adj
Meaning 1
Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nostalgic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ældʒɪk
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who displays nostalgia for something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nostalgist
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English nostalgia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English nostalgic From nostalgia + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: носталгичен (nostalgičen) — pertaining to nostalgia
- Catalan: nostàlgic — pertaining to nostalgia
- Czech: nostalgický — pertaining to nostalgia
- Danish: nostalgisk — pertaining to nostalgia
- Finnish: nostalginen — pertaining to nostalgia
- French: nostalgique — pertaining to nostalgia
- Galician: nostálxico — pertaining to nostalgia
- German: nostalgisch — pertaining to nostalgia
- Greek: νοσταλγικός (nostalgikós) — pertaining to nostalgia
- Hebrew: נוֹסְטַלְגִי (nostálgi) — pertaining to nostalgia
- Hungarian: nosztalgikus — pertaining to nostalgia
- Italian: nostalgico — pertaining to nostalgia
- Japanese: 懐かしい (natsukashii) — pertaining to nostalgia
- Macedonian: носталгичен (nostalgičen) — pertaining to nostalgia
- Norwegian Bokmål: nostalgisk — pertaining to nostalgia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nostalgisk — pertaining to nostalgia
- Plautdietsch: bangrich — pertaining to nostalgia
- Polish: nostalgiczny — pertaining to nostalgia
- Portuguese: nostálgico — pertaining to nostalgia
- Romanian: nostalgic — pertaining to nostalgia
- Russian: ностальги́ческий (nostalʹgíčeskij) — pertaining to nostalgia
- Spanish: nostálgico — pertaining to nostalgia
- Swedish: nostalgisk — pertaining to nostalgia
- Turkish: nostaljik — pertaining to nostalgia
- Yiddish: נאָסטאַלגיש (nostalgish) — pertaining to nostalgia
- Catalan: nostàlgic — person who displays nostalgia
- Danish: nostalgiker — person who displays nostalgia
- Finnish: nostalgikko — person who displays nostalgia
- French: nostalgique — person who displays nostalgia
- Galician: nostálxico — person who displays nostalgia
- German: Nostalgiker — person who displays nostalgia
- German: Nostalgikerin — person who displays nostalgia
- Italian: nostalgico — person who displays nostalgia
- Italian: nostalgica — person who displays nostalgia
- Macedonian: носталгичар (nostalgičar) — person who displays nostalgia
- Portuguese: nostálgico — person who displays nostalgia
- Portuguese: nostálgica — person who displays nostalgia
- Spanish: nostálgico — person who displays nostalgia
- Spanish: nostálgica — person who displays nostalgia