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],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "nostalgy"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgji"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥanīn",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَنِين"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ištiyāq",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِشْتِيَاق"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "karotabaġjutʻyun",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "կարոտաբաղձություն"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nostalgia",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "նոստալգիա"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "señardá"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nostalgiya"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nastalʹhíja",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "настальгі́я"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nostálgija",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "носта́лгия"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostàlgia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huáijiù",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "懷舊 /怀旧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huáigǔ",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "懷古 /怀古"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgie"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nostalgi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgie"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "saŭdado"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nostalgio"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "haikeus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "kaiho"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morriña"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nosṭalgia",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "ნოსტალგია"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nostalgie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sehnsucht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wehmut"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nostalgía",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "νοσταλγία"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "techaga'u"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nostálgya",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נוֹסְטַלְגְיָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "udāsī",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "उदासी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "gŕhāturtā",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "गृहातुरता"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "gŕhasmārī",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "गृहस्मारी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "gŕh-virah",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "गृह-विरह"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nosztalgia"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgía"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fortíðarþrá"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"alt": "かいこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaiko",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "懐古"
},
{
"alt": "かいきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaikyū",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "懐旧"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nosutarujī",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "ノスタルジー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nosutarujia",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "ノスタルジア"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "karnœ̆krôlœ̆k",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "ការនឹករលឹក"
},
{
"alt": "鄕愁",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hyangsu",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "향수"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "noseutaeljieo",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "노스탤지어"
},
{
"alt": "懷鄕",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hoehyang",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "회향"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eskarinyo"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deskarinyo (Izmir)"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalģija"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgija"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nostalgija",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "носталгија"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gr̥hāturatvaṁ",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "ഗൃഹാതുരത്വം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gatāturatvaṁ",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "ഗതാതുരത്വം"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nostalgi"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nostalgi"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "andame",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "اندمه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nostâlži",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "نوستالژی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "saudade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nostalʹgíja",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ностальги́я"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toská",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тоска́"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cianalas"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "носта̀лгија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostàlgija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "añoranza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nostalgi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nostalji"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nostalʹhíja",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ностальгі́я"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "udāsī",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "اداسی"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "hoài niệm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nuối tiếc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"word": "nỗi nhớ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bittersweet yearning for the things of the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hiraeth"
}
],
"word": "nostalgia"
}
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