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From Middle English pilegrim, 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 cognate pellegrino.
pilgrim (plural pilgrims)
- One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
- (slang) A newcomer.
2014, W.R. Benton, War Drums:
"I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first."
- (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
traveler, especially to religious sites
- Afrikaans: pelgrim
- Albanian: pelegrin (sq) m, udhëtar (sq) m
- Arabic: حَاجّ m (ḥājj), حَجِّيّ m (ḥajjiyy)
- Armenian: ուխտագնաց (hy) (uxtagnacʻ)
- Asturian: pelegrín m
- Azerbaijani: zəvvar, ziyarətçi
- Belarusian: пало́мнік m (palómnik), пілігры́м m (pilihrým)
- Bengali: তীর্থযাত্রী (bn) (tirthojatri)
- Breton: pirc'hirin m
- Bulgarian: хаджи́я (bg) m (hadžíja), покло́нник (bg) m (poklónnik), пилигри́м (bg) m (piligrím)
- Burmese: ဘုရားဖူး (my) (bhu.ra:hpu:)
- Catalan: pelegrí (ca) m, pelegrina (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Czech: poutník (cs)
- Danish: pilgrim (da) c
- Dutch: pelgrim (nl) m
- Esperanto: pilgrimanto
- Estonian: palverändur (et)
- Faroese: pílagrímur m
- Finnish: pyhiinvaeltaja (fi)
- French: pèlerin (fr) m
- Galician: peregrino (gl) m
- Georgian: მლოცვარე (mlocvare)
- German: Pilger (de) m, Wallfahrer (de) m
- Greek: προσκυνητής (el) m (proskynitís)
- Hebrew: עוֹלֵה רֶגֶל m (olé régel), צַלְיָן (he) m (tzalyán)
- Hindi: तीर्थयात्री m (tīrthayātrī)
- Hungarian: zarándok (hu)
- Icelandic: pílagrímur m
- Italian: pellegrino (it) m
- Japanese: 巡礼者 (じゅんれいしゃ, junreisha)
- Kannada: ಯಾತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (yātrika), ಯಾತ್ರಾರ್ಥಿ (kn) (yātrārthi)
- Khmer: បូជនិយេសក៍ (bochnĭyés
k៍) - Korean: 순례자 (sullyeja)
- Kurdish:
- Lombard: pelegrì
- Macedonian: поклоник m (poklonik), аџија m (adžija)
- Malay: jemaah (ms)
- Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
- Norman: pèlerîn m
- Norwegian: pilegrim m
- Occitan: pelegrin (oc) m, romieu (oc) m, romiu (oc) m
- Pashto: زاير m (zāér), زوار m (zawãr), حاجي m (hāǰí), اجاڼۍ (ps) f (aǰāṇᶕy) (female, to Mecca)
- Persian: زائر (fa) (zâ'er), حاجی (fa) (hâji)
- Plautdietsch: Pilja m
- Polish: pielgrzym (pl) m, pątnik (pl) m (bookish)
- Portuguese: peregrino (pt) m
- Romanian: pelerin (ro) m
- Russian: пало́мник (ru) m (palómnik), пилигри́м (ru) m (piligrím), стра́нник (ru) m (stránnik), богомо́лец (ru) (bogomólec)
- Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: hȍdočasnīk (sh) m, hȍdočasnica (sh) f, poklonik (sh) m, poklonica (sh) f
- Sicilian: caminanti m or f, piḍḍigrinu m, zannu m, divutu m
- Slovak: pútnik m
- Spanish: peregrino (es) m, colonista m
- Swedish: pilgrim (sv) c, vallfärdare c
- Tagalog: peregrino
- Tajik: зиёраткунанда (ziyoratkunanda), ҳоҷӣ (hoji), тавофкунанда (tavofkunanda)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: యాత్ర చేసేవాడు (te) (yātra cēsēvāḍu), తీర్థయాత్రాపరుడు (te) (tīrthayātrāparuḍu), యాత్రికుడు (te) (yātrikuḍu)
- Thai: ผู้แสวงบุญ, นักแสวงบุญ
- Turkish: hacı (tr)
- Turkmen: zyýaratçy
- Ukrainian: проча́нин m (pročányn), пало́мник m (palómnyk), пілігри́м m (pilihrým)
- Urdu: زائر m (zā'ir)
- Uzbek: ziyoratchi (uz)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
- Volapük: pilgrim (vo)
- Welsh: pererin m
pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed)
- (intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants
From Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).
- IPA(key): /pilɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛm] or IPA(key): /piːlɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛm]
pilgrim c (singular definite pilgrimmen, plural indefinite pilgrimme)
- pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites)
pilgrim (plural pilgrimes)
- Alternative form of pilegrim
From Old Swedish pilagrimber, from Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).
pilgrim c
Declension of pilgrim | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pilgrim | pilgrimen | pilgrimer | pilgrimerna |
Genitive | pilgrims | pilgrimens | pilgrimers | pilgrimernas |