nostalgia

See also nostalgía

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nɒˈstaldʒə/
• (US) IPA: /nɑˈstældʒə/, /nɔˈstældʒə/

Noun

nostalgia (plural nostalgias)

1. A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.
2. A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.
3. Reminiscence of the speaker's childhood or younger years.

Derived terms

• nostalgic
• nostalgically

Translations

yearning for the past, homesickness

Arabic: حنين (ar) (Hanīn) m., اشتياق (ar) (ishtiyāq) m. Armenian: կարոտ (hy) (karot) Bulgarian: носталгия (bg) (nostalgija) f. Catalan: nostàlgia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 鄉愁 (cmn), 乡愁 (cmn) (xiāngchóu), 鄉思 (cmn), 乡思 (cmn) (xiāngsī), 懷舊 (cmn), (yearning for the past) 怀旧 (cmn) (huáijiù), 懷古 (cmn), 怀古 (cmn) (huáigǔ) Czech: nostalgie (cs) f. Finnish: nostalgia (fi), haikeus (fi), kaiho (fi) French: nostalgie (fr) f., mal du pays (fr) m. German: Nostalgie (de) f., Heimweh (de) n., Sehnsucht (de) f., Wehmut (de) f. Greek: νοσταλγία (el) (nostalgía) f.

Hungarian: (yearning for the past) nosztalgia (hu), (homesickness) honvágy (hu) Icelandic: nostalgía (is) f., fortíðarþrá (is) f. Italian: nostalgia (it) f. Japanese: 郷愁 (ja) (きょうしゅう, kyōshū), 望郷 (ja) (ぼうきょう, bōkyō), 里心 (ja) (さとごころ, satogokoro), (yearning for the past) 懐古 (ja) (かいこ, kaiko), 懐旧 (ja) (かいきゅう, kaikyū) Malayalam: ഗൃഹാതുരത്വം (grhaathurathvam), ഗതാതുരത്വം (gathaathurathvam) Polish: nostalgia (pl) f., tęsknota za krajem (pl) f. Portuguese: saudade (pt), nostalgia (pt) f. Russian: ностальгия (ru) (nostal'gíja) f., тоска (ru) (toská) f., (homesickness) тоска по родине (ru) (toská po ródine) f., (yearning for the past) тоска по прошлому (ru) (toská po próšlomu) Spanish: nostalgia (es) f., añoranza  (es) f. Swedish: nostalgi (sv) Welsh: hiraeth (cy) m.

See also

• halcyon days
• hark back
• memory lane
• reminiscence

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Finnish

Noun

nostalgia

1. nostalgia

Declension

Declension of nostalgia (type kulkija) 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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Italian

Etymology

From nostro +‎ -algia

Noun

nostalgia f. (plural nostalgie)

1. nostalgia, homesickness

Related terms

• nostalgico

Anagrams

• angolasti
• lagnatosi
• stagliano

Spanish

Noun

nostalgia m. (plural nostalgias)

1. nostalgia