See also: náusea and nàusea

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, sea-sickness), from ναῦς (naûs, ship), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɔːzɪə/, /ˈnɔːsɪə/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɔzi.ə/, /ˈnɔsi.ə/, /ˈnɔʒə/, /ˈnɔʃə/
  • (US, cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /ˈnɑzi.ə/, /ˈnɑsi.ə/, /ˈnɑʒə/, /ˈnɑʃə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːziə
  • Hyphenation: nau‧sea

Noun edit

nausea (countable and uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)

  1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
  2. Strong dislike or disgust.
  3. Motion sickness.

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Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
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Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, seasickness), from ναῦς (naûs, ship).

Noun edit

nausea f (plural nausee)

  1. nausea
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

nausea

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

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía).

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Noun edit

nausea f (genitive nauseae); first declension

  1. nausea
  2. seasickness
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nausea nauseae
Genitive nauseae nauseārum
Dative nauseae nauseīs
Accusative nauseam nauseās
Ablative nauseā nauseīs
Vocative nausea nauseae
Descendants edit
  • English: nausea
  • French: nausée, noise
  • Italian: nausea
  • Portuguese: náusea
  • Spanish: náusea
  • Catalan: nàusea

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

nauseā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of nauseō

References edit

  • nausea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nausea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nausea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette