languir
French → English
(emotion) To pine for: to suffer from a deep longing or desire for someone absent; to yearn
Le jeune soldat commençait à languir de sa patrie après six mois.
(English) The young soldier was starting to pine for his homeland after six months.
Elle se languit de son amoureux qui travaille à l'étranger.
(English) She is pining for her lover who works abroad.
(general) To languish: to suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place; to rot
De nombreux prisonniers politiques continuent de languir dans des cellules humides.
(English) Many political prisoners continue to languish in damp cells.
Le vieux projet a été laissé à languir dans un tiroir pendant des années.
(English) The old project was left to languish in a drawer for years.
Entry ID: fr:en:languir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary