Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of safety, protection or shelter.

    Zuflucht

    убе́жищеubéžišče

    приту́локprytúlok

    a shelter from danger or hardship

  2. (countable, uncountable)A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

    Herberge, Zuflucht, Zufluchtsort

    убе́жищеubéžišče, укры́тиеukrýtije

    приту́локprytúlok, при́хистокprýxystok

    a safe place

  3. (countable, uncountable)Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

    Zuflucht, Zufluchtsstätte, Refugium

    something or someone turned to for assistance or security

  4. (countable, uncountable)An expedient to secure protection or defence.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A refuge island.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A kind of daily prayer or recitation.

Examples

44 sentences
  1. We took refuge behind a big tree.

    ruМы нашли убежище за большим деревом. — Lenin_1917

  2. We took refuge from the storm in a nearby barn.

    ruМы укрылись от бури в ближайшем сарае. — odexed

  3. Welcome to my little refuge.

    deWillkommen in meinem kleinen Refugium! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

    Патріотизм — останній прихисток негідників. — deniko

    ruПатриотизм - последнее прибежище негодяя. — marafon

    deDer Patriotismus ist die letzte Zuflucht eines Schurken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. My room is an inviolable refuge.

    ruМоя комната — это неприкосновенное убежище. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
state of safety, protection or shelter:
place providing safety, protection or shelter:
Русский
By meaning 2
state of safety, protection or shelter:
place providing safety, protection or shelter:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
state of safety, protection or shelter:
place providing safety, protection or shelter:
something or someone turned to for safety or assistance:

Origin

From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō

From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.

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Forms

plural: refuges
Singularrefuge
Pluralrefuges

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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