fatigue

See also fatigué

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French fatiguer, from Latin fatigare (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fəˈtiːɡ/, SAMPA: /f@"ti:g/

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Noun

fatigue (plural fatigues)

1. A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
2. A menial task, especially in the military.
3. A type of material failure due to cumulative effects of cyclic loading.
   • 2002, Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, page 46

     The SPS design will remove the sources of stress concentrations and will reduce the effects of initiations of cracks and fatigues

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:fatigue

Derived terms

• fatigues (military work clothing)

Translations

weariness

Arabic: إرهاق (ar) (ʾirhāq) m., تعب (ar) (táʿab) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 疲勞 (zh), 疲劳 (zh) (píláo), 倦怠 (zh) (juàndài), 乏力 (zh) (fálì) Czech: únava (cs) f. Danish: udmatning (da) c. Finnish: väsymys (fi), uupumus (fi) French: fatigue (fr) f. German: Müdigkeit (de) f., Ermüdung (de) f., Schlappheit (de) f., Überdruss (de) m., Erschöpfung (de) f. Greek: κόπος (el) (kópos) m., κούραση (el) (koúrasi) f., καταπόνηση (el) (katapónisi) f.

Hindi: थकान (hi) (thakān) f. Italian: stanchezza (it) f., fatica (it), stanchezza (it), affaticamento (it) Japanese: 疲労 (ja) (ひろう, hirō), 疲れ (ja) (つかれ, tsukare) Polish: zmęczenie (pl) n. Romanian: extenuare (ro) f., oboseală (ro) f. Russian: усталость (ru) (ustálost') f., утомление (ru) (utomlénije) n. Spanish: fatiga (es) f. Swedish: utmattning c. Tagalog: pagod (tl)

menial task, especially in military

Greek: αγγαρεία (el) (angareía) f. Italian: corvé (it) m.

Romanian: corvadă (ro) f.

material failure due to cyclic loading

Finnish: väsymisvaurio (fi) German: Ermüdung (de) f. Greek: φθορά (el) (fthorá) f.

Italian: usura (it), fatica (it), logorio (it) Polish: zmęczenie (pl) n.

Verb

fatigue (third-person singular simple present fatigues, present participle fatiguing, simple past and past participle fatigued)

1. (transitive) to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
2. (intransitive) to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted

Related terms

• fatigable
• indefatigable

Translations

to tire or make weary

Finnish: väsyttää (fi), uuvuttaa (fi) German: ermüden (de) Greek: καταπονώ (el) (kataponó), κουράζω (el) (kourázo)

Romanian: extenua (ro) Tagalog: mapagod (tl)

to lose strength or energy

Arabic: تعب (ar) (tá`iba) Chinese: Mandarin: 疲勞 (cmn), 疲勞 (cmn) (píláo) Finnish: väsyä (fi), uupua (fi)

Greek: εξαντλούμαι (el) (exantloúmai), κουράζομαι (el) (kourázomai) Japanese: 疲れる (ja) (つかれる, tsukareru) Russian: (perfective) устать (ru) (ustát'), (imperfective) уставать (ru) (ustavát') Tagalog: mapagod (tl)

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Serbo-Croatian: slabost (1), nesvjestica (2)

French: fatiguer

External links

• fatigue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fatigue in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fa.tiɡ/

Noun

fatigue f. (plural fatigues)

1. fatigue, weariness

Related terms

• fatigué

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Spanish

Verb

fatigue (infinitive fatigar)

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