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9-letter words (3 found)

ANALOGIST,GALTONIAS,NOSTALGIA,

8-letter words (8 found)

AILANTOS,ALATIONS,ANTILOGS,GALTONIA,LOGANIAS,OTALGIAS,SALTOING,SOLATING,

7-letter words (35 found)

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6-letter words (87 found)

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5-letter words (137 found)

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4-letter words (154 found)

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3-letter words (83 found)

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2-letter words (27 found)

AA,AG,AI,AL,AN,AS,AT,GI,GO,IN,IO,IS,IT,LA,LI,LO,NA,NO,OI,ON,OS,SI,SO,ST,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 534 words from nostalgia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nostalgia

nostalgia

Alternative forms

  • nostalgy (archaic)

Etymology

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

Compare Italian nostalgia, Spanish nostalgia, Portuguese nostalgia and French nostalgie.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɒˈstæld͡ʒə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /nɑˈstæld͡ʒə/, /nəˈstæld͡ʒə/, /nɔˈstæld͡ʒə/; /nɑˈstɑld͡ʒə/, /nəˈstɑld͡ʒə/, /nɔˈstɑld͡ʒə/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /nəˈstæɫd͡ʒə/

Noun

nostalgia (countable and uncountable, plural nostalgias)

  1. (now uncommon) A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness. [from 18th c.]
  2. (transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. [from 20th c.]

Antonyms

  • nostopathy
  • nostophobia

Derived terms

Related terms

  • nostalgie de la boue
  • solastalgia
  • technostalgia
  • Eastalgia
  • fauxstalgia

Translations

See also

  • halcyon days
  • hark back
  • memory lane
  • reminiscence
  • anemoia

References

Anagrams

  • analogist, antigoals, galtonias

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnostɑlɡiɑ/, [ˈno̞s̠tɑ̝lˌɡiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nos‧tal‧gi‧a

Noun

nostalgia

  1. nostalgia

Declension

Derived terms

  • nostalgikko
  • nostalginen
  • nostalgisesti
  • nostalgisoida
  • nostalgisointi
  • nostalgisuus

Further reading

  • “nostalgia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Indonesian

Etymology

From English nostalgia.

Noun

nostalgia (first-person possessive nostalgiaku, second-person possessive nostalgiamu, third-person possessive nostalgianya)

  1. nostalgia

Further reading

  • “nostalgia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /no.stalˈd͡ʒi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: no‧stal‧gì‧a

Noun

nostalgia f (plural nostalgie)

  1. nostalgia, homesickness, longing

Related terms

  • nostalgico

Anagrams

  • angolasti, losangati, stagliano

Malay

Etymology

From English nostalgia.

Noun

nostalgia (Jawi spelling نوستلݢيا, plural nostalgia-nostalgia, informal 1st possessive nostalgiaku, 2nd possessive nostalgiamu, 3rd possessive nostalgianya)

  1. nostalgia

Further reading

  • “nostalgia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French nostalgie, from New Latin nostalgia, from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos) + ἄλγος (álgos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔsˈtal.ɡja/
  • Rhymes: -alɡja
  • Syllabification: nos‧tal‧gia

Noun

nostalgia f

  1. nostalgia (yearning for the past)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • nostalgia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nostalgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Cognate with Galician nostalxia.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: nos‧tal‧gi‧a

Noun

nostalgia f (plural nostalgias)

  1. nostalgia (yearning for the past)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nosˈtalxja/ [nosˈt̪al.xja]
  • Rhymes: -alxja
  • Syllabification: nos‧tal‧gia

Noun

nostalgia f (plural nostalgias)

  1. nostalgia

Related terms

Further reading

  • “nostalgia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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