English → French
yearn /BrE jəːn 
, AmE jərn /
intransitive verb
1 (desire) to yearn for désirer (avoir) [child, food]; aspirer à [freedom, unity]; attendre [era, season, event]
to yearn for sb désirer qn
to yearn to do avoir très envie de faire
2 (miss)
she yearns for her son/her homeland son fils/sa patrie lui manque terriblement