spasme

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Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

spasme

  1. first-person plural imperative of spasit

Etymology 2

Verb

spasme

  1. first-person plural imperative of spást

French

Etymology

From Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

spasme m (plural spasmes)

  1. spasm
    je suis sujette à des spasmes, des espèces de crampes au cœur ! (Honoré de Balzac, Honorine, 1843)

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References

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).

Noun

spasme m (definite singular spasmen, indefinite plural spasmer, definite plural spasmene)

  1. a spasm

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).

Noun

spasme m (definite singular spasmen, indefinite plural spasmar, definite plural spasmane)

  1. a spasm

References

Old French

Noun

spasme ?

  1. Alternative form of espasme
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