apnea

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a- +‎ -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, absence of) + πνοή (pnoḗ, breathing).

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apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)

  1. (pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

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apnea f (plural apnees)

  1. (pathology) apnea, (UK) apnoea
  2. (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from New Latin apnoea.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑpneɑ/, [ˈɑpne̞ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpneɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ap‧ne‧a

Noun[edit]

apnea

  1. apnea, (UK) apnoea

Declension[edit]

Inflection of apnea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative apnea apneat
genitive apnean apneoiden
apneoitten
partitive apneaa apneoita
illative apneaan apneoihin
singular plural
nominative apnea apneat
accusative nom. apnea apneat
gen. apnean
genitive apnean apneoiden
apneoitten
apneainrare
partitive apneaa apneoita
inessive apneassa apneoissa
elative apneasta apneoista
illative apneaan apneoihin
adessive apnealla apneoilla
ablative apnealta apneoilta
allative apnealle apneoille
essive apneana apneoina
translative apneaksi apneoiksi
instructive apneoin
abessive apneatta apneoitta
comitative apneoineen
Possessive forms of apnea (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person apneani apneamme
2nd person apneasi apneanne
3rd person apneansa

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Etymology[edit]

From New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).

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apnea f (plural apneas)

  1. apnea, (UK) apnoea
  2. (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving

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Etymology[edit]

From English apnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, absence of) + πνοή (pnoḗ, breathing).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈap̚nɛa̯]
  • Hyphenation: ap‧nèa

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apnea (first-person possessive apneaku, second-person possessive apneamu, third-person possessive apneanya)

  1. (emergency medicine) apnea; apnoea.

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Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈpnɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Syllabification: a‧pnè‧a

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apnea f (plural apnee)

  1. apnea, (UK) apnoea
  2. freediving

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /abˈnea/ [aβ̞ˈne.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: ap‧ne‧a

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apnea f (plural apneas)

  1. apnea, (UK) apnoea
  2. (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving

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