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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα ( traûma , “ wound, damage ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
trauma (countable and uncountable , plural traumas or traumata )
Any serious injury to the body , often resulting from violence or an accident .
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.
An event that causes great distress .
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
serious injury to the body
Arabic: إِصَابَة f ( ʔiṣāba )
Armenian: վնասվածք (hy) ( vnasvackʻ )
Azerbaijani: zədə , travma
Belarusian: тра́ўма f ( tráŭma ) , ра́на f ( rána )
Bengali: আঘাত (bn) ( aghat )
Bulgarian: тра́вма f ( trávma ) , ра́на (bg) f ( rána )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 負傷 / 负伤 (zh) ( fùshāng ) , 損傷 / 损伤 (zh) ( sǔnshāng ) , 外傷 / 外伤 (zh) ( wàishāng ) , 創傷 / 创伤 (zh) ( chuāngshāng )
Czech: trauma (cs) n , úraz (cs) m
Dutch: trauma (nl) n
Esperanto: traŭmato
Finnish: vamma (fi) , ruumiinvamma (fi) ; trauma (fi) ( medical profession jargon )
French: traumatisme (fr) m , trauma (fr) m
Galician: trauma (gl) f , traumatismo (gl) m
Georgian: ტრავმა (ka) ( ṭravma )
German: Trauma (de) n
Greek: τραύμα (el) n ( trávma )
Hebrew: טְרָאוּמָה (he) f ( trá'uma )
Hindi: आघात (hi) m ( āghāt )
Hungarian: trauma (hu) , sérülés (hu) , seb (hu) , sebesülés (hu)
Indonesian: trauma (id)
Italian: trauma (it) m
Japanese: 外傷 (ja) ( がいしょう, gaishō ) , 損傷 (ja) ( そんしょう, sonshō )
Kazakh: жарақат ( jaraqat )
Korean: 외상(外傷) ( oesang ) , 손상(損傷) (ko) ( sonsang )
Kyrgyz: жаракат (ky) ( jarakat )
Macedonian: траума f ( trauma )
Maori: ngaukino , pāmamaetanga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гэмтэл (mn) ( gemtel )
Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠮᠲᠦᠯ ( gemtül )
Persian: ضربت (fa) ( zarbat ) , ضربه (fa) ( zarbe ) , آسیب (fa) ( âsib ) , جراحت (fa) ( jerâhat )
Polish: uraz (pl) m , trauma (pl)
Portuguese: traumatismo (pt) m
Romanian: traumatism (ro) n
Russian: тра́вма (ru) f ( trávma ) , ра́на (ru) f ( rána ) ( w )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тра̀ума f
Roman: tràuma (sh) f
Slovak: trauma f , úraz m , zranenie n
Slovene: travma f , poškodba (sl) f
Spanish: traumatismo (es) m
Tajik: осеб (tg) ( oseb ) , ҷароҳат ( jarohat )
Tatar: җәрәхәт (tt) ( cäräxät )
Turkish: travma (tr) , sakatlık (tr)
Ukrainian: тра́вма (uk) f ( trávma ) , ра́на f ( rána )
Uyghur: جاراھەت ( jarahet )
Uzbek: travma (uz) , yara (uz) , jarohat (uz)
Vietnamese: chấn thương
emotional wound
Afrikaans: trauma
Arabic: صَدْمَةٌ عَاطِفِيَّة f ( ṣadmatun ʕāṭifiyya )
Belarusian: тра́ўма f ( tráŭma ) , ра́на f ( rána )
Bikol Central: raya (bcl)
Bulgarian: тра́вма f ( trávma )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 陰影 / 阴影 ( jam1 jing2 ) ( informal ) , 精神 創傷 / 精神 创伤 ( zing1 san4 cong3 soeng1 ) ( formal )
Mandarin: 精神 創傷 / 精神 创伤 ( jīngshén chuāngshāng ) , 心理 陰影 / 心理 阴影 ( xīnlǐ yīnyǐng )
Czech: trauma (cs) n
Dutch: trauma (nl) n
Esperanto: traŭmato
Finnish: trauma (fi)
French: traumatisme (fr)
Galician: trauma (gl) f
Georgian: ტრავმა (ka) ( ṭravma )
German: Trauma (de) n
Hebrew: טְרָאוּמָה (he) f ( trá'uma )
Hungarian: trauma (hu) , megrázkódtatás (hu)
Indonesian: trauma (id)
Italian: trauma (it) m
Japanese: トラウマ (ja) ( torauma ) , 心的 外傷 ( しんてきがいしょう, shinteki gaishō ) , 心の傷 ( こころのきず, kokoro no kizu )
Korean: 정신적 외상 (精神的外傷) ( jeongsinjeok oesang )
Maori: whētuki , ngaukino
Polish: trauma (pl) f , uraz psychiczny m
Portuguese: trauma (pt) m
Romanian: traumă (ro) f
Russian: тра́вма (ru) f ( trávma ) , ра́на (ru) f ( rána )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тра̀ума f
Roman: tràuma (sh) f
Spanish: trauma (es) m
Turkish: sarsıntı (tr) , travma (tr)
Ukrainian: тра́вма (uk) f ( trávma ) , ра́на f ( rána )
Translations to be checked
References
“trauma ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
trauma in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary , edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
“trauma ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
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Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα ( traûma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
trauma m (plural traumes )
trauma
Derived terms
Further reading
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Trauma , from Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ ( traûma , “ wound ” ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
trauma n
trauma
Declension
Declension of trauma (ma-stem neuter )
References
^ 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/
Hyphenation: trau‧ma
Noun
trauma n (plural trauma's or traumata , diminutive traumaatje n )
trauma
Derived terms
Descendants
Finnish
Etymology
< Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ ( traûma , “ wound ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
trauma
trauma
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ ( traûma , “ wound ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
trauma m (plural traumas )
( medicine ) trauma ( a localised injury produced by an external action )
( 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 )
an emotional wound
( medicine ) trauma ; serious physical injury
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch trauma , from Ancient Greek τραῦμα ( traûma , “ wound, damage ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: trau‧ma
Noun
trauma
trauma :
an event that causes great distress.
( psychology , psychiatry ) an emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
( surgery ) any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
Synonym: rudapaksa
Further reading
Interlingua
Noun
trauma (plural traumas )
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 )
trauma
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
trauma n (definite singular traumaet , indefinite plural trauma , definite plural traumaa )
alternative form of traume
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
trauma n
definite plural of traume
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English trauma , from Ancient Greek τραῦμα ( traûma ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtraw.ma/
Rhymes: -awma
Syllabification: trau‧ma
Noun
trauma f
( medicine ) trauma ( serious injury to the body )
Synonym: uraz
( psychology ) trauma ( emotional wound )
Declension
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 )
trauma ( emotional wound )
trauma ( event that causes great distress )
( 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 )
trauma
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtɾauma/
Rhymes: -auma
Syllabification: trau‧ma
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραῦμα ( traûma , “ wound, damage ” ) .
Noun
trauma m (plural traumas )
( medicine , psychology ) trauma
injury ; harm
Synonym: traumatismo
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
trauma
inflection of traumar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Anagrams
Swedish
Noun
trauma n
a psychological trauma
( medicine ) a physical trauma
Declension
References