trauma

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Pronunciation

Noun

trauma (countable and uncountable, plural traumas or traumata)

  1. Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
  2. An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
    • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
      Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
  3. An event that causes great distress.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: トラウマ

Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).

Pronunciation

Noun

trauma m (plural traumes)

  1. trauma

Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

trauma n

  1. trauma

Declension

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “trauma”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • trauma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • trauma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑu̯.maː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: trau‧ma

Noun

trauma n (plural trauma's or traumata, diminutive traumaatje n)

  1. trauma

Derived terms

Descendants

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound).

Pronunciation

Noun

trauma

  1. trauma

Declension

Inflection of trauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative trauma traumat
genitive trauman traumojen
partitive traumaa traumoja
illative traumaan traumoihin
singular plural
nominative trauma traumat
accusative nom. trauma traumat
gen. trauman
genitive trauman traumojen
traumain rare
partitive traumaa traumoja
inessive traumassa traumoissa
elative traumasta traumoista
illative traumaan traumoihin
adessive traumalla traumoilla
ablative traumalta traumoilta
allative traumalle traumoille
essive traumana traumoina
translative traumaksi traumoiksi
abessive traumatta traumoitta
instructive traumoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of trauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative traumani traumani
accusative nom. traumani traumani
gen. traumani
genitive traumani traumojeni
traumaini rare
partitive traumaani traumojani
inessive traumassani traumoissani
elative traumastani traumoistani
illative traumaani traumoihini
adessive traumallani traumoillani
ablative traumaltani traumoiltani
allative traumalleni traumoilleni
essive traumanani traumoinani
translative traumakseni traumoikseni
abessive traumattani traumoittani
instructive
comitative traumoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative traumasi traumasi
accusative nom. traumasi traumasi
gen. traumasi
genitive traumasi traumojesi
traumaisi rare
partitive traumaasi traumojasi
inessive traumassasi traumoissasi
elative traumastasi traumoistasi
illative traumaasi traumoihisi
adessive traumallasi traumoillasi
ablative traumaltasi traumoiltasi
allative traumallesi traumoillesi
essive traumanasi traumoinasi
translative traumaksesi traumoiksesi
abessive traumattasi traumoittasi
instructive
comitative traumoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative traumamme traumamme
accusative nom. traumamme traumamme
gen. traumamme
genitive traumamme traumojemme
traumaimme rare
partitive traumaamme traumojamme
inessive traumassamme traumoissamme
elative traumastamme traumoistamme
illative traumaamme traumoihimme
adessive traumallamme traumoillamme
ablative traumaltamme traumoiltamme
allative traumallemme traumoillemme
essive traumanamme traumoinamme
translative traumaksemme traumoiksemme
abessive traumattamme traumoittamme
instructive
comitative traumoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative traumanne traumanne
accusative nom. traumanne traumanne
gen. traumanne
genitive traumanne traumojenne
traumainne rare
partitive traumaanne traumojanne
inessive traumassanne traumoissanne
elative traumastanne traumoistanne
illative traumaanne traumoihinne
adessive traumallanne traumoillanne
ablative traumaltanne traumoiltanne
allative traumallenne traumoillenne
essive traumananne traumoinanne
translative traumaksenne traumoiksenne
abessive traumattanne traumoittanne
instructive
comitative traumoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative traumansa traumansa
accusative nom. traumansa traumansa
gen. traumansa
genitive traumansa traumojensa
traumainsa rare
partitive traumaansa traumojaan
traumojansa
inessive traumassaan
traumassansa
traumoissaan
traumoissansa
elative traumastaan
traumastansa
traumoistaan
traumoistansa
illative traumaansa traumoihinsa
adessive traumallaan
traumallansa
traumoillaan
traumoillansa
ablative traumaltaan
traumaltansa
traumoiltaan
traumoiltansa
allative traumalleen
traumallensa
traumoilleen
traumoillensa
essive traumanaan
traumanansa
traumoinaan
traumoinansa
translative traumakseen
traumaksensa
traumoikseen
traumoiksensa
abessive traumattaan
traumattansa
traumoittaan
traumoittansa
instructive
comitative traumoineen
traumoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, wound).

Pronunciation

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. (medicine) trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)
  2. (psychology and psychoanalysis, elliptical use for trauma psychique) psychic trauma
    Synonym: traumatisme psychique

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. an emotional wound
  2. (medicine) trauma; serious physical injury

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: trau‧ma

Noun

trauma

  1. trauma:
    1. an event that causes great distress.
    2. (psychology, psychiatry) an emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
    3. (surgery) any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
      Synonym: rudapaksa

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

trauma (plural traumas)

  1. trauma

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtraw.ma/
  • Rhymes: -awma
  • Hyphenation: tràu‧ma

Noun

trauma m (plural traumi)

  1. trauma

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

trauma n (definite singular traumaet, indefinite plural trauma, definite plural traumaa)

  1. alternative form of traume

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

trauma n

  1. definite plural of traume

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtraw.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awma
  • Syllabification: trau‧ma

Noun

trauma f

  1. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)
    Synonym: uraz
  2. (psychology) trauma (emotional wound)

Declension

adjectives
nouns
verb

Further reading

  • trauma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • trauma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -awmɐ
  • Hyphenation: trau‧ma

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. trauma (emotional wound)
  2. trauma (event that causes great distress)
  3. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)
    Synonym: traumatismo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trǎuma/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧u‧ma

Noun

tràuma f (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ума)

  1. trauma

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾauma/
  • Rhymes: -auma
  • Syllabification: trau‧ma

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, wound, damage).

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. (medicine, psychology) trauma
  2. injury; harm
    Synonym: traumatismo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

trauma

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

trauma n

  1. a psychological trauma
  2. (medicine) a physical trauma

Declension

References