refuge

English

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Etymology

From Old French refuge.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈɹɛfjuːdʒ/

Noun

refuge (plural refuges)

1. A state of safety, protection or shelter
2. A place providing safety, protection or shelter
3. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort
   • 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, the Guardian:

     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.

Synonyms

• haven
• sanctuary
• zoar

Translations

A state of safety, protection or shelter

• Arabic: ملجأ (ar) (malja') m, ملاذ (ar) (malaadh) m
• Belarusian: прытулак (be) (prytúlak) m
• Breton: repu (br)
• Bulgarian: убежище (bg) (ubežište) n
• Catalan: refugi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 避難 (cmn), 避难 (cmn) (bìnàn), 避難所 (cmn), 避难所 (cmn) (bìnànsuǒ)

• Czech: útočiště (cs) n
• Finnish: turva (fi), suoja (fi)
• French: refuge (fr) m
• German: Zuflucht (de) f
• Greek: καταφύγιο (el) (katafýgio) n, υπόθαλψη (el) (ypóthalpsi) f

• Japanese: 避難所 (ja) (hinan-jo), 避難 (ja) (hinan)
• Latin: refugium (la) n
• Polish: przytułek (pl) m
• Russian: убежище (ru) (ubéžišče) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уточиште (sh) n

  Roman: utočište (sh) n

• Slovak: útočisko (sk) n
• Slovene: pribežališče (sl) n
• Telugu: సురక్షిత స్థావరం (te) (suraxita sthavaram)
• Turkish: sığınak (tr)
• Ukrainian: притулок (uk) (prytúlok) m

A place providing safety, protection or shelter

• Breton: repu (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 避難所 (cmn), 避难所 (cmn) (bìnànsuǒ)

• Czech: útočiště (cs) n
• Dutch: schuilplaats (nl)
• Ewe: sitsoƒe
• Finnish: turvapaikka (fi), suojapaikka (fi)
• French: refuge (fr) m
• German: Herberge (de) f, Zuflucht (de) f

• Greek: καταφύγιο (el) (katafýgio) n, άσυλο (el) (ásylo) n
• Hebrew: הקדש (he) (hekdeish)
• Italian: rifugio (it)
• Japanese: 避難所 (ja) (hinan-jo)
• Latin: refugium (la)
• Maori: punanga (mi)
• Norwegian: tilfukt (no)
• Russian: убежище (ru) (ubéžišče) n

Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance

• Ewe: sitsoƒe
• Finnish: turva (fi)
• Greek: προστασία (el) (prostasía) f, άσυλο (el) (ásylo) n

• Latin: refugium (la)
• Telugu: సహకార హస్థం (te) (sahakara hastham)

Derived terms

• refugee
• refugium

Verb

refuge (third-person singular simple present refuges, present participle refuging, simple past and past participle refuged)

1. (obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

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French

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

refuge m (plural refuges)

1. a refuge

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Latin

Verb

refuge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of refugiō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• reffuge
• refiuge
• refuje

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Noun

refuge m (oblique plural refuges, nominative singular refuges, nominative plural refuge)

1. a refuge
2. (figuratively) a protector or savior

Descendants

• English: refuge (borrowed)
• French: refuge