coma

See also comma

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkəʊmə/, X-SAMPA: /"k@Um@/
• (US) enPR: kōʹmə, IPA: /ˈkoʊmə/, X-SAMPA: /"koUm@/
• Homophone: comber (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma (plural comas)

1. A state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

Translations

Deep sleep

• Arabic: غيبوبة (ar) (ghibuuba) f
• Bulgarian: кома (bg) (kóma) f 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 昏迷 (cmn) (hūnmí), 昏睡 (cmn) (hūnshuì)

• Czech: bezvědomí (cs) n, kóma (cs) n
• Danish: koma (da)
• Dutch: coma (nl) f
• Finnish: kooma (fi), tajuttomuus (fi)
• French: coma (fr) m
• German: Koma (de) n
• Greek: κώμα (el) (kóma) n , λήθαργος (el) (líthargos) m  (means "deep sleep" but it's better translated as "lethargy")
• Hebrew: תרדמת (he) (tardemet) f
• Icelandic: dá (is) n, svefndá (is) n, dauðadá (is) n

• Italian: coma (it) f
• Japanese: 昏睡 (ja) (こんすい, konsui)
• Korean: 혼수 (ko) (honsu) (昏睡 (ko))
• Polish: śpiączka (pl) f, koma (pl) f
• Portuguese: coma (pt) m
• Romanian: comă (ro) f
• Russian: кома (ru) (kóma) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кома (sh) f

  Roman: koma (sh) f

• Slovak: bezvedomie (sk) n, kóma (sk) f
• Spanish: coma (es) m
• Swedish: koma (sv)
• Turkish: koma (tr)

Etymology 2

From Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (komē, “hair”).

Noun

coma (plural comae)

1. (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet
2. (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points
3. 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.

Translations

Cloud surrounding comet nucleus

• Bulgarian: глава (bg) (glava) f 
• Finnish: huntu (fi), koma (fi)
• French: chevelure (fr) f, coma (fr) f
• German: Koma (de) f

• Greek: ουρά (el) f (ourá) (means also "tail"), κόμη (el) f (kómi) (means also "hair"), χαίτη (el) f (chaíti) (means also "mane")
• Polish: koma (pl) f

Anagrams

• camo

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Dutch

Noun

coma n (plural coma's)

1. coma (state of unconsciousness)

Noun

coma f (plural coma's, diminutive comaatje)

1. coma (head of a comet)

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French

Noun

coma m (plural comas)

1. coma (state of unconciousness)

Derived terms

• comater
• comateux

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Galician

Verb

coma

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of comer
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma f (plural coma)

1. coma (sleep)

Anagrams

• moca

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμη (komē, “hair of the head”)

Noun

coma (genitive comae); f, first declension

1. The hair of the head.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	coma	comae
genitive	comae	comārum
dative	comae	comīs
accusative	comam	comās
ablative	comā	comīs
vocative	coma	comae

Synonyms

• crīnis

Derived terms

• comātus
• comula

Descendants

Albanian: komë Aromanian: coamã English: coma Italian: coma

Portuguese: coma Romanian: coamă Spanish: coma

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkomɐ/
• Hyphenation: co‧ma

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma m (plural comas)

1. coma, state of unconsciousness

Etymology 2

From Latin coma.

Noun

coma f (plural comas)

1. abundant hair of the head
2. mane
3. (astronomy) comet coma

Synonyms

• cabeleira

See also

• crina

Etymology 3

Verb

coma

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of comer
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of comer
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of comer
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of comer

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

• IPA: /ˈko.mə/

Adjective

coma

1. 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!
2. reckless, careless

Derived terms

• coma-co-dhiù

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkoma/

Etymology 1

From Latin comma.

Noun

coma f (plural comas)

1. comma
2. (church) misericord
3. (music) section

Related terms

• punto y coma

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kōma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma f (plural comas)

1. coma

Etymology 3

From Latin coma.

Noun

coma f (plural comas)

1. (rare) mane

Synonyms

• crin

Etymology 4

Verb

coma (infinitive comer)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of comer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of comer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of comer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of comer.