longing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋɪŋ
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/

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Verb

longing

1. Present participle of long.

Noun

longing (plural longings)

1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

Synonyms

• yen

Translations

melancholic desire

Arabic: شوق (ar) (shawq) m. Dutch: verlangen (nl) n. Esperanto: sopiro (eo) Finnish: kaipuu (fi), kaipaus (fi), ikävä (fi) French: nostalgie (fr) f. German: Sehnsucht (de) f., Sehnen (de) n., Verlangen (de) n. Hebrew: כמיהה (kmi-ha), כִּיסּוּפִים (kisufim), כלה (he) (kaleh) Italian: brama (it) f. Polish: pragnienie n., tęsknota (pl) f.

Portuguese: saudade (pt) for something absent only Romanian: dor (ro) n. Scottish Gaelic: cianalas m., iarraidh m., fadachd m., miann m. and f., ionndrainn m. Spanish: añoranza Swedish: längtan (sv) c. Turkish: özlem (tr), hasret (tr) Urdu: اشتیاق (ur) Welsh: hiraeth (cy) m.

Related terms

• long

See also

• desire
• miss