nostalgie

See also: Nostalgie

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “a return home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, suffering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnostalɡɪjɛ]

Noun

nostalgie f (relational adjective nostalgický)

1. nostalgia

Declension

Declension of nostalgie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	nostalgie	nostalgie
genitive	nostalgie	nostalgií
dative	nostalgii	nostalgiím
accusative	nostalgii	nostalgie
vocative	nostalgie	nostalgie
locative	nostalgii	nostalgiích
instrumental	nostalgií	nostalgiemi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French nostalgie, which via New Latin nostalgia represents a calque of German Heimweh, whence also the direct Dutch calque heimwee (“homesickness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔs.tɑlˈɣi/

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

nostalgie f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. nostalgia

Derived terms

• nostalgisch

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “a return home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, suffering”) as a calque of German Heimweh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔs.tal.ʒi/

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Noun

nostalgie f (plural nostalgies)

1. nostalgia

Derived terms

• nostalgie de la boue

Descendants

• → Dutch: nostalgie
• → Persian: نوستالژی (nostâlži)

Further reading

• “nostalgie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Paronyms

• mastalgie

Anagrams

• glosaient

Italian

Noun

nostalgie f pl

1. plural of nostalgia

Anagrams

• Staglieno, legnosità

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nostalgie.

Noun

nostalgie f (plural nostalgii)

1. nostalgia

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nostalgie	nostalgia	nostalgii	nostalgiile
genitive-dative	nostalgii	nostalgiei	nostalgii	nostalgiilor
vocative	nostalgie, nostalgio		nostalgiilor

Related terms

• nostalgic