homesick

English

Adjective

homesick (comparative more homesick, superlative most homesick)

1. Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

Translations

missing one's home or family

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 思鄉 (cmn), 思乡 (cmn) (sīxiāng), (colloquial) 想家 (cmn) (xiǎngjiā), (literary) 鄉愁 (cmn), 乡愁 (cmn) (xiāngchóu), (dated) 懷鄉 (cmn), 怀乡 (cmn) (huáixiāng)

• Finnish: koti-ikävä (fi) (noun, check usage at fi entry)
• German: heimwehkrank (de)

• Greek: νοσταλγός (el) (nostalgós) m and f
• Icelandic: vera með heimþrá (is), vera haldinn heimþrá (is)
• Japanese: ホームシック (ja) (hōmushikku)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بیری ماڵه‌وه‌

• Maori: manatu (mi)
• Russian: тоскующий по дому (toskújuščij po dómu)

Derived terms

• homesickness