ad nauseam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), form of nausea.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/
Audio (US) (file)
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/
(Northern Cities Vowel Shift) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/

Adverb

ad nauseam (not comparable)

To a nauseating or sickening degree.
Having been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.
A drunk person was repeating the same old story ad nauseam.

Translations

to a sickening degree

Dutch: ad nauseam
Finnish: kyllästymiseen saakka
French: ad nauseam (fr)
German: bis zum Geht-nicht-mehr (de)
Greek: κατὰ κόρον (katὰ kóron)
Hebrew: עַד לְזָרָא‎ ('ad lezará)

Icelandic: up að flökurleika; að flökurleika; svo oft að manni býður við því; svo oft að manni þyki meira en nóg um
Italian: ad oltranza, fino allo sfinimento
Latin: ad nauseam
Portuguese: ad nauseam
Spanish: ad náuseam, hasta la náusea
Swedish: till leda (sv)

See also

ad libitum

Portuguese

Adverb

ad nauseam (not comparable)

ad nauseam (being repeated too often)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.