trauma
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɔː.mə/, /ˈtɹaʊ.mə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɔ.mə/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒ.mə/
- (cot–caught merger, father-bother merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɑ.mə/
- Rhymes: -ɔːmə, -aʊmə
Noun edit
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[1]:
- 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 edit
- atelectrauma
- barotrauma
- biotrauma
- dialytrauma
- geotrauma
- macrotrauma
- microtrauma
- monotrauma
- multitrauma
- myotrauma
- neurotrauma
- nontrauma
- oxytrauma
- phonotrauma
- polytrauma
- posttrauma
- psychotrauma
- rape trauma syndrome
- rheotrauma
- suspension trauma
- trauma centre
- traumacore
- trauma dump
- trauma dumping
- trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy
- traumagenic
- trauma incidence reduction
- trauma-informed
- traumaless
- trauma naked
- trauma plate
- traumascape
- trauma scissors
- trauma shears
- traumatic
- traumatise/traumatize
- traumatism
- traumatology
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: トラウマ
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References edit
- “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.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trauma m (plural traumes)
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Further reading edit
- “trauma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “trauma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “trauma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “trauma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trauma n
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References edit
- ^ "trauma" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
trauma n (plural trauma's or traumata, diminutive traumaatje n)
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Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: trauma
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trauma
Declension edit
Inflection of trauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | trauma | traumat | ||
genitive | trauman | traumojen | ||
partitive | traumaa | traumoja | ||
illative | traumaan | traumoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | trauma | traumat | ||
accusative | nom. | trauma | traumat | |
gen. | trauman | |||
genitive | trauman | traumojen traumainrare | ||
partitive | traumaa | traumoja | ||
inessive | traumassa | traumoissa | ||
elative | traumasta | traumoista | ||
illative | traumaan | traumoihin | ||
adessive | traumalla | traumoilla | ||
ablative | traumalta | traumoilta | ||
allative | traumalle | traumoille | ||
essive | traumana | traumoina | ||
translative | traumaksi | traumoiksi | ||
abessive | traumatta | traumoitta | ||
instructive | — | traumoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “trauma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- “trauma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Noun edit
trauma m (plural traumas)
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trauma (first-person possessive traumaku, second-person possessive traumamu, third-person possessive traumanya)
- 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
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Further reading edit
- “trauma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
trauma (plural traumas)
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trauma m (plural traumi)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
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trauma n (definite singular traumaet, indefinite plural trauma, definite plural traumaa)
- alternative form of traume
Etymology 2 edit
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trauma n
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).
Pronunciation edit
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trauma f
- (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)
- Synonym: uraz
- (psychology) trauma (emotional wound)
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Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -awmɐ
- Hyphenation: trau‧ma
Noun edit
trauma m (plural traumas)
- trauma (emotional wound)
- trauma (event that causes great distress)
- (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)
- Synonym: traumatismo
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tràuma f (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ума)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Noun edit
trauma m (plural traumas)
- (medicine, psychology) trauma
- injury; harm
- Synonym: traumatismo
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
trauma
- inflection of traumar:
Further reading edit
- “trauma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
trauma n
Declension edit
Declension of trauma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | trauma | traumat | trauman | traumana |
Genitive | traumas | traumats | traumans | traumanas |
Related terms edit
- traumatisera (“traumatize”)
- traumatisk (“traumatic”)