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longing en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ (UK)
• /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /lɑŋɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).

Meanings

1. (no-gloss) [no gloss]

Forms

Deriveds

longingness · longingly · longing-mark

longing en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ (UK)
• /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /lɑŋɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of long
   form of long

longing en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ (UK)
• /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /lɑŋɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langungō, gerund of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (gerund ending).

Meanings

1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
   • all natural lovings and longings 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
   • For round the valley a great desert lies through which no common traveller may come, but those whom the gods have chosen feel suddenly a great longing at heart, and crossing the mountains that divide the desert from the world, set out across it driven by the gods, […] 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 2:
2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

Forms

Deriveds

longing mark

Relateds

long · desire · miss

Synonyms

yearning

Translations (75)

yi בענקשאַפֿט (melancholic desire) · sa छन्दस् (melancholic desire) · cmn 渴望 (melancholic desire) · lt ilgesys (melancholic desire) · nn lengsel (melancholic desire) · bg копнеж (melancholic desire) · he כְּמִיהָה (melancholic desire) · gl soidade (melancholic desire) · ca enyorança (melancholic desire) · am ጉጉት (melancholic desire) · gd fadachd (melancholic desire) · sv längtan (melancholic desire) · ja 憧れ (melancholic desire) · ar شَوْق (melancholic desire) · es añoranza (melancholic desire) · gd cianalas (melancholic desire) · cs tesknění (melancholic desire) · ms rindu (melancholic desire) · txb ñyās (melancholic desire) · pl tęsknota (melancholic desire) · grc πόθος (melancholic desire) · ur اشتیاق (melancholic desire) · lv ilgošanās (melancholic desire) · de Sehnsucht (melancholic desire) · ga cumha (melancholic desire) · he גַּעְגּוּעַ (melancholic desire) · gl saudade (melancholic desire) · nn lengsle (melancholic desire) · acw شوق (melancholic desire) · fa سودا (melancholic desire) · pl pragnienie (melancholic desire) · fi ikävä (melancholic desire) · gd miann (melancholic desire) · mk копнеж (melancholic desire) · fi kaipaus (melancholic desire) · tr hasret (melancholic desire) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹 (melancholic desire) · ms hasrat (melancholic desire) · de Sehnen (melancholic desire) · gl morriña (melancholic desire) · it voglia (melancholic desire) · grc ὄρεξις (melancholic desire) · gl estranía (melancholic desire) · cy hiraeth (melancholic desire) · nl verlangen (melancholic desire) · tr özlem (melancholic desire) · ro dor (melancholic desire) · es anhelo (melancholic desire) · de Verlangen (melancholic desire) · ca enyor (melancholic desire) · fi kaipuu (melancholic desire) · fr nostalgie (melancholic desire) · sa वनस् (melancholic desire) · it brama (melancholic desire) · hu vágyódás (melancholic desire) · la dēsīderium (melancholic desire) · it nostalgia (melancholic desire) · it bramosia (melancholic desire) · ms kehendak (melancholic desire) · lv ilgas (melancholic desire) · it desiderio (melancholic desire) · nb lengsel (melancholic desire) · izh kaiho (melancholic desire) · he כיסופים \ כִּסּוּפִים (melancholic desire) · sq mall (melancholic desire) · ko 갈망 (melancholic desire) · pam pamagdulap (melancholic desire) · ru тоска́ (melancholic desire) · it anelito (melancholic desire) · gd iarraidh (melancholic desire) · ja 切望 (melancholic desire) · pt saudade f for something absent only (melancholic desire) · eo sopiro (melancholic desire) · gd ionndrainn (melancholic desire) · cs touha (melancholic desire)