contusion

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Etymology

From Middle French contusion, from Latin contusionem, from contusus, past participle of contundere (“to beat”), from com- + tundere (“to beat”).

Noun

Wikipedia

contusion (plural contusions)

1. A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is not broken; often having broken blood vessels and discolouration

Translations

wound in which the skin is not broken

• Armenian: սալջարդ (salǰard)
• Bulgarian: натъртване (bg) n (natǎrtvane)
• Catalan: contusió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瘀青 (zh) (yūqīng)

• Dutch: bloeding (nl)
• Finnish: ruhjevamma
• French: ecchymose (fr) f, contusion (fr), sang extravasé
• Galician: contusión f

• German: Prellung (de) f
• Indonesian: memar (id)
• Italian: contusione f
• Japanese: 挫傷 (ざしょう, zashō)
• Korean: 타박상 (tabaksang)
• Portuguese: contusão (pt) f
• Russian: ушиб (ru) m (ušíb)
• Scottish Gaelic: pronnadh m
• Spanish: contusión (es) f

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃/

Etymology

From Latin contusionem (accusative of contusio)

Noun

contusion f (plural contusions)

1. contusion, bruise

External links

• "contusion" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).