refuge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A state of safety, protection or shelter.
Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge.
1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.
2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:
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(countable, uncountable) An expedient to secure protection or defence.
This is occaſioned by this, that too too often the Teaching of a Grammar School is the ordinary Refuge that deſperate Perſons as to any other Employment in good Learning betake themſelves to; whilſt but a few know themſelves ſuited with intellectual and moral Abilities, and fewer have that Encouragement, when they undertake it, their Pains deſerve.
a. 1639, Henry Wotton, An Essay on the Education of Children, in the First Rudiments of Learning, London: T. Waller, published 1753, page 17:Their latest refuge / Was to send him.
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- (countable, uncountable) A refuge island.
- (countable, uncountable) A kind of daily prayer or recitation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| refuges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pedestrian refuge · microrefuge · harbour of refuge · harbor of refuge · refugium · city of refuge · refugee · take refuge · ombrifuge · refugeless · last refuge · women's refuge · wildlife refuge · house of refuge · refugitive
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
sanctum · reservation · stronghold · retreat · nature preserve · oasis · resort
Synonyms
asylum · refuge · bield · sanctuary · zoar · shelter · haven
Translations (129)
fa-ira پناه (state of safety, protection or shelter) · mi punanga (state of safety, protection or shelter) · pl przytułek (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · enm refute (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · ru убе́жище (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ee sitsoƒe (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · sl pribežališče (state of safety, protection or shelter) · tl kayap (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · he מִפְלָט (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ang ġebeorg (state of safety, protection or shelter) · sh zbjeg (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · ar مَلْجَأ (state of safety, protection or shelter) · pl schronienie (state of safety, protection or shelter) · bn পানা (state of safety, protection or shelter) · enm refute (state of safety, protection or shelter) · fi turvapaikka (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · cy encil (state of safety, protection or shelter) · sa शरण (state of safety, protection or shelter) · gl refuxio (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · ja 避難所 (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · sh prib(j)ežište (state of safety, protection or shelter) · de Zufluchtsstätte (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · tr sığınak (state of safety, protection or shelter) · hy ապաստան (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · pl azyl (state of safety, protection or shelter) · it riparo (state of safety, protection or shelter) · io refujeyo (state of safety, protection or shelter) · hi पनाह (state of safety, protection or shelter) · txb waste (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · nl schuilplaats (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · sh utočište (state of safety, protection or shelter) · el προστασία (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · mi punanga (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ro refugiu (state of safety, protection or shelter) · it rifugio (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · mk збег (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · pt abrigo (state of safety, protection or shelter) · vi sự ẩn náu (state of safety, protection or shelter) · uk приту́лок (state of safety, protection or shelter) · fi suoja (state of safety, protection or shelter) · eu aterpe (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · fi turva (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · txb śarāṃ (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · de Zuflucht (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · he מִקְלָט (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · da tilflugtssted (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · it rifugio (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ga tearmann (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ota التجا (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · enm refuge (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · fi suojapaikka (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · el άσυλο (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · cs útočiště (state of safety, protection or shelter) · cmn 避難 /避难 (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ru укры́тие (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · el υπόθαλψη (state of safety, protection or shelter) · bg убе́жище (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · mi piringa (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · mi kuhunga (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · pl schronisko (state of safety, protection or shelter) · be прыту́лак (state of safety, protection or shelter) · de Refugium (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · ca refugi (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ja 避難所 (state of safety, protection or shelter) · el καταφύγιο (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ru убе́жище (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ee sitsoƒe (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · cmn 避難所 /避难所 (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · vi nơi trú ẩn (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · az sığıncaq (state of safety, protection or shelter) · de Zuflucht (state of safety, protection or shelter) · pl schronienie (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ro adăpost (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ota التجا (state of safety, protection or shelter) · pt abrigo (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · az sığıncaq (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · cs útočiště (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · enm refuge (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · la refugium (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · de Herberge (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ang friþstōw (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · enm refuge (state of safety, protection or shelter) · fi turva (state of safety, protection or shelter) · br repu (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · nn tilflukt (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · he הֶקְדֵּשׁ (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · mi piringa (state of safety, protection or shelter) · nb tilflukt (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · br repu (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ko 대피소 (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · de Zufluchtsort (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · fi tuki (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · uk при́хисток (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ja 避難 (state of safety, protection or shelter) · uk приту́лок (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · la refugium (state of safety, protection or shelter) · es refugio (state of safety, protection or shelter) · de Zuflucht (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · el άσυλο (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · es refugio (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · enm refute (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · pt refúgio (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · pt refúgio (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance) · hi शरणालय (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · el καταφύγιο (state of safety, protection or shelter) · la refugium (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · pl schronisko (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · cy lloches (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ka თავშესაფარი (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · pl azyl (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · te శరణము (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ko 피난처 (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · sa ओकस् (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · cmn 避難所 /避难所 (state of safety, protection or shelter) · gl refuxio (state of safety, protection or shelter) · fr refuge (state of safety, protection or shelter) · pt refúgio (state of safety, protection or shelter) · sh prib(j)ežište (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · vi sự trú ẩn (state of safety, protection or shelter) · fr refuge (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · sh уточиште (state of safety, protection or shelter) · gl refuxio (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · grc φυγάδιον (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · ar مَلَاذ (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ga tearmann (place providing safety, protection or shelter) · bg убе́жище (state of safety, protection or shelter) · hi शरण (state of safety, protection or shelter) · ca refugi (state of safety, protection or shelter) · sk útočisko (state of safety, protection or shelter)