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Trauma

Trauma

See also: trauma

German

Noun

Trauma n (genitive Traumas, plural Traumata or Traumen)

  1. trauma

Derived terms

trauma

trauma

See also: Trauma

English

Noun

trauma (countable and uncountable, plural traumas or traumata)

  1. Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
  2. An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
    • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
      Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
  3. An event that causes great distress.

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Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound) via German Trauma.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtraʊ̯ma/

Noun

trauma n

  1. trauma

Declension

Related terms

References

  1. trauma in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound).

Noun

trauma n (plural trauma's or traumata, diminutive traumaatje n)

  1. trauma

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound).

Noun

trauma

  1. trauma

Declension

Inflection of trauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative trauma traumat
genitive trauman traumojen
partitive traumaa traumoja
illative traumaan traumoihin
singular plural
nominative trauma traumat
accusative nom. trauma traumat
gen. trauman
genitive trauman traumojen
traumainrare
partitive traumaa traumoja
inessive traumassa traumoissa
elative traumasta traumoista
illative traumaan traumoihin
adessive traumalla traumoilla
ablative traumalta traumoilta
allative traumalle traumoille
essive traumana traumoina
translative traumaksi traumoiksi
instructive traumoin
abessive traumatta traumoitta
comitative traumoineen

French

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʀoma]

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. (medicine) trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)
  2. (psychology and psychoanalysis, elliptical use for trauma psychique) psychic trauma

Synonyms

  • (psychic trauma): traumatisme psychique

Derived terms

  • trauma acoustique
  • trauma auditif
  • trauma parodontal
  • trauma psychique
  • trauma sonore

References


Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. an emotional wound
  2. (medicine) trauma; serious physical injury

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Noun

trauma m (plural traumi)

  1. trauma

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -awma

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. trauma (emotional wound)
  2. trauma (event that causes great distress)
  3. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trǎuma/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧u‧ma

Noun

tràuma f (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ума)

  1. trauma

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɾa̠w.ma̠]

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. (medicine, psychology) trauma

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