delirium

See also Delirium, and delírium

English

Etymology

From the Latin dēlīrium (“derangement”, “madness”), from dēlīrō (“I am deranged”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: dĭlĭʹrĭəm, IPA: /dɪˈlɪɹɪəm/, X-SAMPA: /dI"lIr\I@m/

Noun

delirium (plural deliriums or deliria)

1. A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

Related terms

Related terms

deliracy delirament delirancy delirant delirate

delirating deliration delire deliring delirement

deliriant deliriate delirifacient delirious deliriously

deliriousness delirium tremens delirous delirousness deliry

Translations

mental state of confusion

• Armenian: զառանցանք (hy) (zaṙanc’ank’), ցնորք (hy) (c’nork’)
• Asturian: deliriu
• Basque: eldarnio (eu), zoraldi (eu), zorabio (eu)
• Bulgarian: делир (bg) (delir)
• Catalan: deliri (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 譫妄 (cmn), 谵妄 (cmn) (zhānwàng), 神志昏迷 (cmn) (shénzhì hūnmí)

• Czech: delirium (cs) n
• Dutch: delier (nl) n, delirium (nl) n
• Finnish: houretila (fi)
• French: délire (fr) m
• German: Delirium (de) n, Fieberphantasie (de) n, Taumel (de) m
• Greek: παραλήρημα (el) (paralírima) n

• Hebrew: טירוף
• Hungarian: delírium (hu)
• Italian: delirio (it) m
• Japanese: せん妄 (ja) (せんもう, senmō)
• Maori: kutukutuahi (mi), ngutungutuahi (mi)
• Polish: majaczenie n, delirium n
• Portuguese: delírio (pt) m
• Romanian: delir (ro) n
• Romansch: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: делирий (ru) (delirij), бред (ru) (bred), горячка (ru) (gorjachka)
• Scottish Gaelic: breisleach m, boile f, mearan m, bruaillean m
• Slovak: delírium (sk)
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: delirio (es) m
• Turkish: sayıklama (tr)

See also

• Delirium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “delirium” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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Latin

Etymology

From dēlīrō (“I deviate from the straight track; I am deranged”), from dē (“from, away from, out of”) + līra (“the earth thrown up between two furrows; a ridge, track, furrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /deːˈliː.ri.um/

Noun

dēlīrium (genitive dēlīriī); n, second declension

1. delirium, madness, frenzy
   • c. 47 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.7.28

     […] aut qui febre aeque non quiescente simul et delirio et spirandi difficultate vexatur […]

     […] or when, likewise without the fever subsiding, he is distressed at once by delirium and difficulty in breathing […]

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dēlīrium	dēlīria
genitive	dēlīriī	dēlīriōrum
dative	dēlīriō	dēlīriīs
accusative	dēlīrium	dēlīria
ablative	dēlīriō	dēlīriīs
vocative	dēlīrium	dēlīria

Synonyms

• (madness): dēlīrātiō, dēlīritās

Related terms

dēlīrāmentum dēlīrātiō dēlīritās

dēlīrō dēlīrus

Descendants

Asturian: deliriu Bulgarian: делир Catalan: deliri Czech: delirium Danish: delirium Dutch: delier, delirium English: delirium

Esperanto: deliro Estonian: deliirium Finnish: delirium French: délire, delirium German: Delirium Hungarian: delírium Ido: deliro

Interlingua: delirio Italian: delirio Kurdish: delîriyûm Norwegian: delirium, dille Polish: delirium Portuguese: delírio Romanian: delir

Russian: делирий Serbo-Croatian: делиријум, delirijum Slovak: delírium Spanish: delirio, delírium Swedish: delirium Turkish: deliriyum

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin dēlīrium, from dēlīrō (“I am deranged”), from dē (“from, away from, out of”) + līra (“the earth thrown up between two furrows; a ridge, track, furrow”).

Noun

delirium n

1. delirium

Declension

    declension of delirium

	singular	plural
nominative	delirium	deliria
genitive	delirium	deliriów
dative	delirium	deliriom
accusative	delirium	deliria
instrumental	delirium	deliriami
locative	delirium	deliriach
vocative	delirium	deliria

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Swedish

Noun

delirium n

1. delirium

Declension

Declension of delirium

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delirium	deliriet	delirier	delirierna
genitive	deliriums	deliriets	deliriers	deliriernas