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trauma

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See also: Trauma and traumą

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

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Noun

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trauma (countable and uncountable, plural traumas or traumata)

  2. Any injury to the body of a living thing.
    Near-synonyms: insult (contextually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:injury
    mild trauma;   major trauma
    2. (usually specifically) Serious injury, resulting from predation, violence, an accident such as a fall, a vehicle crash, etc.
      We're not talking about paper cuts or sprains here — we're talking about trauma.
      • 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN‎[1]:
        Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
  4. An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
    What these patients eventually realized was that they all had trauma that had fed into their addictions.
    • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
    • 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN‎[3]:
      And although it doesn’t mean acting like an infant again, it does require recognizing that many of the thoughts and behaviors you’d like to change come from lingering feelings of childhood traumas or your inner child, said Dr. Avigail Lev, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Bay Area CBT Center in San Francisco.
  5. An event that causes great distress.
    The earthquake here 14 years ago was a national trauma that still affects the economy today.

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Translations

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serious injury to the body
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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).

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Noun

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trauma m (plural traumes)

  1. trauma

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûmă, “wound”).[1]

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Noun

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trauma n

  1. trauma

Declension

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Declension of trauma (ma-stem neuter)
singular plural
nominative trauma traumata
genitive traumatu traumat
dative traumatu traumatům
accusative trauma traumata
vocative trauma traumata
locative traumatu traumatech
instrumental traumatem traumaty
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References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “trauma”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûmă, “wound”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑu̯.maː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: trau‧ma

Noun

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trauma n (plural trauma's or traumata, diminutive traumaatje n)

  1. trauma

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: trauma

Finnish

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Etymology

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< Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûmă, “wound”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑu̯mɑ/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝u̯mɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑumɑ
  • Syllabification(key): trau‧ma
  • Hyphenation(key): trau‧ma

Noun

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trauma

  1. trauma

Declension

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Inflection of trauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative trauma traumat
genitive trauman traumojen
partitive traumaa traumoja
illative traumaan traumoihin
singular plural
nominative trauma traumat
accusative nom. trauma traumat
gen. trauman
genitive trauman traumojen
traumain rare
partitive traumaa traumoja
inessive traumassa traumoissa
elative traumasta traumoista
illative traumaan traumoihin
adessive traumalla traumoilla
ablative traumalta traumoilta
allative traumalle traumoille
essive traumana traumoina
translative traumaksi traumoiksi
abessive traumatta traumoitta
instructive — traumoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of trauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative traumani traumani
accusative nom. traumani traumani
gen. traumani
genitive traumani traumojeni
traumaini rare
partitive traumaani traumojani
inessive traumassani traumoissani
elative traumastani traumoistani
illative traumaani traumoihini
adessive traumallani traumoillani
ablative traumaltani traumoiltani
allative traumalleni traumoilleni
essive traumanani traumoinani
translative traumakseni traumoikseni
abessive traumattani traumoittani
instructive — —
comitative — traumoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative traumasi traumasi
accusative nom. traumasi traumasi
gen. traumasi
genitive traumasi traumojesi
traumaisi rare
partitive traumaasi traumojasi
inessive traumassasi traumoissasi
elative traumastasi traumoistasi
illative traumaasi traumoihisi
adessive traumallasi traumoillasi
ablative traumaltasi traumoiltasi
allative traumallesi traumoillesi
essive traumanasi traumoinasi
translative traumaksesi traumoiksesi
abessive traumattasi traumoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — traumoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative traumamme traumamme
accusative nom. traumamme traumamme
gen. traumamme
genitive traumamme traumojemme
traumaimme rare
partitive traumaamme traumojamme
inessive traumassamme traumoissamme
elative traumastamme traumoistamme
illative traumaamme traumoihimme
adessive traumallamme traumoillamme
ablative traumaltamme traumoiltamme
allative traumallemme traumoillemme
essive traumanamme traumoinamme
translative traumaksemme traumoiksemme
abessive traumattamme traumoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — traumoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative traumanne traumanne
accusative nom. traumanne traumanne
gen. traumanne
genitive traumanne traumojenne
traumainne rare
partitive traumaanne traumojanne
inessive traumassanne traumoissanne
elative traumastanne traumoistanne
illative traumaanne traumoihinne
adessive traumallanne traumoillanne
ablative traumaltanne traumoiltanne
allative traumallenne traumoillenne
essive traumananne traumoinanne
translative traumaksenne traumoiksenne
abessive traumattanne traumoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — traumoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative traumansa traumansa
accusative nom. traumansa traumansa
gen. traumansa
genitive traumansa traumojensa
traumainsa rare
partitive traumaansa traumojaan
traumojansa
inessive traumassaan
traumassansa 		traumoissaan
traumoissansa
elative traumastaan
traumastansa 		traumoistaan
traumoistansa
illative traumaansa traumoihinsa
adessive traumallaan
traumallansa 		traumoillaan
traumoillansa
ablative traumaltaan
traumaltansa 		traumoiltaan
traumoiltansa
allative traumalleen
traumallensa 		traumoilleen
traumoillensa
essive traumanaan
traumanansa 		traumoinaan
traumoinansa
translative traumakseen
traumaksensa 		traumoikseen
traumoiksensa
abessive traumattaan
traumattansa 		traumoittaan
traumoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — traumoineen
traumoinensa

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French

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Etymology

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From the Ancient Greek τραῦμᾰ (traûmă, “wound”).

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Noun

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trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. (medicine) trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)
  2. (psychology and psychoanalysis, elliptical use for trauma psychique) psychic trauma
    Synonym: traumatisme psychique

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

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trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. an emotional wound
  2. (medicine) trauma; serious physical injury
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

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trauma (plural trauma-trauma)

  1. trauma:
    1. an event that causes great distress
    2. (psychology, psychiatry) an emotional wound leading to psychological injury
    3. (surgery, traumatology) any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident
      Synonym: rudapaksa

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Interlingua

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Noun

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trauma (plural traumas)

  1. trauma
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtraw.ma/
  • Rhymes: -awma
  • Hyphenation: tràu‧ma

Noun

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trauma m (plural traumi)

  1. trauma

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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trauma n (definite singular traumaet, indefinite plural trauma, definite plural traumaa)

  1. alternative form of traume

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trauma n

  1. definite plural of traume

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtraw.ma/
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  • Rhymes: -awma
  • Syllabification: trau‧ma

Noun

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trauma f

  1. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)
    Synonym: uraz
  2. (psychology) trauma (emotional wound)

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Declension of trauma
singular plural
nominative trauma traumy
genitive traumy traum
dative traumie traumom
accusative traumę traumy
instrumental traumą traumami
locative traumie traumach
vocative traumo traumy
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verb

Further reading

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  • “trauma”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “trauma”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -awmɐ
  • Hyphenation: trau‧ma

Noun

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trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. trauma (emotional wound)
  2. trauma (event that causes great distress)
  3. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)
    Synonym: traumatismo

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /trǎuma/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧u‧ma

Noun

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tràuma f (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ума)

  1. trauma

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Declension of trauma
singular plural
nominative tràuma traume
genitive traume trȁūmā
dative traumi traumama
accusative traumu traume
vocative traumo traume
locative traumi traumama
instrumental traumom traumama

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾauma/ [ˈt̪ɾau̯.ma]
  • Rhymes: -auma
  • Syllabification: trau‧ma

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Noun

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trauma m (plural traumas)

  1. (medicine, psychology) trauma
  2. injury; harm
    Synonym: traumatismo
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Verb

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trauma

  1. inflection of traumar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Swedish

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Noun

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trauma n

  1. a psychological trauma
  2. (medicine) a physical trauma

Declension

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Declension of trauma
nominative genitive
singular indefinite trauma traumas
definite traumat traumats
plural indefinite trauman traumans
definite traumana traumanas
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