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Is nausea a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nausea is a Scrabble US word. The word nausea is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is nausea a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nausea is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

N1A1U1S1E1A1

Is nausea a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nausea is a Words With Friends word. The word nausea is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

NAUSEA,

5-letter words (4 found)

ANSAE,AUNES,SAUNA,USNEA,

4-letter words (13 found)

ANAS,ANES,ANSA,ANUS,ASEA,AUAS,AUNE,EANS,EAUS,NAES,SANE,SEAN,SENA,

3-letter words (22 found)

AAS,ANA,ANE,ANS,AUA,AUE,EAN,EAS,EAU,ENS,NAE,NAS,NUS,SAE,SAN,SAU,SEA,SEN,SUE,SUN,UNS,USE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AE,AN,AS,EA,EN,ES,NA,NE,NU,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from nausea according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nausea

nausea

Etymology

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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɔːzɪə/, /ˈnɔːsɪə/
  • (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

nausea (countable and uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)

  1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
  2. Strong dislike or disgust.
  3. Motion sickness.

Derived terms

  • nauseate
  • nauseous

Related terms

  • ad nauseam
  • nautical

Translations

Further reading

  • nausea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaw.ze.a/
  • Rhymes: -awzea
  • Hyphenation: nàu‧se‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “seasickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).

Noun

nausea f (plural nausee)

  1. nausea
Derived terms
  • nausea mattutina
  • nauseabondo / nauseante
  • nauseare
  • nauseato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nausea

  1. inflection of nauseare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía).

Alternative forms

  • nausia

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.se.a/, [ˈnäu̯s̠eä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.se.a/, [ˈnäːu̯seä]

Noun

nausea f (genitive nauseae); first declension

  1. nausea
  2. seasickness
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • → English: nausea
  • → French: nausée, noise
  • → Italian: nausea
  • → Portuguese: náusea
  • → Spanish: náusea
  • → Catalan: nàusea

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nauseā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of nauseō

References

  • “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.

Source: wiktionary.org