itinerant

See also: itinérant

English

Etymology

From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”). See also itinerate, itinerary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈtɪnɚənt/

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Adjective

itinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative most itinerant)

1. Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

   an itinerant preacher or peddler

   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.

   • 1971, Richard Austin King, Clifford Thomas Morgan, Readings for an Introduction to Psychology:

     most children in trouble were placed in detention homes, in institutions for the retarded, on wards with psychotic adults, or were left at home to fester there, occasionally seen by an itinerant teacher.

   • 2010, Craig Ott, Gene Wilson, Global Church Planting:

     The Greek term translated as “apostle” derives from the concept of being sent, thus underlining the missionary and more itinerant nature of the ministry.

Derived terms

• itinerancy
• itinerant worker
• itinerantly

Related terms

• itinerance

Translations

travelling from place to place

• Arabic: مُتَنَقِّل (mutanaqqil)
• Azerbaijani: səyyar, gəzərgi
• Bulgarian: пътуващ (bg) (pǎtuvašt), странстващ (bg) (stranstvašt)
• Catalan: itinerant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巡回的 (xúnhuíde)

• Czech: potulný m
• Dutch: rondtrekkend (nl), rondreizend (nl)
• Esperanto: migra
• Estonian: rändav, ränd-, uitav, reisiv, reisi-, hulkuv
• Finnish: kiertävä (fi)
• French: itinérant (fr)
• German: fahrend (de), reisend (de), fliegend (de); (in compounds) Wander-
• Greek: πλανόδιος (el) (planódios)
• Hebrew: נודד m (nodéd)
• Ido: vaganta (io)
• Italian: itinerante (it)
• Japanese: 巡回する (ja) (じゅんかいする, junkai suru)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gerok (ku)

• Maori: hākoke, koroirangi, kānekeneke, tipihaere
• Norwegian: omreisende
• Portuguese: itinerante (pt)
• Russian: стра́нствующий (ru) (stránstvujuščij), скита́ющийся (ru) (skitájuščijsja), гуляющий (ru) (guljajuščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: siùbhlach
• Spanish: itinerante
• Swedish: kringresande
• Turkish: seyyar (tr)

Noun

itinerant (plural itinerants)

1. One who travels from place to place.
2. (Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.

Alternative forms

(member of the Travelling Community): Itinerant

Translations

One who travels from place to place

• Bulgarian: странник (bg) m (strannik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: vagulo sg
• Estonian: rändur, rändaja, uitaja, reisija, hulgus, hulkur
• Finnish: kiertolainen (fi)
• French: itinérant (fr) m
• Ido: vaganto (io)
• Irish: fear siúil m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gerok (ku) m or f

• Maori: tipiwhenua, hākoke, murare
• Portuguese: itinerante (pt) m or f
• Russian: скиталец (ru) m (skitalec)

Further reading

• itinerant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nitratine

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin itinerantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.ti.nəˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.ti.nəˈɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.ti.neˈɾant]

Adjective

itinerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural itinerants)

1. itinerant, travelling

   Synonym: errant

Related terms

• itinerari

Further reading

• “itinerant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French itinérant.

Adjective

itinerant m or n (feminine singular itinerantă, masculine plural itineranți, feminine and neuter plural itinerante)

1. itinerant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	itinerant		itinerantă		itineranți	itinerante
	definite	itinerantul		itineranta		itineranții	itinerantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	itinerant		itinerante		itineranți	itinerante
	definite	itinerantului		itinerantei		itineranților	itinerantelor