apnea
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English
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Etymology
a- + -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).
Noun
apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)
- (pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
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Translations
cessation of breathing
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See also
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apnea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea f (plural apnees)
- (pathology) apnea, (UK) apnoea
- (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving
Further reading
- “apnea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin apnoea.
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea
Declension
| Inflection of apnea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | apnea | apneat | ||
| genitive | apnean | apneoiden apneoitten | ||
| partitive | apneaa | apneoita | ||
| illative | apneaan | apneoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | apnea | apneat | ||
| accusative | nom. | apnea | apneat | |
| gen. | apnean | |||
| genitive | apnean | apneoiden apneoitten apneainrare | ||
| partitive | apneaa | apneoita | ||
| inessive | apneassa | apneoissa | ||
| elative | apneasta | apneoista | ||
| illative | apneaan | apneoihin | ||
| adessive | apnealla | apneoilla | ||
| ablative | apnealta | apneoilta | ||
| allative | apnealle | apneoille | ||
| essive | apneana | apneoina | ||
| translative | apneaksi | apneoiksi | ||
| abessive | apneatta | apneoitta | ||
| instructive | — | apneoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “apnea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Galician
Etymology
From New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).
Noun
apnea f (plural apneas)
- apnea, (UK) apnoea
- (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “apnea” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English apnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea (first-person possessive apneaku, second-person possessive apneamu, third-person possessive apneanya)
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Further reading
- “apnea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea f (plural apnee)
- apnea, (UK) apnoea
- freediving
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea f (plural apneas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “apnea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014