burnout

See also: burn out, burn-out, Burnout, and Burn-out

English

burnout (sense 6)

Alternative forms

• burn-out

Etymology

Deverbal from burn out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

burnout (countable and uncountable, plural burnouts)

1. (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.

   Coordinate term: flameout

2. A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.

   Ten years of this soul-sucking job would turn any ambitious young person into a burnout.

3. (US, slang) Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs.

   There’s no way we can hire that guy. He’s a total burnout—he can’t do the work.

   • 2011 August 4, Stephen Holden, “Stoned Archive: Wild Ride Of the Merry Pranksters”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Then in his late 30s, he [Neal Cassady] was already a visibly ravaged shadow of Kerouac’s heroically defiant rebel and well on his way to becoming the kind of babbling burnout you don’t want to sit next to on any bus trip, magical or not.

4. (aerospace) The shutoff of a rocket motor following the exhaustion of its fuel, or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.

   Coordinate term: flameout

5. The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
7. (automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.

Derived terms

• boreout

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: burn-out
• → Finnish: burnout
• → German: Burn-out

Translations

experience of long-term exhaustion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倦怠 (zh) (juàndài)

• Czech: vyhoření n
• Danish: udbrændthed c
• Dutch: burn-out (nl) m
• Finnish: burnout (fi), työuupumus (fi), loppuun palaminen
• French: burn-out (fr) m, surmenage (fr) m, syndrome d’épuisement professionnel (fr) m
• Georgian: გამოფიტვა (gamopiṭva), დაუძლურება (dauʒlureba)
• Greenlandic: nukissaarunneq
• Korean: 번아웃 (beonaut)
• Malay: lesu upaya
• Polish: wypalenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: esgotamento (pt)
• Romanian: surmenare emoțională
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} эмоциона́льное выгора́ние n (emocionálʹnoje vygoránije)
• Serbo-Croatian: krajnja iscrpljenost, pregorjelost
• Spanish: queme (es) m, burnout m, desgaste (es) m, patinazo m, patinada (es) f
• Swedish: utbrändhet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: емоці́йне вигоря́ння n (emocíjne vyhorjánnja)

using the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary

• French: burn (fr) m
• German: Burn-out (de) n
• Italian: burnout (it) m
• Portuguese: borrachão m

External links

• Addressing the Crisis of Clinician Burnout, a YouTube video discussing the concept of burnout in medical professions

Anagrams

• outburn

Finnish

Etymology

From English burnout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbøːnɑut/, [ˈbø̞ːnɑ̝ut̪]

Noun

burnout

1. (psychology) burnout

Declension

Inflection of burnout (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		burnout	burnoutit
genitive		burnoutin	burnoutien
partitive		burnoutia	burnouteja
illative		burnoutiin	burnouteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		burnout	burnoutit
accusative	nom.	burnout	burnoutit
	gen.	burnoutin
genitive		burnoutin	burnoutien
partitive		burnoutia	burnouteja
inessive		burnoutissa	burnouteissa
elative		burnoutista	burnouteista
illative		burnoutiin	burnouteihin
adessive		burnoutilla	burnouteilla
ablative		burnoutilta	burnouteilta
allative		burnoutille	burnouteille
essive		burnoutina	burnouteina
translative		burnoutiksi	burnouteiksi
abessive		burnoutitta	burnouteitta
instructive		—	burnoutein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of burnout (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative burnoutini burnoutini accusative nom. burnoutini burnoutini gen. burnoutini genitive burnoutini burnoutieni partitive burnoutiani burnoutejani inessive burnoutissani burnouteissani elative burnoutistani burnouteistani illative burnoutiini burnouteihini adessive burnoutillani burnouteillani ablative burnoutiltani burnouteiltani allative burnoutilleni burnouteilleni essive burnoutinani burnouteinani translative burnoutikseni burnouteikseni abessive burnoutittani burnouteittani instructive — — comitative — burnouteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative burnoutisi burnoutisi accusative nom. burnoutisi burnoutisi gen. burnoutisi genitive burnoutisi burnoutiesi partitive burnoutiasi burnoutejasi inessive burnoutissasi burnouteissasi elative burnoutistasi burnouteistasi illative burnoutiisi burnouteihisi adessive burnoutillasi burnouteillasi ablative burnoutiltasi burnouteiltasi allative burnoutillesi burnouteillesi essive burnoutinasi burnouteinasi translative burnoutiksesi burnouteiksesi abessive burnoutittasi burnouteittasi instructive — — comitative — burnouteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative burnoutimme burnoutimme accusative nom. burnoutimme burnoutimme gen. burnoutimme genitive burnoutimme burnoutiemme partitive burnoutiamme burnoutejamme inessive burnoutissamme burnouteissamme elative burnoutistamme burnouteistamme illative burnoutiimme burnouteihimme adessive burnoutillamme burnouteillamme ablative burnoutiltamme burnouteiltamme allative burnoutillemme burnouteillemme essive burnoutinamme burnouteinamme translative burnoutiksemme burnouteiksemme abessive burnoutittamme burnouteittamme instructive — — comitative — burnouteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative burnoutinne burnoutinne accusative nom. burnoutinne burnoutinne gen. burnoutinne genitive burnoutinne burnoutienne partitive burnoutianne burnoutejanne inessive burnoutissanne burnouteissanne elative burnoutistanne burnouteistanne illative burnoutiinne burnouteihinne adessive burnoutillanne burnouteillanne ablative burnoutiltanne burnouteiltanne allative burnoutillenne burnouteillenne essive burnoutinanne burnouteinanne translative burnoutiksenne burnouteiksenne abessive burnoutittanne burnouteittanne instructive — — comitative — burnouteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative burnoutinsa burnoutinsa accusative nom. burnoutinsa burnoutinsa gen. burnoutinsa genitive burnoutinsa burnoutiensa partitive burnoutiaan burnoutiansa burnoutejaan burnoutejansa inessive burnoutissaan burnoutissansa burnouteissaan burnouteissansa elative burnoutistaan burnoutistansa burnouteistaan burnouteistansa illative burnoutiinsa burnouteihinsa adessive burnoutillaan burnoutillansa burnouteillaan burnouteillansa ablative burnoutiltaan burnoutiltansa burnouteiltaan burnouteiltansa allative burnoutilleen burnoutillensa burnouteilleen burnouteillensa essive burnoutinaan burnoutinansa burnouteinaan burnouteinansa translative burnoutikseen burnoutiksensa burnouteikseen burnouteiksensa abessive burnoutittaan burnoutittansa burnouteittaan burnouteittansa instructive — — comitative — burnouteineen burnouteinensa

Further reading

• “burnout”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02