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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spasme, from Old French (e)spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).

Noun

spasme n (plural spasmen or spasmes, diminutive spasmetje n)

  1. (medicine) spasm
    Synonyms: convulsie, stuip, stuiptrekking

Further reading

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)

References

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Wikipedia no

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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