histeria

See also: histèria

Esperanto

Etymology

From histerio (“hysteria”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [histeˈria]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: his‧te‧ri‧a

Adjective

histeria (accusative singular histerian, plural histeriaj, accusative plural histeriajn)

1. hysterical

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hysteria, from New Latin hysteria, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xisˈtɛ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: his‧te‧ria

Noun

histeria f

1. (psychology) hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)

Declension

Declension of histeria

	singular
nominative	histeria
genitive	histerii
dative	histerii
accusative	histerię
instrumental	histerią
locative	histerii
vocative	histerio

Derived terms

adjective

• histeryczny

 

verb

• histeryzować

 

Related terms

adverb

• histerycznie

 

nouns

• histeryczka
• histeryk

 

Further reading

• histeria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• histeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From histero- +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌis.te.ˈɾi.ɐ/

Noun

histeria f (plural histerias)

1. hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)

Alternative forms

• hysteria (obsolete)

Derived terms

• histeria coletiva
• histérico

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Spanish

Etymology

From French hystérie, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”), as hysteria was thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb. Ultimately related to Latin uterus (“womb; uterus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈteɾja/ [isˈt̪e.ɾja]

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Noun

histeria f (plural histerias)

1. hysteria

Related terms

• histérico

Further reading

• “histeria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014