French word

nomadisme

Pronunciation

IPA/nomadizm/

Meaning

  • masculine nounnomadism

Example

Ils ont choisi le nomadisme pour une vie plus libre.

They chose nomadism for a freer life.

Illustration for nomadisme (nomadism)

More examples

Le nomadisme numérique permet de travailler depuis n'importe où.

Digital nomadism allows you to work from anywhere.

Core concept

Life follows changing places instead of a fixed settlement, making travel and relocation central rather than occasional.

Common phrases

  • nomadisme numérique

    digital nomadism

  • pratiquer le nomadisme

    practice nomadism

Similar words

nomade: A person who lives without settling in one permanent location.
errance: Wandering without a clear purpose or settled place to live.

Definition in French

Pratique de vie qui privilégie le mouvement plutôt que la sédentarité, couvrant les formes traditionnelles (p. ex. pastoralisme) et les formes contemporaines.

Word origin

Nomade entered French through Latin nomas, nomadis from Greek nomas, and nomadisme was later formed with the productive suffix -isme.

Usage tips

  • Nomadisme names a broad mode of life, while a person is un nomade or une nomade; the adjective and noun keep the final e in writing.

Opposites

Related words

  • nomadenomadnoun
  • nomadiquenomadicadjective
  • nomadisationnomadizationnoun

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