pilgrim

See also: Pilgrim

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/

• Audio (AU)

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• Hyphenation: pil‧grim

Noun

pilgrim (plural pilgrims)

1. One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13:

     strangers and pilgrims on the earth

2. (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."

3. (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.

Derived terms

• pilgrimage
• pilgrim badge
• pilgrim bottle
• pilgrimless
• pilgrimlike

 

Translations

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:

  Mandarin: 朝覲者／朝觐者 (cháojìnzhě), 朝聖者／朝圣者 (zh) (cháoshèngzhě), 巡禮者／巡礼者 (xúnlǐzhě), 香客 (zh) (xiāngkè) (in Buddhism)

• 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 (bochnĭyésk៍)
• Korean: 순례자 (sullyeja)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hecî (ku) m

• 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

  Old Portuguese: romeu, romeiro

• 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

• Slovak: pútnik m
• Spanish: peregrino (es) m, colonista m
• Swedish: pilgrim (sv) c, vallfärdare c
• Tagalog: peregrino
• Tajik: зиёраткунанда (ziyoratkunanda), ҳоҷӣ (hojī), 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

Verb

pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed)

1. (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

   • 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling:

     [T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.]

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)

1. pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites)

Inflection

Declension of pilgrim

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pilgrim	pilgrimmen	pilgrimme	pilgrimmene
genitive	pilgrims	pilgrimmens	pilgrimmes	pilgrimmenes

Middle English

Noun

pilgrim (plural pilgrimes)

1. Alternative form of pilegrim

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish pilagrimber, from Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).

Noun

pilgrim c

1. pilgrim

Declension

Declension of pilgrim
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pilgrim	pilgrimen	pilgrimer	pilgrimerna
Genitive	pilgrims	pilgrimens	pilgrimers	pilgrimernas

Derived terms

• pilgrimsfärd

References

• pilgrim in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pilgrim in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pilgrim in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)