nausea
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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɔzi.ə/, /ˈnɔsi.ə/, /ˈnɔʒə/, /ˈnɔʃə/
- (US, cot–caught 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)
- A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
- Strong dislike or disgust.
- Motion sickness.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
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strong dislike or disgust
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motion sickness — see motion sickness
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Further reading edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “seasickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).
Noun edit
nausea f (plural nausee)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
nausea
- inflection of nauseare:
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.se.a/, [ˈnäu̯s̠eä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.se.a/, [ˈnäːu̯seä]
Noun edit
nausea f (genitive nauseae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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
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