English

Noun

nausea ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)

1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
2. Strong dislike or disgust.
3. Motion sickness.

Derived terms

• nauseate
• nauseous

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ναυσία ‎(nausía, “seasickness”), from ναῦς ‎(naûs, “ship”).

Noun

nausea f ‎(plural nausee)

1. nausea

Derived terms

• nausea mattutina
• nauseabondo / nauseante
• nauseare
• nauseato

Verb

nausea

1. third-person singular present of nauseare
2. second-person singular imperative of nauseare

Latin

Verb

nauseā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nauseō

References

• nausea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nausea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nausea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.