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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmarcher lourdement
Pronunciation / Transliteration: marshe lurdemã
"Il a trampé dans la boue."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To walk heavily or wearily, typically for a long distance.
"They tramped through the thick mud for hours before reaching the shelter."
- 1
A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant.
"He spent his youth as an itinerant tramp riding the freight trains across the country."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch 'trampoven' or related to Scandinavian dialect terms for walking heavily. It emerged in English around the late 16th century, initially meaning to tread or stamp heavily, later evolving in the 19th century to describe a person who travels on foot from place to place as a vagrant.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tramp" is said worldwide
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marcher lourdement
Transliteration: marshe lurdemã
"Il a trampé dans la boue."
stapfen
Transliteration: stapfen
"Sie stapften durch den tiefen Schnee."
camminare pesantemente
Transliteration: kamminare pezantemente
"Hanno camminato pesantemente nel fango."
caminar pesadamente
Transliteration: kaminar pesadamente
"Caminaron pesadamente por la montaña."
caminhar pesadamente
Transliteration: kaminhar pezadamente
"Eles caminharam pesadamente na lama."
पद-प्रहार करना
Transliteration: pad-prahar karna
"वे कीचड़ में भारी कदमों से चले।"
重步走
Transliteration: zhòng bù zǒu
"他们在泥泞中重重地走过。"
터덜터덜 걷다
Transliteration: teodeolteodeol geotda
"그들은 진흙 속을 묵묵히 걸었다."
足音を立てて歩く
Transliteration: ashioto o tatete aruku
"彼らは泥の中を重そうに歩いた。"
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