afonia
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English aphonia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía).
Pronunciation
Noun
afonia
- (pathology) aphonia (inability to speak)
- Synonym: puhekyvyttömyys
Declension
| Inflection of afonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | afonia | afoniat | |
| genitive | afonian | afonioiden afonioitten | |
| partitive | afoniaa | afonioita | |
| illative | afoniaan | afonioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | afonia | afoniat | |
| accusative | nom. | afonia | afoniat |
| gen. | afonian | ||
| genitive | afonian | afonioiden afonioitten afoniain rare | |
| partitive | afoniaa | afonioita | |
| inessive | afoniassa | afonioissa | |
| elative | afoniasta | afonioista | |
| illative | afoniaan | afonioihin | |
| adessive | afonialla | afonioilla | |
| ablative | afonialta | afonioilta | |
| allative | afonialle | afonioille | |
| essive | afoniana | afonioina | |
| translative | afoniaksi | afonioiksi | |
| abessive | afoniatta | afonioitta | |
| instructive | — | afonioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía). By surface analysis, a- + -fonia.
Pronunciation
Noun
afonia f (plural afonie)
Further reading
- afonia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- afonia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- afonia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- afonìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- afonìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aphonia, from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía). By surface analysis, a- + -fonia. First attested in 1853.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
afonia f
Declension
Declension of afonia
Derived terms
adjective
References
Further reading
- afonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- afonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “afonja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “afonja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 12
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía). By surface analysis, a- + -fonia.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧fo‧ni‧a
Noun
afonia f (plural afonias)
Further reading
- “afonia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “afonia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “afonia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “afonia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “afonia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “afonia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025