsettled, vagabond, roving, drifting, roaming, wayfaring, vagrant, transient, rambling, peregrine, ambulatory, ambulant, erratic, errant, rootless, gypsy, floating, perambulatory, perambulant, discursive, meandering, ambling, footloose, prodigal Disambiguation of 'all': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'habitually wandering': 8 92 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to any habitually wandering person': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nomadick [obsolete] Derived forms: nomadically, nomadic furniture, seminomadic

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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "رَحَّال"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "mutanaqqil",
          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "ски́тнически"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "nòmada"
        },
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "nomádský"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "kočovný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "kiertelevä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "liikkuva"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "nomade"
        },
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          "word": "nomadisch"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "kānekeneke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "kōkewa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "koczowniczy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "nomadyczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal"
          ],
          "word": "nómada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
          "word": "nomádico"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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    {
      "sense": "habitually wandering",
      "word": "peripatetic"
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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    {
      "sense": "habitually wandering",
      "word": "unsettled"
    },
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
      "word": "vagabond"
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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    {
      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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    {
      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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    {
      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
      "word": "rootless"
    },
    {
      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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    {
      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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    },
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      "sense": "habitually wandering",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "badawiyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَدَوِيّ"
    },
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "քոչվորական"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "köçəri"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kačavý",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "качавы́"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "word": "вандро́ўны"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "качэ́ўны"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kačéŭnicki",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "качэ́ўніцкі"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nomádski",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "нома́дски"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nòmada"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yóumù",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "游牧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomádský"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "kočovný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomadisk"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomadisch"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomada"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "paimentolais-"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomade"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomadisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "Nomaden-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomád"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "koçerî",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "کۆچەری"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nomadski",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "номадски"
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      "word": "nomadisk"
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      "word": "simelfarende"
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "koczowniczy"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "wędrowny"
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      "word": "nomadyczny"
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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      "word": "nómada"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "nomádico"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "кочево́й"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "коче́внический"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "но̀мадскӣ"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomádsky"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "kočovný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "kočovnícky"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nomadski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "nómada"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kočovýj",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "кочови́й"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mandrívnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "мандрі́вний"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mandrivnýj",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "мандрівни́й"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kočivnýj",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "кочівни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kočivnýcʹkyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to itinerant herdsmen",
      "word": "кочівни́цький"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "jawwāl",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "جَوَّال"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "raḥḥāl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutanaqqil",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَنَقِّل"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skítničeski",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "ски́тнически"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "nòmada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "nomádský"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "kočovný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "kiertelevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "liikkuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "nomade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "nomadisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "kānekeneke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "kōkewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "koczowniczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "nomadyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "nómada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "nômade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "nomádico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kočevój",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "кочево́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kočújuščij",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "кочу́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to any habitually wandering person",
      "word": "nómada"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nomadic"
}

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