My room is an inviolable refuge.
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Refuge
//ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "refuge" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
makeshiftmasknestnichenookostensible motivepoor excuseportpreservationpreservepretensepretensionpretextprotectionprotective custodyprotestationpublic motiveput offput-offreceipt
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129 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φυγάδιον noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Arabic
2 entries- مَلَاذ noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- مَلْجَأ noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Armenian
1 entries- ապաստան noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- sığıncaq noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- sığıncaq noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Basque
1 entries- aterpe noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Belarusian
1 entries- прыту́лак noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Bengali
1 entries- পানা noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Breton
2 entries- repu noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- repu noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Bulgarian
2 entries- убе́жище noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- убе́жище noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Catalan
4 entries- refugi noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refugi noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- refugiar-se verb (to return to a place of shelter)
- refugiar-se verb (to protect)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 避難 /避难 noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- 避難所 /避难所 noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- 避難所 /避难所 noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Czech
2 entries- útočiště noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- útočiště noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Danish
1 entries- tilflugtssted noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Dutch
1 entries- schuilplaats noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Ewe
2 entries- sitsoƒe noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- sitsoƒe noun (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance)
Finnish
4 entries- suoja noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- suojapaikka noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- tuki noun (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance)
- turva noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
French
2 entries- refuge noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refuge noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Galician
4 entries- refuxio noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refuxio noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- refuxio noun (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance)
- refuxiarse verb (to return to a place of shelter)
Georgian
1 entries- თავშესაფარი noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
German
3 entries- Herberge noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- Zuflucht noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- Zuflucht noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Greek
4 entries- άσυλο noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- άσυλο noun (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance)
- καταφύγιο noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- καταφύγιο noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Hebrew
3 entries- הֶקְדֵּשׁ noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- מִפְלָט noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- מִקְלָט noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Hindi
3 entries- पनाह noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- शरण noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- शरणालय noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Ido
2 entries- refujeyo noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refujar verb (to protect)
Irish
2 entries- tearmann noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- tearmann noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Italian
3 entries- rifugio noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- rifugio noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- riparo noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Japanese
3 entries- 避難 noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- 避難所 noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- 避難所 noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Latin
3 entries- refugium noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refugium noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- refugium noun (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance)
Macedonian
1 entries- збег noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Middle English
4 entries- refuge noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refuge noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- refuge noun (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance)
- refute noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Māori
4 entries- kuhunga noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- piringa noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- piringa noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- punanga noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tilflukt noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tilflukt noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Old English
2 entries- friþstōw noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- ġebeorg noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- التجا noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- التجا noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Polish
4 entries- azyl noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- azyl noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- przytułek noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- schronienie noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Portuguese
4 entries- abrigo noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- abrigo noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- refúgio noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refúgio noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Romanian
2 entries- adăpost noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refugiu noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Russian
3 entries- убе́жище noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- убе́жище noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- укры́тие noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Sanskrit
2 entries- ओकस् noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- शरण noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prib(j)ežište noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- prib(j)ežište noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- utočište noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- zbjeg noun (something or someone turned to for safety or assistance)
Slovak
1 entries- útočisko noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Slovene
1 entries- pribežališče noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Spanish
4 entries- refugio noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- refugio noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- refugiarse verb (to return to a place of shelter)
- refugiarse verb (to protect)
Tagalog
1 entries- kayap noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Telugu
1 entries- శరణము noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Tocharian B
2 entries- waste noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- śarāṃ noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Turkish
1 entries- sığınak noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Ukrainian
3 entries- при́хисток noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- приту́лок noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- приту́лок noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nơi trú ẩn noun (place providing safety, protection or shelter)
- sự trú ẩn noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- sự ẩn náu noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Welsh
2 entries- encil noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
- lloches noun (state of safety, protection or shelter)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
Source: tatoeba (275332)
We took refuge behind a big tree.
Source: tatoeba (275990)
We took refuge from the storm in a nearby barn.
Source: tatoeba (325314)
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