stupor

English

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Alternative forms

• stupour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”), from stupeō, from Proto-Indo-European *stewp-. Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstjuːpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)

Noun

stupor (plural stupors)

1. A state of reduced consciousness or sensibility.
2. A state in which one has difficulty in thinking or using one’s senses.

Related terms

• stupefy
• stupefaction
• stupendous
• stupid

Translations

a state of reduced consciousness or sensibility

• Belarusian: ступар (be) (stúpar) m
• Bulgarian: ступор (bg) (stúpor) m
• Dutch: verdwazing (nl), verbijstering (nl)
• Finnish: tokkura (fi)
• Greek: νάρκη (el) (narke) f, λήθαργος (el) (lethargos) m
• Hungarian: kábulat (hu), bódulat (hu), részegség (hu)
• Icelandic: sljóleiki (is) m, hálfmeðvitundarleysi (is) n

• Russian: ступор (ru) (stúpor) m, оцепенение (ru) (ocepenénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: ступор (sh) m, stupor (sh) m
• Spanish: estupor (es) m
• Swedish: stupor (sv)
• Ukrainian: ступор (uk) (stúpor) m
• Urdu: غشی (ur) (ġuśi)

Anagrams

• sprout

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Latin

Noun

stupor (genitive stupōris); m, third declension

1. numbness, torpor
2. stupefaction
3. stupidity

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	stupor	stupōrēs
genitive	stupōris	stupōrum
dative	stupōrī	stupōribus
accusative	stupōrem	stupōrēs
ablative	stupōre	stupōribus
vocative	stupor	stupōrēs

Descendants

• Russian: ступор

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Swedish

Noun

stupor

1. indefinite plural of stupa