lumbago

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See also: Lumbago and lumbágó

English[edit]

An illustration of a person experiencing lumbago.

Etymology[edit]

The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō (backache of the lumbar region), from Late Latin lumbus (lumbar), Latin lumbus (loin)[1] (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (loins)) + -āgō (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants).

The verb is derived from the noun.[2]

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lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos) (pathology, also attributively)

  1. (uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
    Synonyms: low back pain, (abbreviation) LBP
    • 1935, Francis Beeding [pseudonym; John Palmer], chapter VII, in The Norwich Victims, London: Arcturus Publishing, published 2013, →ISBN, →OL, section 2:
      Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.
    • 1953, Gilbert Ryle, “Dilemma VII: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, published 1954 (1987 printing), →ISBN, page 105:
      We may imagine an athletics coach with a scientific training researching into the physiology and the psychology of runners. [...] He finds out the effects of fatigue, of alcohol, of tobacco, of lumbago and of depression upon their performances.
  2. (countable) An episode of such backache.

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Verb[edit]

lumbago (third-person singular simple present lumbagos, present participle lumbagoing, simple past and past participle lumbagoed)

  1. (transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ lumbago, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1903; “lumbago, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ lumbago, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1903.

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French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō.

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Noun[edit]

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

  1. (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)
    • 1946, Yves Gandon, Le métier d'homme:
      Firmin souffrait d’un lumbago; il ne pouvait plus «mouveter», le pauvre !
      Firmin had lumbago; he could no longer move a muscle, poor man!

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Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin lumbāgō.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lumˈba.ɡɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɔ
  • Syllabification: lum‧ba‧go

Noun[edit]

lumbago n (indeclinable)

  1. (pathology) low back pain, lumbago
    Synonyms: heksenszus, postrzał

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “lumbago”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “lumbago”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading[edit]

  • lumbago in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lumbago in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: lum‧ba‧go

Noun[edit]

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

  1. (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French lumbago, from Latin lumbago.

Noun[edit]

lumbago n (uncountable)

  1. lumbago

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lumbāgō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lumˈbaɡo/ [lũmˈba.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Syllabification: lum‧ba‧go

Noun[edit]

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

  1. (pathology) lumbago
    Synonym: lumbalgia

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