tinnitus

See also: Tinnitus

English

Etymology

From Latin tinnītus (“a jingling, ringing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪn.ɪ.təs/, /ˈtɪn.ə.təs/, /tɪˈnaɪ.təs/
• Rhymes: -aɪtəs

Noun

tinnitus (plural tinnituses)

1. (pathology) The perception of noise, such as a ringing or beating sound, which has no external source.

Translations

perception of nonexistent noise

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳鳴 (zh), 耳鸣 (zh) (ěrmíng)

• Czech: tinnitus m, tinitus m
• Danish: tinnitus
• Dutch: tinnitus (nl), oorsuizen
• Finnish: tinnitus (fi)
• French: acouphène (fr) m
• German: Tinnitus (de) m
• Greek: εμβοές (el) f pl (emvoés)
• Italian: acufene (it) m

• Japanese: 耳鳴り (みみなり, miminari)
• Korean: 이명 (imyeong)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tinnitus c, øresus

  Nynorsk: tinnitus c, øyresus

• Portuguese: zumbido (pt) m, tinido m, tinnitus
• Russian: звон в уша́х m (zvon v ušáx), шум в уша́х m (šum v ušáx), ти́ннитус (ru) m (tínnitus)
• Spanish: tinnitus m, acúfenos (es) m
• Swedish: tinnitus (sv), öronsusning c

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Czech

Alternative forms

• tinitus

Noun

tinnitus m

1. tinnitus

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Finnish

Etymology

< Latin

Noun

tinnitus

1. tinnitus

Declension

Inflection of tinnitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		tinnitus	tinnitukset
genitive		tinnituksen	tinnitusten tinnituksien
partitive		tinnitusta	tinnituksia
illative		tinnitukseen	tinnituksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tinnitus	tinnitukset
accusative	nom.	tinnitus	tinnitukset
	gen.	tinnituksen
genitive		tinnituksen	tinnitusten tinnituksien
partitive		tinnitusta	tinnituksia
inessive		tinnituksessa	tinnituksissa
elative		tinnituksesta	tinnituksista
illative		tinnitukseen	tinnituksiin
adessive		tinnituksella	tinnituksilla
ablative		tinnitukselta	tinnituksilta
allative		tinnitukselle	tinnituksille
essive		tinnituksena	tinnituksina
translative		tinnitukseksi	tinnituksiksi
instructive		—	tinnituksin
abessive		tinnituksetta	tinnituksitta
comitative		—	tinnituksineen

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of tinniō (“ring, jingle, clink”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tinˈniː.tus/, [tɪnˈniː.tʊs]

Participle

tinnītus m (feminine tinnīta, neuter tinnītum); first/second declension

1. rung, jingled, having been jingled.
2. cried, screamed, having been screamed in a shrill voice.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	tinnītus	tinnīta	tinnītum		tinnītī	tinnītae	tinnīta
genitive	tinnītī	tinnītae	tinnītī		tinnītōrum	tinnītārum	tinnītōrum
dative	tinnītō		tinnītō		tinnītīs
accusative	tinnītum	tinnītam	tinnītum		tinnītōs	tinnītās	tinnīta
ablative	tinnītō	tinnītā	tinnītō		tinnītīs
vocative	tinnīte	tinnīta	tinnītum		tinnītī	tinnītae	tinnīta

Noun

tinnītus m (genitive tinnītūs); fourth declension

1. A ringing, jingling, tinkling.

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tinnītus	tinnītūs
genitive	tinnītūs	tinnītuum
dative	tinnītuī	tinnītibus
accusative	tinnītum	tinnītūs
ablative	tinnītū	tinnītibus
vocative	tinnītus	tinnītūs

Descendants

• Czech: tinnitus, tinitus
• English: tinnitus
• Finnish tinnitus
• Portuguese: tinido

References

• tinnitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tinnitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tinnitus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Portuguese

Noun

tinnitus m (uncountable)

1. (medicine) tinnitus (perception of a ringing noise)

Synonyms

• zumbido, tinido