homesick

English

Etymology

Back-formation from homesickness., equivalent to home +‎ sick.

Adjective

homesick (comparative more homesick, superlative most homesick)

(with for) missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic

Derived terms

homesickness

Translations

missing one's home or family

Catalan: enyorat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 思鄉 (zh), 思乡 (zh) (sīxiāng), (colloquial) 想家 (zh) (xiǎngjiā), (literary) 鄉愁 (zh), 乡愁 (zh) (xiāngchóu), (dated) 懷鄉 (zh), 怀乡 (zh) (huáixiāng)
Dutch: heemziek
Finnish: koti-ikävä (fi) (noun, check usage at fi entry)
German: heimwehkrank
Greek: νοσταλγός (el) m or f (nostalgós)
Icelandic: vera með heimþrá, vera haldinn heimþrá

Ilocano: iliw
Japanese: ホームシック (hōmushikku)
Kurdish:
Sorani: بیری ماڵه‌وه‌‎ (bîrî mallewe)
Maori: manatu
Mongolian: нутгаа санах (nutgaa sanah), үгүйлэх (mn) (ügüjleh), гэрээ санах (geree sanah)
Russian: тоску́ющий (toskújuščij) по (po) дому (domu) (toskújuščij po dómu)
Tagalog: sabik sa pag-uwi, nahihidlaw

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