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coma

See also: čoma, čomā, and cơ mà

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

NounEdit

coma (plural comas)

  1. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
    go into a coma
    slip into a coma
    come out of a coma
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

 
Hubble image of an icy Comet, showing nucleus and coma
 
In this image the stars near the edge of the field form comae because of the comatic aberration of the wide-angle lens
 
In each of these trees the branches form a well-defined coma
 
In this turmeric plant, the tuft of magenta bracts form a coma
 
Each of these milkweed seeds has a coma of silky hairs at one end

NounEdit

coma (plural comae)

  1. (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
  2. (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
  3. (botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
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AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

coma

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

NounEdit

coma m (plural comes)

  1. coma (deep sleep)
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

NounEdit

coma f (plural comes)

  1. comma (punctuation mark)
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Etymology 3Edit

From Gaulish *kumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”). Compare Occitan comba, French combe.

NounEdit

coma f (plural comes)

  1. combe, cirque
    Synonym: circ
  2. an alpine meadow situated between two peaks
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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).

NounEdit

coma n (plural coma's)

  1. coma (state of unconsciousness)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).

NounEdit

coma f (plural coma's, diminutive comaatje n)

  1. coma (head of a comet)

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin cōma, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

coma m (plural comas)

  1. coma (state of unconsciousness)
    • 1825, Etienne-Marin Bailly, Traité anatomico-pathologique des fièvres intermittentes simples et pernicieuses:
      Le coma suivi de symptômes convulsifs, est moins dangereux que lorsqu'il leur succède, à moins que dans ce dernier cas il soit nerveux, et que le malade se réveille facilement, on exécute, sinon des mouvements volontaires, au moins des mouvements automatiques.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

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DescendantsEdit

  • → Turkish: koma

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GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

coma

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

coma (uncountable)

  1. coma

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɔma
  • Hyphenation: cò‧ma

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).

NounEdit

coma f (plural come)

  1. (literary, obsolete) Synonym of chioma
  2. (optics, uncountable) coma

Further readingEdit

  • coma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

NounEdit

coma m (plural comi)

  1. (typography) Alternative form of comma (“punctuation mark”)

Further readingEdit

  • coma2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

NounEdit

coma m (invariable)

  1. coma (deep sleep)
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Further readingEdit

  • coma3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

AnagramsEdit

LadinEdit

NounEdit

coma f (plural comes)

  1. (Val di Fassa, law) subsection
  2. (Val di Fassa, orthography) comma
    Synonym: vìrgola

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

coma f (genitive comae); first declension

  1. The hair of the head.
    Synonym: crīnis
  2. foliage

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coma comae
Genitive comae comārum
Dative comae comīs
Accusative comam comās
Ablative comā comīs
Vocative coma comae

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DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “coma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “coma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “coma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: co‧ma

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

NounEdit

coma m (plural comas)

  1. coma, state of unconsciousness
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin coma.

NounEdit

coma f (plural comas)

  1. abundant hair of the head
    Synonym: cabeleira
  2. mane
  3. (astronomy) comet coma

See alsoEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

NounEdit

coma f (plural comas)

  1. (archaic, grammar) comma
  2. (music) comma
  3. (music) eighth rest

Etymology 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

coma

  1. inflection of comer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *kom-smiyo-, from *kom (“beside, with, by”) + *sem- (“one, as one”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

coma

  1. indifferent, unconcerned
    Tha e coma. ― He couldn't care less.
    'S mi a tha coma dè thachras. ― I don't give a damn what happens.
    Coma de sin! ― Never mind that! Forget that!
    Is coma sin ― It doesn't matter.
  2. reckless, careless
  3. or expressing dislike or even hate when used with le
    Is coma leam thu ― I hate you.
    Is coma leis an rìgh Eòghann agus is coma le Eòghann co-dhiù ― The king doesn't like Eòghann, but Eòghann doesn't care whether the king likes him or not.

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MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coma choma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoma/ [ˈko.ma]
  • Rhymes: -oma
  • Syllabification: co‧ma

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin comma.

NounEdit

coma f (plural comas)

  1. comma
  2. (church) misericord
  3. (music) section
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

NounEdit

coma m (plural comas)

  1. coma (deep sleep)
Related termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Latin coma[1].

NounEdit

coma f (plural comas)

  1. (rare) mane
    Synonym: crin

Etymology 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

coma

  1. inflection of comer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English comma.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

coma m (plural comas)

  1. comma
    Synonym: atalnod

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
coma goma nghoma choma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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