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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "anti-homeless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "homeless dumping"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "homeless shelter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "homelessness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "politically homeless"
}
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"2": "ホームレス",
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"tr": "hōmuresu"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ホームレス (hōmuresu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ホームレス (hōmuresu)"
}
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"2": "enm",
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"2": "heemloos"
},
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},
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"2": "hjemløs",
"t": "homeless"
},
"expansion": "Danish hjemløs (“homeless”)",
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"2": "hemlös",
"t": "homeless"
},
"expansion": "Swedish hemlös (“homeless”)",
"name": "cog"
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"1": "de",
"2": "heimatlos",
"t": "homeless"
},
"expansion": "German heimatlos (“homeless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "heimilislaus",
"t": "homeless"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "dakleas",
"lit": "having no roof, roofless",
"t": "homeless"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”)",
"name": "noncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "home"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "destitute"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hobo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tramp"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "transient"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "vagabond"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "unhoused"
}
],
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1995 [1982], Jean-Luc Domenach, “The First Leftist Excesses and Their Consequences (Summer 1955-Winter 1956)”, in A M Berrett, transl., The Origins of the Great Leap Forward: The Case of One Chinese Province [Aux origines du Grand Bond en avant], Westview Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44",
"text": "Xinyang special region received 1,200-1,400 mm of rain between June and August 1956: 280,000 homes were destroyed and 3.2 million peasants (out of a total of almost 6 million) were left homeless. In the most affected county in the special region and the province, Huaibin, 60 percent of the total surface area was covered by floods and 230,000 out of 440,000 inhabitants left homeless; grain production fell by 66 percent in 1956 and the authorities had to send large amounts of relief.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 55",
"text": "You know what you never see? A really good-looking homeless couple.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57",
"text": "The massive arches of the retaining walls have become tent city for the many homeless people in the area.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Lacking a permanent place of residence."
],
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"links": [
[
"Lacking",
"lack"
],
[
"permanent",
"permanent"
],
[
"residence",
"residence"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mutašarrid",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُتَشَرِّد"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anōtʿewan",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "անօթեւան"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "datarkun",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "դատարկուն"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "etxegabe"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sensellar"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sensesostre"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "無家可歸"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wújiākěguī",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "无家可归"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "露宿街頭"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lùsù jiētóu",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "露宿街头"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "nebydlící"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bez přístřeší"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bez domova"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bezprizorný"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bezdomovec"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hjemløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "dakloos"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "senhejma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "kodutu"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "heimleysur"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "koditon"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "asunnoton"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "SDF (sans domicile fixe)"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"Quebec"
],
"word": "itinérant"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sans-abri"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sen teito"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sen fogar"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "usaxlḳaro",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "უსახლკარო"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ubinao",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "უბინაო"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "miusapari",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "მიუსაფარი"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "obdachlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "wohnungslos"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ástegos",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "άστεγος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ánoikos",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ἄνοικος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ástegos",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ἄστεγος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ákhōros",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ἄχωρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khasár báyit",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "חֲסַר בַּיִת"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hómles",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "הוֹמְלֶס"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "beghar",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "बेघर"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nirāśray",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "निराश्रय"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hajléktalan"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "heimilislaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "senhema"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "tuna wisma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "gan dídean"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "senzatetto"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ie naki",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "家なき"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushuku no",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "無宿の"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōmuresu",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ホームレス"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "palabundus"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "gelandangan"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "tuna wisma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "kāinga kore"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "kāingakore"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "herberweles"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hjemløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "husløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "heimlaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bi-xânemân",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "بیخانمان"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bezdomny"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sem-teto"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "sem-abrigo"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "especially when due to a disaster",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "desabrigado"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"english": "homeless person",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "only as a noun: morador de rua"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "fără casă"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "fără adăpost"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vagabond"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezdómnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бездо́мный"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bomž",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"noun"
],
"word": "бомж"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ru",
"english": "children",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besprizórnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "беспризо́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hameless"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sin hogar"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vagabundo"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "desalojado"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sintecho"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sin techo"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "en situación de calle"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "linyera"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hemlös"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vasatilēni",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "వసతిలేని"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "evsiz"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vatansız"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "evsiz barksız"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezdómnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бездо́мний"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezprytúlʹnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "безприту́льний"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vô gia cư"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "không cửa không nhà"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"note": "\"sins-toet\" for noun",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sins toet"
}
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "18 82",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "22 78",
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"name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
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],
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"Containing no place that might be called home."
],
"id": "en-homeless-en-adj--mP8nJ2f",
"links": [
[
"Containing",
"contain"
],
[
"home",
"home"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of places) Containing no place that might be called home."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of places"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhoʊmlɪs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhoʊmləs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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"English terms derived from Old English",
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"word": "anti-homeless"
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{
"word": "homeless dumping"
},
{
"word": "homeless shelter"
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{
"word": "homelessness"
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{
"word": "politically homeless"
}
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"2": "hjemløs",
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},
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"args": {
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{
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{
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{
"word": "transient"
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{
"word": "vagabond"
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{
"word": "unhoused"
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"text": "Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.",
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{
"ref": "1995 [1982], Jean-Luc Domenach, “The First Leftist Excesses and Their Consequences (Summer 1955-Winter 1956)”, in A M Berrett, transl., The Origins of the Great Leap Forward: The Case of One Chinese Province [Aux origines du Grand Bond en avant], Westview Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44",
"text": "Xinyang special region received 1,200-1,400 mm of rain between June and August 1956: 280,000 homes were destroyed and 3.2 million peasants (out of a total of almost 6 million) were left homeless. In the most affected county in the special region and the province, Huaibin, 60 percent of the total surface area was covered by floods and 230,000 out of 440,000 inhabitants left homeless; grain production fell by 66 percent in 1956 and the authorities had to send large amounts of relief.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 55",
"text": "You know what you never see? A really good-looking homeless couple.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57",
"text": "The massive arches of the retaining walls have become tent city for the many homeless people in the area.",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mutašarrid",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُتَشَرِّد"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anōtʿewan",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "անօթեւան"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "datarkun",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "դատարկուն"
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "etxegabe"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sensellar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "無家可歸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wújiākěguī",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "无家可归"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "露宿街頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lùsù jiētóu",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "露宿街头"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "nebydlící"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bez přístřeší"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bez domova"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bezprizorný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "bezdomovec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hjemløs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "dakloos"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "senhejma"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "kodutu"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "heimleysur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "koditon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "asunnoton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "SDF (sans domicile fixe)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"Quebec"
],
"word": "itinérant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sans-abri"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sen teito"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sen fogar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "usaxlḳaro",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "უსახლკარო"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ubinao",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "უბინაო"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "miusapari",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "მიუსაფარი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "obdachlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "wohnungslos"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ástegos",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "άστεγος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ánoikos",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ἄνοικος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ástegos",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ἄστεγος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ákhōros",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ἄχωρος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khasár báyit",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "חֲסַר בַּיִת"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hómles",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "הוֹמְלֶס"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "beghar",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "बेघर"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nirāśray",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "निराश्रय"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hajléktalan"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "heimilislaus"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "senhema"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "tuna wisma"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "gan dídean"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "senzatetto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ie naki",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "家なき"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushuku no",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "無宿の"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōmuresu",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "ホームレス"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "palabundus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "gelandangan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "tuna wisma"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "kāinga kore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "kāingakore"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "herberweles"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hjemløs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "husløs"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "heimlaus"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bi-xânemân",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "بیخانمان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bezdomny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sem-teto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "sem-abrigo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "especially when due to a disaster",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "desabrigado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "homeless person",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "only as a noun: morador de rua"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "fără casă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "fără adăpost"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vagabond"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezdómnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бездо́мный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bomž",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"noun"
],
"word": "бомж"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "children",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besprizórnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "беспризо́рный"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hameless"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sin hogar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vagabundo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "desalojado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sintecho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sin techo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "en situación de calle"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "linyera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "hemlös"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vasatilēni",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "వసతిలేని"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "evsiz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vatansız"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "evsiz barksız"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezdómnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бездо́мний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezprytúlʹnyj",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "безприту́льний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "vô gia cư"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "không cửa không nhà"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"note": "\"sins-toet\" for noun",
"sense": "lacking a permanent residence",
"word": "sins toet"
}
],
"word": "homeless"
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