vertigo

See also Vertigo, and vértigo

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin vertīgō.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"v3:tIg@U/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/, X-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 (cmn), 头晕 (cmn) (tóuyūn), 眩暈 (cmn), 眩晕 (cmn) (xuànyùn), 頭昏 (cmn), 头昏 (cmn) (tóuhūn)

• Czech: závrať (cs) f
• Esperanto: vertigo (eo)
• 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)

• Maori: puano (mi)
• 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