waif

(wāf)
n.

1. 1. A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.
   2. An abandoned young animal.
2. Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea.

[Middle English, ownerless property, stray animal, from Anglo-Norman, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

waif² (wāf)
n. Nautical
See waft (sense ).

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hjemløs, herreløs, drivgods, gadebarn

2.
n. - signalflag

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwerfdier, dakloos kind

Français (French)
1.
n. - enfant abandonné, misérable, sans-abri

2.
n. - (Naut) signal à pavillon

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Heimatloser, verlassenes Kind, streunendes Tier, herrenloser Gegenstand

2.
n. - Signal mit einer Fahne

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδέσποτος, άστεγος

Italiano (Italian)
trovatello, smarrito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - algo perdido (m)

Русский (Russian)
бездомный, беспризорный ребенок, бесхозное имущество, приблудное животное, случайная находка, клуб (дыма), что-л. гонимое ветром

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - niño o animal abandonado, persona sin hogar, niño de la calle

2.
n. - (mar) banderín de señales, gallardete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hittegods, vrakgods, hittebarn, herrelöst djur, hemlös person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无主物, 流浪者, 飘流物, 丢弃的赃物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 風信旗;狹長旗

2.
n. - 無家可歸者;舉目無親的人

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 방랑자, 집 없는 사람, 소유주 불명의 습득물

2.
n. - 기로 하는 신호

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 放浪者, 持主不明の拾得物, 信号旗, 浮浪者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متشرد, مطروح, ضال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חסר-בית, ילד נטוש, זאטוט-רחוב‬
n. - ‮אות הניתן בדגל‬

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