trauma
See also: Trauma
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɔː.mə/, /ˈtɹaʊ.mə/
- Rhymes: -ɔːmə, -aʊmə
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɔ.mə/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒ.mə/
- (cot–caught merger, father-bother merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɑ.mə/
Noun
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:
- 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.
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- An event that causes great distress.
Derived terms
- phonotrauma
- traumatism
- traumatise/traumatize
- trauma incidence reduction
Descendants
- → Japanese: トラウマ
Translations
serious injury to the body
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emotional wound
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event
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Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”) via German Trauma.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtraʊ̯ma/
Declension
Related terms
References
- trauma in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Finnish
Etymology
< Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”).
Declension
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 | |
instructive | — | traumoin | |
abessive | traumatta | traumoitta | |
comitative | — | traumoineen |
French
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûma, “wound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʀoma]
Noun
trauma m (plural traumas)
- (medicine) trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)
- (psychology and psychoanalysis, elliptical use for trauma psychique) psychic trauma
Synonyms
- (psychic trauma): traumatisme psychique
Derived terms
- trauma acoustique
- trauma auditif
- trauma parodontal
- trauma psychique
- trauma sonore
References
- “trauma” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɾa̠w.ma̠]
Derived terms
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