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1. (n.) waif
a person, esp. a child, who has no home.
2. waif
a stray animal, whose owner is not known.
3. waif
a stray item or article.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < AF, orig. lost, stray, unclaimed (cf. OF guaif stray beast) < Scand; cf. ON veif movement to and fro; see waive)
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| Definition of 'WAIF' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) waif, street child
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
"street children beg or steal in order to survive"
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| Definition of 'WAIF' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) WAIF
goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice
2. (noun) WAIF
hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance
3. (noun) WAIF
a wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child
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Sense: a stray, uncared-for child
a poor little waif.
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 Afrikaans: wegloopkind |
 Arabic: شارِد، شَخْص أو حَيَوان ض |
 Bulgarian: бездомник |
 Brazilian: órfão |
 Czech: opuštěné dítě |
 German: verlassenes obdachloses K |
 Danish: hjemløst barn |
 Greek: αλητάκι |
 Spanish: niño abandonado/desampara |
 Estonian: kodutu (laps) |
 Farsi: بچه بي سرپرست |
 Finnish: katulapsi |
 French: enfant abandonné |
 Hebrew: יֶלֶד עָזוּב |
 Hindi: परित्यक्त शिशु |
 Croatian: nahoče |
 Hungarian: lelenc |
 Indonesian: anak terlantar |
 Icelandic: umkomuleysingi; munaðarle |
 Italian: (bambino abbandonato) |
 Japanese: 浮浪児 |
 Korean: 부랑자 |
 Lithuanian: valkataujantis, benamis v |
 Latvian: bezpajumtnieks |
 Malay: budak terbiar |
 Dutch: zwerveling |
 Norwegian: hjemløst barn, gatebarn |
 Polish: porzucone dziecko, przybł |
 Persian: بچه بي سرپرست |
 Pashto: بى خاونده و بى څښتنه شى: |
 Portuguese: órfão |
 Romanian: copil abandonat |
 Russian: беспризорник |
 Slovak: tulák, najdúch |
 Slovenian: brezdomec |
 Serbian: beskućnik |
 Swedish: föräldralöst (hemlöst) ba |
 Thai: สัตว์เลี้ยงที่หลงทาง; เด็ |
 Turkish: kimsesizçocuk |
 Taiwanese: 流浪兒童 |
 Ukrainian: безпритульна дитина; поки |
 Urdu: لاوارث شے |
 Vietnamese: trẻ bơ vơ |
 Chinese: 流浪儿 |
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