nausea

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See also: náusea and nàusea

English

Etymology

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.

Pronunciation

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

Translations

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Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English nausea).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑu̯seɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑuseɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nau‧se‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): nau‧sea

Noun

nausea

  1. (medicine) synonym of pahoinvointi (“nausea”)

Declension

Inflection of nausea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative nausea nauseat
genitive nausean nauseoiden
nauseoitten
partitive nauseaa nauseoita
illative nauseaan nauseoihin
singular plural
nominative nausea nauseat
accusative nom. nausea nauseat
gen. nausean
genitive nausean nauseoiden
nauseoitten
nauseain rare
partitive nauseaa nauseoita
inessive nauseassa nauseoissa
elative nauseasta nauseoista
illative nauseaan nauseoihin
adessive nausealla nauseoilla
ablative nausealta nauseoilta
allative nausealle nauseoille
essive nauseana nauseoina
translative nauseaksi nauseoiksi
abessive nauseatta nauseoitta
instructive — nauseoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nausea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nauseani nauseani
accusative nom. nauseani nauseani
gen. nauseani
genitive nauseani nauseoideni
nauseoitteni
nauseaini rare
partitive nauseaani nauseoitani
inessive nauseassani nauseoissani
elative nauseastani nauseoistani
illative nauseaani nauseoihini
adessive nauseallani nauseoillani
ablative nausealtani nauseoiltani
allative nausealleni nauseoilleni
essive nauseanani nauseoinani
translative nauseakseni nauseoikseni
abessive nauseattani nauseoittani
instructive — —
comitative — nauseoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nauseasi nauseasi
accusative nom. nauseasi nauseasi
gen. nauseasi
genitive nauseasi nauseoidesi
nauseoittesi
nauseaisi rare
partitive nauseaasi nauseoitasi
inessive nauseassasi nauseoissasi
elative nauseastasi nauseoistasi
illative nauseaasi nauseoihisi
adessive nauseallasi nauseoillasi
ablative nausealtasi nauseoiltasi
allative nauseallesi nauseoillesi
essive nauseanasi nauseoinasi
translative nauseaksesi nauseoiksesi
abessive nauseattasi nauseoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — nauseoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nauseamme nauseamme
accusative nom. nauseamme nauseamme
gen. nauseamme
genitive nauseamme nauseoidemme
nauseoittemme
nauseaimme rare
partitive nauseaamme nauseoitamme
inessive nauseassamme nauseoissamme
elative nauseastamme nauseoistamme
illative nauseaamme nauseoihimme
adessive nauseallamme nauseoillamme
ablative nausealtamme nauseoiltamme
allative nauseallemme nauseoillemme
essive nauseanamme nauseoinamme
translative nauseaksemme nauseoiksemme
abessive nauseattamme nauseoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — nauseoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nauseanne nauseanne
accusative nom. nauseanne nauseanne
gen. nauseanne
genitive nauseanne nauseoidenne
nauseoittenne
nauseainne rare
partitive nauseaanne nauseoitanne
inessive nauseassanne nauseoissanne
elative nauseastanne nauseoistanne
illative nauseaanne nauseoihinne
adessive nauseallanne nauseoillanne
ablative nausealtanne nauseoiltanne
allative nauseallenne nauseoillenne
essive nauseananne nauseoinanne
translative nauseaksenne nauseoiksenne
abessive nauseattanne nauseoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — nauseoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative nauseansa nauseansa
accusative nom. nauseansa nauseansa
gen. nauseansa
genitive nauseansa nauseoidensa
nauseoittensa
nauseainsa rare
partitive nauseaansa nauseoitaan
nauseoitansa
inessive nauseassaan
nauseassansa 		nauseoissaan
nauseoissansa
elative nauseastaan
nauseastansa 		nauseoistaan
nauseoistansa
illative nauseaansa nauseoihinsa
adessive nauseallaan
nauseallansa 		nauseoillaan
nauseoillansa
ablative nausealtaan
nausealtansa 		nauseoiltaan
nauseoiltansa
allative nausealleen
nauseallensa 		nauseoilleen
nauseoillensa
essive nauseanaan
nauseanansa 		nauseoinaan
nauseoinansa
translative nauseakseen
nauseaksensa 		nauseoikseen
nauseoiksensa
abessive nauseattaan
nauseattansa 		nauseoittaan
nauseoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — nauseoineen
nauseoinensa

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

nausea f (plural nausee)

  1. nausea
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nausea

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

nausea f (genitive nauseae); first declension

  1. nausea
  2. seasickness
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative nausea nauseae
genitive nauseae nauseārum
dative nauseae nauseīs
accusative nauseam nauseās
ablative nauseā nauseīs
vocative nausea nauseae
Descendants
  • → English: nausea
  • → French: nausée, noise
  • → Italian: nausea
  • → Portuguese: náusea
  • → Spanish: náusea
  • → Catalan: nàusea

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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
  • nausea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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