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Trauma
trauma
trauma
See also: Trauma
English
Noun
trauma (countable and uncountable, plural traumas or traumata)
- Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
- 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.
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- An event that causes great distress.
Derived terms
- traumatism
- traumatise/traumatize
- trauma incidence reduction
Translations
serious injury to the body
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emotional wound
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event
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”) via German Trauma.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtraʊ̯ma/
Noun
trauma n
Declension
Declension of trauma
Related terms
References
- ↑ 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)
Finnish
Etymology
< Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”).
Noun
trauma
Declension
Inflection of trauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
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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)
- (medicine) trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)
- (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
- “trauma” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Noun
trauma m (plural traumas)
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Noun
trauma m (plural traumi)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -awma
Noun
trauma m (plural traumas)
- trauma (emotional wound)
- trauma (event that causes great distress)
- (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)
Synonyms
- (serious injury): traumatismo
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trǎuma/
- Hyphenation: tra‧u‧ma
Noun
tràuma f (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ума)
Declension
Declension of trauma
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɾa̠w.ma̠]
Noun
trauma m (plural traumas)
Derived terms
- traumatizar
- traumático
- traumatizante
- traumado