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Meaning of Yearning | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

ˈjɝnɪŋ

Definitions

A wistful or melancholy longing.
Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).
Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الشوق شهوة شوق مشتاق

Български копнеж

Bosanski ašik merak ашик мерак

Català anhel

Čeština stesk toužebný

Dansk længsel

Deutsch großes Verlangen Sehnsucht Verlangen

Ελληνικά άχτι επιθυμία καημός λαχτάρα πόθος

Esperanto dezirego sopiro

Español anhelo cuita

Suomi haikailu havittelu ikävä ikävöiminen ikävöinti kaihomieli kaipaaminen kaipaus kaipuu

Français aspiration envie

עברית כיסופים כמה צמא

हिन्दी तलब

Hrvatski ašik merak ашик мерак

Հայերեն կարոտ

Italiano anelito brama bramosia desiderio nostalgia struggimento voglia

日本語あこがれしたわしい思慕恋慕情憧憧れ追慕

ქართული წყურვილი

한국어 그리움 동경 사모

Kurdî dor dor iştiyak

Latina dēsīderium

Polski tęga tęsknota

Português saudade

Română dor năzuință

Русский склонность стремление тоска тяга

Shqip gullmi

Српски ašik merak ашик мерак

Svenska längtan trängtan

Türkçe hasret iştiyak Özlem üzme

Tiếng Việt mơ ước

Examples

“She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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