trauma (countable and uncountable, pluraltraumasortraumata)
Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
An event that causes great distress.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Japanese: トラウマ
Translations
References
“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
Murata, Tamura, matura
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greekτραῦμα(traûma).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈtɾaw.mə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈtɾaw.ma]
Noun
traumam (pluraltraumes)
trauma
Derived terms
traumatitzar
Related terms
traumàtic
Further reading
“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
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanTrauma, from Ancient Greekτραῦμᾰ(traûma, “wound”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈtrau̯ma]
Noun
trauman
trauma
Declension
Related terms
References
Further reading
trauma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
trauma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greekτραῦμᾰ(traûma, “wound”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
“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
maarut, murtaa
French
Etymology
From the Ancient Greekτραῦμᾰ(traûma, “wound”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʁo.ma/
Noun
traumam (pluraltraumas)
(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
trauma acoustique
trauma auditif
trauma parodontal
trauma psychique
trauma sonore
Further reading
“trauma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greekτραῦμα(traûma, “wound, damage”).
Noun
traumam (pluraltraumas)
an emotional wound
(medicine)trauma; serious physical injury
Related terms
traumático
traumatismo
traumatizar
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutchtrauma, from Ancient Greekτραῦμα(traûma, “wound, damage”).
(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
Related terms
Further reading
“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
Noun
trauma (pluraltraumas)
trauma
Related terms
traumatic
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greekτραῦμα(traûma, “wound, damage”).