vertigo

See also vértigo

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin vertīgō.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/, SAMPA: /"v3:tIg@U/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/, SAMPA: /"v3`tIgoU/

Noun

vertigo (plural vertigos)

1. A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
2. A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
3. The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.

Synonyms

• dizziness
• giddiness

Translations

sensation of whirling and loss of balance

Chinese: Mandarin: 頭暈 (zh), 头晕 (zh) (tóuyūn), 眩暈 (zh), 眩晕 (zh) (xuànyùn), 頭昏 (zh), 头昏 (zh) (tóuhūn) Czech: závrať (cs) f. Finnish: huimaus (fi) French: vertige (fr) m., labyrinthite (fr) f. German: Schwindel (de) m. Japanese: 眩暈 (ja), 目暈 (ja) (めまい, memai), くらくら (ja) (kurakura) (mimetic)

Polish: zawroty głowy (pl) m. pl. Portuguese: vertigem (pt) f. Russian: головокружение (ru) (golovokružénije) n. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: вртоглавица (sh) f. Roman: vrtoglavica (sh) f. Spanish: vértigo (es) m., mareo (es) m. Swedish: svindel (sv) c.

Derived terms

• vertiginous

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Latin

Noun

vertīgō (genitive vertīginis); f, third declension

1. gyration, giddiness, dizziness

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	vertīgō	vertīginēs
genitive	vertīginis	vertīginum
dative	vertīginī	vertīginibus
accusative	vertīginem	vertīginēs
ablative	vertīgine	vertīginibus
vocative	vertīgō	vertīginēs