vomit

See also vomît

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre, present active infinitive of vomitō (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wem- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: vŏm'ət, IPA: /ˈvɒmət/, SAMPA: /"vQm@t/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪt
• (US) enPR: vŏm'ît, IPA: /ˈvɑmɨt/

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Verb

vomit (third-person singular simple present vomits, present participle vomiting, simple past and past participle vomited)

1. To regurgitate the contents of a stomach.

Derived terms

• vomitable

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:regurgitate

Translations

to regurgitate the contents of a stomach

Afrikaans: braak (af) American Sign Language: 5@Mouth-5@FromUlnarTipFinger 5@FromMouth-5@FromUlnarTipFinger Armenian: հետ տալ (hy) (het tal), փսխել (hy) (p'sxel), ործկալ (hy) (orçkal) Aromanian: vomu Burmese: အန် (my) (an) Catalan: vomitar (ca) Czech: zvracet (cs) Danish: brække sig (da), kaste op (da) Dutch: overgeven (nl), braken (nl), kotsen (nl) (colloquial) Esperanto: vomi (eo) Estonian: oksendama (et) Finnish: oksentaa (fi) French: vomir (fr), rendre (fr), rejeter (fr), dégobiller (fr) (familiar) Galician: vomitar (gl) German: sich übergeben, erbrechen, kotzen (de) Greek: εμώ, κάνω εμετό, ξερνώ (colloquial) Ancient: ἐμέω (emeo) Hebrew: הקיא (he) (hekí) Hungarian: hány (hu) Italian: vomitare (it), rimettere (it) Japanese: 吐く (はく, haku), 嘔吐する (おうとする, ōtosuru), 戻す (ja) (もどす, modosu)

Korean: 게우다 (geuda) Latin: vomō (la), vomito (la) Latvian: vemt (lv) Lithuanian: vemti (lt) Macedonian: повраќа (mk) (póvraḱa), блуе (mk) (blúe) Maltese: irrimetta, qala' Norwegian: kaste opp (no), spy (no), brekke seg (no) Old Irish: sceid Polish: wymiotować (pl) Portuguese: vomitar (pt), regurgitar (pt) Romanian: vomita (ro), borî (ro), vărsa (ro) Romansch: vomitar (rm) Russian: блевать (ru), рвать (ru) Serbian: zbljuvati (sr), povratiti (sr), bljuvati (sr), povraćati (sr) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: повратити (sh) (povratiti) Latin: rigati (sh) Spanish: vomitar (es), devolver (es), arrojar (es) Swahili: kutapika (sw) Swedish: kräkas (sv), spy (sv) Turkish: kusmak (tr) Ukrainian: блювати (uk) (bljuváty)

Noun

vomit (uncountable)

1. The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
2. The act of regurgitating.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:vomit.

Translations

regurgitated former contents of a stomach

Armenian: փսխունք (hy) (p'sxunk') Bosnian: Dusmabagey Czech: zvratky (cs) m. pl. Danish: bræk (da) n., opkast (da) n. Dutch: braaksel, (colloquial) kots Estonian: okse (et) Finnish: oksennus (fi) French: vomi (fr) m. Galician: vómito (gl) m. Georgian: პირიღებინება (ka) (pirighebineba) German: Kotze (de) f., Erbrochenes (de) Greek: έμεσμα (el) (émesma) n. Hebrew: קא (he) (kei) Hungarian: hányás (hu), hányadék (hu) Japanese: 反吐 (ja) (へど, hedo) Kurdish: ڕشانه‌وه‌ Latin: vomitus (la) m.

Latvian: vēmekļi (lv) m. pl. Lithuanian: vėmalai (lt) pl. Macedonian: повраќаница (mk) (povraḱánica) f., блујавица (mk) (blujávica) f. Malay: muntahan (ms) Maltese: rimettar Norwegian: oppkast (no) n., spy (no) n. Polish: wymiociony f. Portuguese: vômito (pt) m. Russian: блевотина (ru) f., рвота (ru) f. Serbian: bljuvotina f., povraćaj m., izbljuvak m. Serbo-Croatian: Latin: povraćka (sh) f. Spanish: vómito (es) m. Telugu: వాంతి (vaamthi) Turkish: kusmuk (tr), kusuntu (tr) Ukrainian: блювота (uk) (bljuvóta) f., блювотиння (uk) (bljuvotýnnja) n. Urdu: الٹى Vietnamese: nôn (vi), mửa (vi)

See also

• emetic

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French

Verb

vomit

1. third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
2. third-person singular past historic form of vomir

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Latin

Verb

vomit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of vomō