From lone -ly , or from an apheretic shortening of alonely . See lone .
lonely (comparative lonelier , superlative loneliest )
Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
1941 , “At Last”, Mack Gordon, Harry Warren (music), performed by Glenn Miller, Ray Eberle (vocals), and Pat Friday (vocals):At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song
1956 , “Heartbreak Hotel ”, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley (lyrics), performed by Elvis Presley :Well, since my baby left me, Well, I found a new place to dwell. Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel. Where I'll be, I'll be so lonely , baby Well, I'm so lonely I'll be so lonely , I could die.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8839 , page 52 :From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
( of a place or time ) Unfrequented by people ; desolate .
1906 , Lord Dunsany [i.e. , Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods [1] , London: William Heineman, →OCLC , page 2 :Only to those to whom in lonely passes in the night the gods have spoken, leaning through the stars, to those that have heard the voices of the gods above the morning or seen Their faces bending above the sea, only to those hath it been given to see Sardathrion, to stand where her pinnacles gathered together in the night fresh from the dreams of gods.
( of a person ) Without companions ; solitary .
of person: unhappy by feeling isolated
Arabic: وَحِيد ( waḥīd ) , مُوحِش ( mūḥiš )
Armenian: միայնակ (hy) ( miaynak )
Azerbaijani: tənha (az) , tək (az) , yalnız (az) , yalqız (az) , fərd (az) ( Classical )
Bakhtiari: تک ( tak )
Bashkir: яңғыҙ ( yañğıź )
Belarusian: само́тны ( samótny ) , адзіно́кі ( adzinóki )
Bengali: একাকী ( ekaki )
Bikol Central: makapungaw
Bulgarian: само́тен (bg) ( samóten )
Catalan: solitari (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寂寞 (zh) ( jìmò )
Czech: osamělý (cs)
Danish: ensom
Dutch: eenzaam (nl) , alleen (nl) , allenig (nl) , alleenig
Esperanto: soleca
Estonian: üksildane
Faroese: einsamallur , eina , einsligur , einsamur
Finnish: yksinäinen (fi)
French: seul (fr)
Galician: solitario (gl)
German: einsam (de) , alleinig (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐρῆμος ( erêmos )
Hebrew: גַּלְמוּד (he) ( galmud )
Hindi: अकेला (hi) ( akelā )
Hungarian: magányos (hu)
Hunsrik: eensam
Icelandic: einmana (is)
Italian: solo (it) , solitario (it) , malinconico (it)
Japanese: 寂しい (ja) ( さびしい, sabishii )
Khmer: អបមាន ( ʼɑpmiən ) , កំព្រាចិត្ត ( kɑmpriəcəttɑɑ ) , អន្លង់អន្លោច ( ʼɑɑnlŭəngʼɑɑnlooc )
Korean: 외롭다 (ko) ( oeropda ) , 고독하다 (ko) ( godokhada )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تەنھا ( tenha ) , بێکەس (ckb) ( bêkes )
Latin: sōlitārius
Lithuanian: vienišas
Macedonian: осамен ( osamen ) , самотен ( samoten )
Malay: kesunyian (ms) , kesepian (ms) , keseorangan , terpencil
Manchu: ᠯᠣᡴᡩᠣᡥᠣᠨ ( lokdohon )
Maori: aroaroā
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ensom (no)
Nynorsk: einsam (nn)
Old Prussian: ainaseīlingis
Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز ( yalñız )
Persian: تنها (fa) ( tanhâ ) , بیکس ( bi-kas )
Plautdietsch: eensiedlich
Polish: samotny (pl)
Portuguese: solitário (pt)
Russian: одино́кий (ru) ( odinókij )
Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach , uaigneach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀са̄мљен
Roman: ùsāmljen (sh)
Slovak: osamelý
Slovene: osamljen
Spanish: solitario (es)
Swedish: ensam (sv)
Tagalog: nalalaiw
Thai: เหงา (th) ( ngǎo )
Tibetan: གྲོགས་མེད་གཅིག་རྐྱང ( grogs med gcig rkyang )
Turkish: yalnız (tr) , yapayalnız (tr) , garip (tr) , gariban (tr) , kimsesiz (tr)
Ukrainian: само́тній ( samótnij )
Vietnamese: cô đơn (vi) , lẻ loi (vi)
Yiddish: עלנט ( elnt ) , איינזאַם ( eynzam )
of place: desolate
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: osamělý (cs)
Dutch: afgelegen (nl)
French: désert (fr) , abandonné (fr)
German: abgeschieden (de) , einsam (de) , öde (de) , verlassen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐρῆμος ( erêmos )
Italian: desolato (it) , isolato (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ឯកោ ( ʼaekao ) , វិជនដ្ឋាន (km) ( vĭchnôdthan )
Korean: 황량한 ( hwangnyanghan )
Malay: terpencil
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ensom (no)
Portuguese: isolado (pt)
Russian: одино́кий (ru) ( odinókij ) , уединённый (ru) ( ujedinjónnyj ) , безлю́дный (ru) ( bezljúdnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach , uaigneach
Serbo-Croatian: ùsāmljen (sh) , òsāmljen (sh)
Spanish: desolado (es) , desierto (es)
Swedish: öde (sv)
Thai: รกร้าง
Turkish: ıssız (tr) , tenha (tr)
Ukrainian: відлю́дний ( vidljúdnyj )
Vietnamese: hoang tàn (vi)