English
Etymology
From lone + -ly , or from an apheretic shortening of alonely . See lone .
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈləʊnli/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈloʊnli/
Adjective
lonely (comparative lonelier , superlative loneliest )
Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
1941 , “At Last”, Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (music), performed by Glenn Miller, vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday:At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8839 , page 52 :From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
( of a place or time ) Unfrequented by people ; desolate .
( of a person ) Without companions ; solitary .
Synonyms
Translations
of person: unhappy by feeling isolated
Arabic: وَحِيد ( waḥīd )
Armenian: միայնակ (hy) ( miaynak )
Bakhtiari: تک ( tak )
Bashkir: яңғыҙ ( yañğıź )
Belarusian: само́тны ( samótny ) , адзіно́кі ( adzinóki )
Bulgarian: само́тен (bg) ( samóten )
Catalan: solitari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寂寞 (zh) ( jìmò )
Czech: osamělý m
Danish: ensom
Dutch: eenzaam (nl) , alleen (nl) , allenig (nl) , alleenig
Esperanto: soleca
Faroese: einsamallur , eina , einsligur , einsamur
Finnish: yksinäinen (fi)
French: seul (fr) m
Galician: solitario m
German: einsam (de) , alleinig (de)
Hebrew: גַּלְמוּד (he) ( galmud )
Hungarian: magányos (hu)
Hunsrik: eensam
Icelandic: einmana (is)
Italian: solo (it) m , solitario (it) m , malinconico (it) m
Japanese: 寂しい (ja) ( さびしい, sabishii )
Khmer: អបមាន ( ʼɑpmiən ) , កំព្រាចិត្ត ( kɑmpriəcəttɑɑ ) , អន្លង់អន្លោច ( ʼɑɑnlŭəngʼɑɑnlooc )
Korean: 외롭다 (ko) ( oeropda ) , 고독하다 (ko) ( godokhada )
Kurdish:
Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . , Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
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Latin: sōlitārius
Macedonian: осамен ( osamen ) , самотен ( samoten )
Manchu: ᠯᠣᡴᡩᠣᡥᠣᠨ ( lokdohon )
Maori: aroaroā
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ensom (no)
Old Prussian: Template:t-simple
Persian: تنها (fa) ( tanhâ ) , بیکس ( bi-kas )
Polish: samotny (pl)
Portuguese: solitário (pt)
Russian: одино́кий (ru) ( odinókij )
Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach , uaigneach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀са̄мљен
Roman: ùsāmljen (sh)
Slovak: osamelý
Slovene: osamljen
Spanish: solitario (es)
Swedish: ensam (sv)
Tagalog: nalalaiw
Thai: เหงา (th) ( ngǎo )
Tibetan: གྲོགས་མེད་གཅིག་རྐྱང ( grogs med gcig rkyang )
Turkish: yalnız (tr) , yapayalnız (tr) , garip (tr) , gariban (tr) , kimsesiz (tr)
Ukrainian: само́тній ( samótnij )
Vietnamese: cô đơn (vi) , lẻ loi (vi)
of place: desolate
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: osamělý m
French: désert (fr) , abandonné (fr)
German: abgeschieden (de) , einsam (de) , öde (de) , verlassen (de)
Italian: desolato (it) m , isolato (it) m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ឯកោ ( ʼaekao ) , វិជនដ្ឋាន (km) ( vĭchnôdthan )
Korean: 황량한 ( hwangnyanghan )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ensom (no)
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Portuguese: isolado (pt)
Russian: одино́кий (ru) ( odinókij ) , уединённый (ru) ( ujedinjónnyj ) , безлю́дный (ru) ( bezljúdnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach , uaigneach
Serbo-Croatian: ùsāmljen (sh) , òsāmljen (sh)
Spanish: desolado (es) , desierto (es)
Swedish: öde (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ıssız (tr) , tenha (tr)
Ukrainian: відлю́дний ( vidljúdnyj )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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