roaming

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊmɪŋ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊmɪŋ/

Verb

roaming

1. present participle of roam

Noun

roaming (countable and uncountable, plural roamings)

1. (countable) An instance of wandering.
   • 2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.

2. (uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.
3. (uncountable, computing, telecommunications) The use of a network or service from different locations or devices.
4. (uncountable, computing, operating system) Using the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user.

Translations

wandering

• Finnish: vaeltelu (fi), harhailu (fi)
• French: vagabondage (fr) m
• Georgian: ხეტიალი (ka) (xeṭiali)
• German: Wandern (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πλάνη f (plánē)

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• Russian: блужда́ния (ru) n pl (bluždánija), стра́нствия (ru) n pl (stránstvija), скита́ния (ru) n pl (skitánija)
• Scottish Gaelic: allaban m
• Turkish: dolaşma (tr)

using a cell phone outside of its original registering zone

• Catalan: itinerància f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫遊／漫游 (zh) (mànyóu), 漫游 (zh) (mànyóu)

• Finnish: verkkovierailu (fi), roaming (fi)
• French: itinérance (fr) f, roaming (fr) m
• Galician: itinerancia f
• Georgian: როუმინგი (roumingi)
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• German: Roaming (de) n
• Greek: περιαγωγή (el) f (periagogí)
• Japanese: ローミング (rōmingu)
• Portuguese: itinerância f
• Russian: ро́уминг (ru) m (róuming)
• Spanish: itinerancia f
• Thai: โรมมิ่ง (róom-mîng)
• Turkish: uluslararası dolaşım

using a network or a service from different locations or devices

• Finnish: verkkovierailu (fi), vierailu (fi)
• Maori: tīpakopako
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registering a PC and a cycle of {uploading, editing and downloading} from any networked PC

• Finnish: etäkäyttö (fi), vierailu (fi)
• Maori: tīpakopako
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Anagrams

• moringa

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English roaming.

Noun

roaming m (plural roamings)

1. roaming (telephony)