homesick

English

Etymology

Back-formation from homesickness., equivalent to home +‎ sick.

Adjective

homesick (comparative more homesick, superlative most homesick)

1. (with for) missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic

Derived terms

• homesickness

Translations

missing one's home or family

• Catalan: enyorat
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: heemziek
• Finnish: koti-ikävä (fi) (noun, check usage at fi entry)
• German: heimwehkrank
• Greek: νοσταλγός (el) m or f (nostalgós)
• Icelandic: vera með heimþrá, vera haldinn heimþrá
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• Ilocano: iliw
• Japanese: ホームシック (hōmushikku)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بیری ماڵەوە (bîrî mallewe)

• Maori: manatu
• Mongolian: нутгаа санах (nutgaa sanax), үгүйлэх (mn) (ügüjlex), гэрээ санах (geree sanax)
• Russian: тоску́ющий (toskújuščij) по (po) дому (domu) (toskújuščij po dómu)
• Tagalog: sabik sa pag-uwi, nahihidlaw