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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin nostalgia from Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (nostalgia), from νόστος (nostos), “‘a return home’”) + ἄλγος (algos), “‘pain, suffering’”). Compare Italian nostalgia and French nostalgie.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /nɒˈstaldʒə/
- (US) IPA: /nɑˈstældʒə/, /nɔˈstældʒə/
nostalgia (plural nostalgias)
- A severe longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.
- A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.
[edit] Translations
yearning for the past, homesickness
- Arabic: حنين ar(ar) (Hanīn) m., اشتياق ar(ar) (ishtiyāq) m.
- Bulgarian: носталгия bg(bg) (nostalgija) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鄉愁 zh(zh), 乡愁 zh(zh) (xiāngchóu), 鄉思 zh(zh), 乡思 zh(zh) (xiāngsī), 懷舊 zh(zh), (yearning for the past) 怀旧 zh(zh) (huáijiù), 懷古 zh(zh), 怀古 zh(zh) (huáigǔ)
- Czech: nostalgie cs(cs) f.
- Finnish: nostalgia fi(fi), haikeus fi(fi), kaiho fi(fi)
- French: nostalgie fr(fr) f., mal du pays fr(fr) m.
- German: Nostalgie de(de) f., Heimweh de(de) n., Sehnsucht de(de) f., Wehmut de(de) f.
- Greek: νοσταλγία el(el) (nostalgía) f.
- Icelandic: nostalgía is(is) f., fortíðarþrá is(is) f.
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- Italian: nostalgia it(it) f.
- Japanese: 郷愁 ja(ja) (きょうしゅう, kyōshū), 望郷 ja(ja) (ぼうきょう, bōkyō), 里心 ja(ja) (さとごころ, satogokoro), (yearning for the past) 懐古 ja(ja) (かいこ, kaiko), 懐旧 ja(ja) (かいきゅう, kaikyū)
- Malayalam: ഗൃഹാതുരത്വം (grhaathurathvam), ഗതാതുരത്വം (gathaathurathvam)
- Polish: nostalgia pl(pl) f., tęsknota za krajem pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: saudade pt(pt), nostalgia pt(pt) f.
- Russian: ностальгия ru(ru) (nostal'gíja) f., тоска ru(ru) (toská) f., (homesickness) тоска по родине ru(ru) (toská po ródine) f., (yearning for the past) тоска по прошлому ru(ru) (toská po próšlomu)
- Spanish: nostalgia es(es) f.
- Swedish: nostalgi sv(sv)
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[edit] Finnish
nostalgia
- nostalgia
[edit] Declension
Declension of nostalgia (type kulkija)
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singular |
plural |
| nominative |
nostalgia |
nostalgiat |
| genitive |
nostalgian |
nostalgioiden
nostalgioitten
nostalgiain1 |
| partitive |
nostalgiaa |
nostalgioita |
| accusative |
nostalgia
nostalgian |
nostalgiat |
| inessive |
nostalgiassa |
nostalgioissa |
| elative |
nostalgiasta |
nostalgioista |
| illative |
nostalgiaan |
nostalgioihin |
| adessive |
nostalgialla |
nostalgioilla |
| ablative |
nostalgialta |
nostalgioilta |
| allative |
nostalgialle |
nostalgioille |
| essive |
nostalgiana |
nostalgioina |
| translative |
nostalgiaksi |
nostalgioiksi |
| instructive |
– |
nostalgioin |
| abessive |
nostalgiatta |
nostalgioitta |
| comitative |
– |
nostalgioineen |
| 1) Rare. |
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[edit] Italian
nostalgia f. (plural nostalgie)
- nostalgia
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