C2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

nostalgia

nostalgia · nostalgias

ностальгія

тоска, ностальгия

Nostalgie, Wehmut

A longing for home or familiar surroundingsA longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.

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UK/nɒˈstæld͡ʒə/US/nɑˈstæld͡ʒə/

» Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

За Польщу і місяць краще світив.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncommon, uncountable)A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.
Seeing food at camp similar to his mother's cooking sent a wave of nostalgia through him.
longing for something past
(countable, uncountable)A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.
an alumnus' feelings of nostalgia for his/her years in high school
Nostalgie, Wehmut
ностальги́яnostalʹgíja, тоска́toská
ностальгі́яnostalʹhíja

Examples

46 sentences

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
За Польщу і місяць краще світив.
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Black and white photos evoke nostalgia.
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Sami's car is a piece of nostalgia.
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Lately, nostalgia has been a common topic.
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I'm feeling a weird sense of nostalgia.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

bittersweet yearning for the things of the past:

Русский

By meaning 1

bittersweet yearning for the things of the past:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

bittersweet yearning for the things of the past:

Origin

From New Latin nostalgia, coined by Johannes Hofer in 1688 from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóst

From New Latin nostalgia, coined by Johannes Hofer in 1688 from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”), calquing German Heimweh. Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (*nostalgía) is unattested. Transferred sense probably influenced by French nostalgie, especially in literature.

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