tinnitus

See also: Tinnitus

§English

§Etymology

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

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪn.ɪ.təs/

§Noun

tinnitus (plural tinnituses)

1. 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)

• Danish: tinnitus
• Dutch: tinnitus (nl), oorsuizen
• Finnish: tinnitus (fi)
• French: acouphène (fr) m
• German: Tinnitus m
• Greek: εμβοές f pl (emvoés)
• Italian: acufene 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 m (tínnitus)
• Spanish: tinnitus m, acúfenos (es) m
• Swedish: tinnitus, öronsusning c

§External links

• Tinnitus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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	tinnītae	tinnītō		tinnītīs	tinnītīs	tinnītīs
accusative	tinnītum	tinnītam	tinnītum		tinnītōs	tinnītās	tinnīta
ablative	tinnītō	tinnītā	tinnītō		tinnītīs	tinnītīs	tinnītīs
vocative	tinnīte	tinnīta	tinnītum		tinnītī	tinnītae	tinnīta

§Noun

tinnītus m (genitive tinnītī); second declension

1. A ringing, jingling, tinkling.

§Inflection

Second declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tinnītus	tinnītī
genitive	tinnītī	tinnītōrum
dative	tinnītō	tinnītīs
accusative	tinnītum	tinnītōs
ablative	tinnītō	tinnītīs
vocative	tinnīte	tinnītī

§Descendants

• Portuguese: tinido

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§Portuguese

§Noun

tinnitus m (uncountable)

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

§Synonyms

• zumbido, tinido