asthmatic

English

Alternative forms

• asthmatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin asthmaticus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀσθματικός (asthmatikós, “affliected with shortness of breath”), from ἆσθμα (âsthma, “short-drawn breath, panting”) (compare asthma); synchronically, asthma +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æzˈmætɪk/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

asthmatic (comparative more asthmatic, superlative most asthmatic)

1. Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".

Translations

having the characteristics of asthma

• Arabic: مُتَعَلِق بِدَاء اَلرَّبْو m (mutaʕaliq bidāʔ ar-rabw)
• Catalan: asmàtic
• Czech: astmatický (cs) m
• Danish: astmatisk
• Finnish: astmaattinen
• French: asthmatique (fr) m or f
• Galician: asmático (gl)
• German: asthmatisch
• Greek: ασθματικός (el) (asthmatikós)
• Ido: astmika (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Irish: asmach
• Italian: asmatico
• Maori: tīmohu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: astmatisk

  Nynorsk: astmatisk

• Portuguese: asmático
• Russian: астмати́ческий (ru) (astmatíčeskij)
• Spanish: asmático (es)
• Tagalog: hikain

Noun

asthmatic (plural asthmatics)

1. A person who suffers from asthma.

Translations

person who suffers from asthma

• Arabic: مُصَاب بِدَاء اَلرَّبُو m (muṣāb bidāʔ ar-rabū)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哮喘患者 (xiàochuǎnhuànzhě)

• Czech: astmatik m
• Danish: astmatiker c
• Finnish: astmaatikko
• French: asthmatique (fr)
• Galician: asmático (gl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Asthmatiker (de) m, Asthmatikerin (de) f
• Ido: astmiko (io)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: asmatico
• Maori: ngoio, kume
• Portuguese: asmático m
• Russian: астма́тик (ru) (astmátik)
• Spanish: asmático (es) m
• Tagalog: hikain