🇫🇷 French

nostalgie

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la nostalgie

nostalgia

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nostalgie
/la nɔstalʒi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say nostalgie in French?

IPA
/la nɔstalʒi/

How do you pronounce nostalgie in French?

nostalgie is pronounced /la nɔstalʒi/ in French.

Example sentences

La nostalgie douce de mon enfance m'a envahi ce matin.

The sweet nostalgia of my childhood overwhelmed me this morning.

Cette vieille chanson a réveillé une nostalgie profonde et mélancolique.

This old song awakened a deep and melancholic nostalgia.

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Why is it feminine?

Nostalgie is feminine because it ends in "-ie," a suffix that typically marks feminine nouns in French. The word derives from the Greek "nostos" (homecoming) combined with "algia" (pain/suffering), and follows the gender pattern of similar French abstract nouns ending in "-ie" such as "mélancolie" (melancholy) and "energie" (energy).

What is the French word for nostalgia?

The French word for nostalgia is la nostalgie — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishnostalgialafeminine

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