homesick

English

Adjective

homesick (comparative more homesick, superlative most homesick)

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

Translations

missing one's home or family

Chinese: Mandarin: 思鄉 (zh), 思乡 (zh) (sīxiāng), (colloquial) 想家 (zh) (xiǎngjiā), (literary) 鄉愁 (zh), 乡愁 (zh) (xiāngchóu), (dated) 懷鄉 (zh), 怀乡 (zh) (huáixiāng) Finnish: koti-ikävä (fi) (noun, check usage at fi entry)

Greek: νοσταλγός (el) (nostalgós) m. and f. Icelandic: vera með heimþrá (is), vera haldinn heimþrá (is) Kurdish: بیری ماڵه‌وه‌

Derived terms

• homesickness