noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a longing to return home
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nostalgia
History
Etymology
Calque of German Heimweh (“homesickness”, literally “home-woe”), equivalent to home + sickness.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَنِين
(ḥanīn)
— missing one's home or family
Arabic:
اِشْتِيَاق
(ištiyāq)
— missing one's home or family
Belarusian:
настальгі́я
(nastalʹhíja)
— missing one's home or family
Bulgarian:
носта́лгия
(nostálgija)
— missing one's home or family
Catalan:
nostàlgia
— missing one's home or family
Catalan:
enyorança
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
思鄉 /思乡
(sīxiāng)
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
想家
(xiǎngjiā)
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
鄉愁 /乡愁
(xiāngchóu)
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
懷鄉 /怀乡
(huáixiāng)
— missing one's home or family
Czech:
nostalgie
— missing one's home or family
Czech:
stesk po domově
— missing one's home or family
Danish:
hjemve
— missing one's home or family
Danish:
hjemlængsel
— missing one's home or family
Dutch:
heimwee
— missing one's home or family
Esperanto:
hejmveo
— missing one's home or family
Esperanto:
nostalgio
— missing one's home or family
Finnish:
koti-ikävä
— missing one's home or family
French:
mal du pays
— missing one's home or family
French:
nostalgie
— missing one's home or family
Galician:
morriña
— missing one's home or family
Georgian:
ნოსტალგია
(nosṭalgia)
— missing one's home or family
German:
Heimweh
— missing one's home or family
German:
Nostalgie
— missing one's home or family
German:
Häiwee
— missing one's home or family
Greek:
νοσταλγία
(nostalgía)
— missing one's home or family
Hindi:
ग़ुरबत
(ġurbat)
— missing one's home or family
Hungarian:
honvágy
— missing one's home or family
Icelandic:
heimþrá
— missing one's home or family
Irish:
cumha (i ndiaidh an bhaile)
— missing one's home or family
Italian:
nostalgia
— missing one's home or family
Japanese:
郷愁
(kyōshū)
— missing one's home or family
Japanese:
望郷
(bōkyō)
— missing one's home or family
Japanese:
里心
(satogokoro)
— missing one's home or family
Korean:
향수
(hyangsu)
— missing one's home or family
Korean:
향수병
(hyangsubyeong)
— missing one's home or family
Korean:
회향병
(hoehyangbyeong)
— missing one's home or family
Latvian:
nostaļģija
— missing one's home or family
Lithuanian:
nostalgija
— missing one's home or family
Low German:
Heemweh
— missing one's home or family
Macedonian:
носталгија
(nostalgija)
— missing one's home or family
Norwegian Bokmål:
hjemlengsel
— missing one's home or family
Old English:
landādl
— missing one's home or family
Persian:
غربت
(ġorbat)
— missing one's home or family
Plautdietsch:
Bang
— missing one's home or family
Polish:
nostalgia
— missing one's home or family
Portuguese:
saudade
— missing one's home or family
Romanian:
dor de casă
— missing one's home or family
Romanian:
dor de țară
— missing one's home or family
Russian:
ностальги́я
(nostalʹgíja)
— missing one's home or family
Russian:
тоска́
(toská)
— missing one's home or family
Russian:
тоска́ по ро́дине
(toská po ródine)
— missing one's home or family
Scottish Gaelic:
cianalas
— missing one's home or family
Serbo-Croatian:
носта̀лгија
— missing one's home or family
Serbo-Croatian:
nostàlgija
— missing one's home or family
Slovak:
nostalgia
— missing one's home or family
Slovene:
nostalgija
— missing one's home or family
Spanish:
morriña
— missing one's home or family
Swedish:
nostalgi
— missing one's home or family
Swedish:
hemlängtan
— missing one's home or family
Tagalog:
pagkahidlaw
— missing one's home or family
Tagalog:
kahidlawan
— missing one's home or family
Thai:
อาการคิดถึงบ้าน
— missing one's home or family
Turkish:
gurbet
— missing one's home or family
Turkish:
yadlık
— missing one's home or family
Ukrainian:
ностальгі́я
(nostalʹhíja)
— missing one's home or family
Ukrainian:
ту́га за до́мом
(túha za dómom)
— missing one's home or family
Welsh:
hiraeth
— missing one's home or family
Yiddish:
בענקעדיג
(benkedig)
— missing one's home or family
