coma
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈkəʊmə/, X-SAMPA: /"k@Um@/
- (US) enPR: kōʹmə, IPA: /ˈkoʊmə/, X-SAMPA: /"koUm@/
- Homophone: comber (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).
Noun [edit]
coma (plural comas)
Translations [edit]
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (komē, “hair”).
Noun [edit]
coma (plural comae)
- (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet
- (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points
- A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
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Dutch [edit]
Noun [edit]
coma n (plural coma's)
- coma (state of unconsciousness)
Noun [edit]
coma f (plural coma's, diminutive comaatje)
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
coma m (plural comas)
- coma (state of unconciousness)
Derived terms [edit]
Galician [edit]
Verb [edit]
coma
- first-person singular present subjunctive of comer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of comer
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).
Noun [edit]
coma f (plural coma)
- coma (sleep)
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek κόμη (komē, “hair of the head”)
Noun [edit]
coma (genitive comae); f, first declension
- The hair of the head.
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | coma | comae |
| genitive | comae | comārum |
| dative | comae | comīs |
| accusative | comam | comās |
| ablative | comā | comīs |
| vocative | coma | comae |
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Descendants [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkomɐ/
- Hyphenation: co‧ma
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).
Noun [edit]
coma m (plural comas)
- coma, state of unconsciousness
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin coma.
Noun [edit]
coma f (plural comas)
Synonyms [edit]
See also [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
Verb [edit]
coma
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of comer
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of comer
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of comer
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of comer
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *kom-smiyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kom (“beside, with, by”) + Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, as one”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈko.mə/
Adjective [edit]
coma
- indifferent, unconcerned
- Tha e coma.
- He couldn't care less.
- 'S mi a tha coma dè thachras.
- I don't give a damn what happens.
- Coma de sin!
- Never mind that! Forget that!
- Tha e coma.
- reckless, careless
Derived terms [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkoma/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin comma.
Noun [edit]
coma f (plural comas)
- comma
- (church) misericord
- (music) section
Related terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).
Noun [edit]
coma f (plural comas)
Etymology 3 [edit]
From Latin coma.
Noun [edit]
coma f (plural comas)
- (rare) mane
Synonyms [edit]
Etymology 4 [edit]
Verb [edit]
coma (infinitive comer)
- English terms with homophones
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English nouns
- English terms derived from Latin
- en:Astronomy
- en:Optics
- Dutch nouns
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Galician verb forms
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian nouns
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin nouns
- la:Hair
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- pt:Astronomy
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese forms of verbs ending in -er
- Portuguese verb subjunctive forms
- Portuguese verb first-person forms
- Portuguese verb singular forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
- Portuguese verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb imperative forms
- Portuguese verb affirmative forms
- Portuguese verb negative forms
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish nouns
- es:Music
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms with rare senses
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Spanish terms with multiple etymologies