mal du pays

[ mal dy pey-ee ]

noun

, French.

1. homesickness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mal du pays¹

1770–75; mal- ( def ), paesano ( def )

Example Sentences

I always dislike London, and this lovely weather gives me a sort of mal du pays for the country.

From Project Gutenberg

It was in Savoy that her illness came on—the mal du pays, as they called it.

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