coprolalia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coprolalie, coined by French neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1885. Equivalent to copro- +‎ -lalia.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑpɹəˈleɪliə/

Noun

coprolalia (countable and uncountable, plural coprolalias)

1. (psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.

Derived terms

• coprolalic

Translations

uncontrolled use of obscenity

• Czech: koprolálie (cs) f
• Dutch: coprolalie (nl) f
• Finnish: koprolalia
• French: coprolalie (fr) f
• German: Koprolalie (de) f
• Japanese: 汚言症 (ogenshō), コプロラリア (kopuroraria)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: копролали́я (ru) f (koprolalíja)
• Spanish: coprolalia (es) f
• Swedish: koprolali c

See also

• coprographia
• copropraxia

Spanish

Noun

coprolalia f (plural coprolalias)

1. coprolalia

Further reading

• “coprolalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014