collapse

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Etymology

From Latin collapsus (past participle of collabi)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æps

Verb

collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)

1. (intransitive) To fall down suddenly; to cave in
2. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown
3. (intransitive) To fold compactly
4. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
5. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.

   Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.

6. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint

   The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.

Translations

to fall down suddenly; to cave in

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: срутвам се (bg) (srutvam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倒坍 (cmn) (dǎotān) (building), 崩潰 (cmn), 崩溃 (cmn) (bēngkuì), 崩落 (cmn) (bēngluò) (scree slope), 虛脫 (cmn), 虚脱 (cmn) (xūtuō) (person - exhaustion, loss of blood, etc.)

• Czech: spadnout (cs), zhroutit se (cs)
• Dutch: instorten (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sortua (fi), romahtaa (fi), luhistua (fi), lyyhistyä (fi)
• French: s'effondrer (fr)
• Georgian: ჩამონგრევა (ka) (č'amongreva) 
• German: einstürzen (de), kollabieren (de)
• Greek: καταρρέω (el) (katarréo) , καταπίπτω (el) (katapípto) , σωριάζομαι (el) (soriázomai) 

• Italian: collassare (it), crollare (it)
• Japanese: 潰える (ja) (ついえる; tsuieru), 崩壊する (ja) (ほうかいする, hōkai suru)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕوخان (ku) (RookhAndin)

• Persian: افتادن، فرو ربختن (fa)
• Polish: zapadać się (pl)
• Portuguese: desabar (pt), ruir (pt), desmoronar (pt)
• Romanian: prăbuși (ro)
• Russian: разрушаться (ru) (razrušát'sja)  impf., разрушиться (ru) (razrúšit'sja)  pf.; обваливаться (ru) (obválivat'sja)  impf., обвалиться (ru) (obvalít'sja)  pf.; оседать (ru) (osedát')  impf., осесть (ru) (osést')  pf.
• Spanish: derrumbarse (es), desplomarse (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: çökmek (tr)

to cease to function due to a sudden breakdown

• Finnish: romahtaa (fi)
• French: s'effondrer (fr)
• German: zusammenbrechen (de), kollabieren (de)
• Greek: καταρρέω (el) (katarréo) 

• Italian: collassare (it), bloccarsi (it), arrestarsi (it)
• Romanian: prăbușire (ro) f
• Spanish: derrumbarse (es), desplomarse (es)

to fold compactly

• Finnish: luhistua (fi)
• German: einfallen (de)
• Greek: διπλώνω (el) (diplóno) 
• Italian: collassare (it), crollare (it)

• Russian: складываться (ru) (skládyvat'sja)  impf., сложиться (ru) (složít'sja)  pf.; сворачиваться (ru) (svoráčivat'sja)  impf., свернуться (ru) (svernút'sja)  pf.;
• Spanish: colapsar (es)

cricket term

to cause to collapse

• Bulgarian: срутвам (bg) (srutvam)
• Finnish: romauttaa (fi), romahduttaa (fi), purkaa (fi), kaataa (fi)
• Greek: αποσυνθέτω (el) (aposynthéto) , σπάω (el) (spáo) , λύνω (el) (lýno) 

• Italian: far collassare, far crollare
• Russian: складывать (ru) (skládyvat')  impf., сложить (ru) (složít')  pf.; сворачивать (ru) (svoráčivat')  impf., свернуть (ru) (svernút')  pf.;

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: kolapsi
• Hebrew: להתמוטט (le'hitmot'et'), לקרוס (liqros) (1); לקרוס (liqros) (2)
• Old English: drēosan
• Telugu: కుప్పకూలు (kuppakoolu)

Noun

collapse (plural collapses)

1. The act of collapsing
   • 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, BBC Sport:

     The top six are assured of continental competition and after making a statement of intent against Stoke, it would take a dramatic collapse for Newcastle to surrender their place.

2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

Translations

act of collapsing

• Armenian: անկում (hy) (ankum) 
• Bulgarian: срутване (bg) n (srutvane)
• Dutch: ineenstorting (nl) f, instorten (nl) n
• Finnish: romahdus (fi), sortuminen (fi), luhistuminen (fi)
• French: effondrement (fr) m
• German: Kollaps (de) m
• Greek: κατάρρευση (el) (katárrefsi) f , (medicine) λιποθυμία (el) (lipothymía) f 
• Hebrew: התמוטטות (hitmot'et'ut) f, קריסה (qrisa) f

• Italian: collasso m (in medicine), crollo m (material and financial), tracollo (in finance)
• Japanese: 崩壊 (ja) (ほうかい, hōkai)
• Polish: zapaść (pl) f
• Portuguese: desabamento (pt) m, desmoronamento (pt) m, colapso (pt) m
• Romanian: colaps (ro) n
• Russian: обвал (ru) (obvál) m , провал (ru) (provál) , коллапс (ru) (kolláps) m , крушение (ru) (krušénije) n , крах (ru) (krax) m 
• Spanish: colapso (es) m

one-valued function

• Italian: funzione costante, collasso

Anagrams

• escallop

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Latin

Participle

collāpse

1. vocative masculine singular of collāpsus