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Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
vomit (third-person singular simple present vomits, present participle vomiting, simple past and past participle vomited)
- To regurgitate the contents of a stomach; puke.
- Bible, Jonah ii. 10
- The fish […] vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
- To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
- Milton
- Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
Derived terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to regurgitate the contents of a stomach
- Afrikaans: braak (af)
- American Sign Language: 5@Mouth-5@FromUlnarTipFinger 5@FromMouth-5@FromUlnarTipFinger
- Arabic: تقيأ (ar) (taqayyaʾa), قاء (ar) (qāʾa), استفرغ (ar) (istafraġa)
- Armenian: հետ տալ (hy) (het tal), փսխել (hy) (p'sxel), ործկալ (hy) (orçkal)
- Aromanian: vomu (rup)
- Asturian: vomitar (ast)
- Belarusian: ванітаваць (be) (vanitavácʹ), бляваць (be) (bljavácʹ), рваць (be) (rvacʹ) (impersonal)
- Bulgarian: повръщам (bg) (povrǎ̀štam), бълвам (bg) (bǎlvám)
- Burmese: အန် (my) (an)
- Catalan: vomitar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嘔吐 (cmn), 呕吐 (cmn) (ǒutù), 嘔 (cmn), 呕 (cmn) (ǒu), 吐 (cmn) (tù)
- Czech: zvracet (cs)
- Danish: brække sig (da), kaste op (da)
- Dutch: overgeven (nl), braken (nl), kotsen (nl) (colloquial)
- Esperanto: vomi (eo)
- Estonian: oksendama (et)
- Faroese: spýggja (fo)
- Finnish: oksentaa (fi)
- French: vomir (fr), rendre (fr), rejeter (fr), dégobiller (fr) (familiar)
- Galician: vomitar (gl)
- German: sich übergeben (de), erbrechen (de), kotzen (de), vomieren (de)
- Greek: εξεμώ (el) (exemó), κάνω εμετό (káno emetó) , ξερνώ (el) (xernó) (colloquial)
- Ancient: ἐμέω (emeō), ἐξεμέω
- Hebrew: הקיא (he) (hekí)
- Hindi: उल्टी करना (hi) (ulṭī karnā), वमन करना (hi) (vaman karnā)
- Hungarian: hány (hu)
- Irish: aisig (ga)
- Old Irish: sceïd
- Italian: vomitare (it), rimettere (it)
- Japanese: 吐く (ja) (はく, haku), 嘔吐する (ja) (おうとする, ōto suru), 戻す (ja) (もどす, modosu)
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- Khmer: ក្អួត (km) (k’uət)
- Korean: 게우다 (ko) (ge-uda)
- Latin: vomō (la), vomitō (la)
- Latvian: vemt (lv)
- Lithuanian: vemti (lt)
- Macedonian: повраќа (mk) (póvraḱa), блуе (mk) (blúe)
- Malay: muntah (ms)
- Maltese: irrimetta (mt), qala' (mt)
- Maori: ruaki (mi)
- Norwegian: kaste opp (no), spy (no), brekke seg (no)
- Occitan: vomir (oc)
- Old Norse: spýja
- Persian: قی کردن (fa) (qay kardan)
- Polish: wymiotować (pl)
- Portuguese: vomitar (pt), regurgitar (pt)
- Rapa Nui: rua
- Romanian: vomita (ro), borî (ro), vărsa (ro)
- Romansch: vomitar (rm)
- Russian: блевать (ru) (blevátʹ) impf., рвать (ru) (rvatʹ) impf. (impersonal), тошнить (ru) (tošnítʹ) impf. (impersonal, to feel sick), рыгать (ru) (rygátʹ) impf.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ригати (sh), збљувати (sh), повратити (sh), бљувати (sh), , повраћати (sh)
- Roman: rigati (sh), zbljuvati (sh), povratiti (sh), bljuvati (sh), povraćati (sh)
- Slovak: zvracať (sk)
- Slovene: bruhati (sl)
- Spanish: vomitar (es), devolver (es), arrojar (es), echar la pota (es)
- Swahili: kutapika (sw)
- Swedish: kräkas (sv), spy (sv), kasta upp (sv)
- Tamil: குமட்டு (ta) (kumaṭṭu), உவட்டு (ta) (uvaṭṭu), உவாந்தி (ta) (uvāndi), வாந்தி (ta) (vāndi), வாந்தி (ta) (vāndi)
- Thai: อาเจียน (th) (aa jian), อ้วก (th) (ûak)
- Turkish: kusmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: блювати (uk) (bljuváty), рвати (uk) (rváty) (impersonal)
- Vietnamese: nôn (vi), mửa (vi)
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vomit (uncountable)
- The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
- The act of regurgitating.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
regurgitated former contents of a stomach
See also[edit]
vomit
- third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
- third-person singular past historic form of vomir
vomit
- third-person singular present active indicative of vomō
