wound

English

Etymology 1

Noun from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną. Indo-European cognates include Albanian unë (“piece of a broken pot, splinter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: wo͞ond, IPA^(key): /wuːnd/
• (US) enPR: wo͞ond, IPA^(key): /wund/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːnd

Noun

wound (plural wounds)

1. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

   • 1595 Shakespeare, "Wales. Before Flint castle", King Richard the Second.

     Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.

   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.

2. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

   It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

3. (criminal law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

Synonyms

• (injury): injury, lesion
• (something that offends a person's feelings): slight, slur, insult
• See also Thesaurus:injury

Derived terms

Terms derived from wound

• dirty wound
• entry wound

• exit wound
• flesh wound

• lick one's wounds
• rub salt in the wound

• time heals all wounds

Translations

injury

• Abkhaz: ахәра (āx°rā)
• Afrikaans: wond
• Albanian: plagë (sq) f, lëndim (sq) m
• Arabic: جُرْح‎‎ (ar) m (jurḥ)
• Armenian: վերք (hy) (verkʿ)
• Aromanian: pleagã f, aranã f, ranã f
• Azerbaijani: yara (az)
• Bashkir: яра (yara), йәрәхәт (yäräxät)
• Basque: zauri
• Belarusian: ра́на f (rána)
• Bengali: ক্ষত (kkhôt), ঘাত (ghat)
• Bulgarian: ра́на (bg) f (rána)
• Burmese: ဒဏ်ရာ (my) (danra)
• Chechen: чов (čow)
• Chichewa: bala
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傷口 (zh), 伤口 (zh) (shāngkǒu), 傷害 (zh), 伤害 (zh) (shānghài)

• Chukchi: атын
• Chuvash: суран (suran)
• Crimean Tatar: yara
• Czech: rána (cs) f
• Danish: skade (da) c
• Dutch: wonde (nl) f, verwonding (nl) f, kwetsuur (nl) f
• Erzya: сэредькс (seredʹks), керявкс (kerjavks)
• Esperanto: vundo (eo)
• Estonian: haav
• Finnish: haava (fi)
• French: blessure (fr) f, plaie (fr) f
• Friulian: feride f
• Galician: ferida (gl) f
• Georgian: ჭრილობა (č̣riloba)
• German: Wunde (de) f, Verletzung (de) f
• Greek: τραύμα (el) n (trávma), πληγή (el) f (pligí), πλήγωμα (el) n (plígoma), λαβωματιά (el) f (lavomatiá)

  Ancient Greek: τραῦμα n (traûma)

• Haitian Creole: blesi
• Hebrew: פְּגִיעָה‎‎ f (p'gi'á), פִּתֵּל‎‎, עִקֵּל‎‎ (he)
• Hindi: घाव (hi) m (ghāv)
• Hungarian: seb (hu)
• Icelandic: sár (is) n
• Indonesian: luka (id), cedera (id), lecet (id)
• Ingush: чов (čow)
• Irish: créacht f, áladh m
• Italian: lesione (it) f, ferita (it) f
• Japanese: 傷 (ja) (きず, kizu), 怪我 (ja) (けが, kega)
• Kazakh: жара (kk) (jara), жарақат (jaraqat)
• Khmer: របួស (km) (rɔbuəh)
• Korean: 상처 (ko) (sangcheo)
• Kyrgyz: жара (ky) (cara), жаракат (ky) (carakat), жараат (ky) (caraat)
• Lao: ບາດແຜ (bāt phǣ), ບາດ (bāt), ແຜ (phǣ)

• Latin: plaga (la) f, vulnus n
• Latvian: brūce (lv) f
• Lithuanian: žaizda (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Wonn f
• Macedonian: ра́на f (rána)
• Malay: luka
• Maltese: ferita f, pjaga f
• Maori: tūnga, wharatanga
• Moksha: сярядькс (sjarjadʹks), керф (kerf)
• Mongolian: шарх (mn) (šarh)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓanguzi class 5/6 (banguzi)
• Norman: bliesseûthe f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: sår (no) n, skade (no) m
• Old English: benn, wund
• Ossetian: цæф (cæf), хъæдгом (qædgom)
• Persian: زخم‎‎ (fa) (zaxm)
• Polish: rana (pl) f
• Portuguese: ferimento (pt) m, ferida (pt) f, lesão (pt), mágoa (pt) f, machucado (pt)
• Romanian: rană (ro), plagă (ro), leziune (ro) f
• Romansch: plaja f, plaga f, plaia f, pleja f
• Russian: ра́на (ru) f (rána), ране́ние (ru) n (ranénije), тра́вма (ru) f (trávma)
• Scottish Gaelic: leòn m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рана f

  Roman: rana (sh) f

• Sinhalese: තුවාලය (tuvālaya)
• Slovak: rána f
• Slovene: rana (sl) f
• Spanish: herida (es) f, llaga (es)
• Swahili: vimbe (sw), jeraha (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: skada (sv) c, sår (sv) n
• Tagalog: sugat
• Tajik: захм (tg) (zaxm)
• Tatar: җәрәхәт (tt) (cäräxät)
• Telugu: గాయము (te) (gāyamu)
• Thai: บาดแผล (th) (bàat-plɛ̌ɛ)
• Tibetan: རྨ (rma)
• Turkish: hasar (tr), yara (tr)
• Turkmen: ýara
• Tuvan: балыг (balıg)
• Ukrainian: ра́на f (rána)
• Urdu: گھاو‎‎ (ghāv)
• Uzbek: yara (uz), jarohat (uz)
• Vietnamese: vết thương (vi)
• Volapük: vun (vo)
• West Flemish: gabbe f
• Yakut: баас (baas)
• Yiddish: וווּנד‎‎ f (vund)

something that offends a person’s feelings

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傷害 (zh), 伤害 (zh) (shānghài), 傷心 (zh), 伤心 (zh) (shāngxīn)

• Dutch: wonde (nl) f
• Finnish: loukkaus (fi)
• French: blessure (fr) f, offense (fr) f
• German: Verletzung (de) f
• Greek: τραύμα (el) n (trávma), πλήγμα (el) n (plígma), πλήγωμα (el) n (plígoma)
• Hungarian: sértés (hu)
• Indonesian: luka (id)
• Italian: offesa (it) f

• Japanese: 傷 (ja) (きず, kizu)
• Korean: 상처 (ko) (sangcheo)
• Norman: bliesseûthe f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: sår (no) n
• Portuguese: mágoa (pt) f
• Russian: ра́на (ru) f (rána), тра́вма (ru) f (trávma)
• Scottish Gaelic: leòn m
• Swahili: vimbe (sw)
• Swedish: sår (sv) n

an injury to a person by which the skin is divided

• Danish: sår (da) n
• Dutch: verwonding (nl) f
• Finnish: haava (fi)
• French: blessure (fr) f, lésion (fr) f
• Greek: τραύμα (el) n (trávma)
• Icelandic: sár (is) n

• Italian: ferita (it) f
• Norman: bliesseûthe f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: sår (no) n
• Scottish Gaelic: leòn m
• Swahili: vimbe (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჭრილობა (č̣riloba)

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} vulnere, ^{(please verify)} lesion

Verb

wound (third-person singular simple present wounds, present participle wounding, simple past and past participle wounded)

1. (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

   The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

2. (transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).

   The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

Synonyms

• (injure): See Thesaurus:harm
• (hurt (feelings)): See Thesaurus:offend

Translations

hurt or injure

• Arabic: جَرَحَ‎‎ (ar) (jaraḥa), اِصَابَ‎‎ (iṣāba)
• Aromanian: arãnescu, rãnescu, pliguescu, lãvuescu
• Catalan: ferir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擊傷 (zh), 击伤 (zh) (jīshāng), 致傷, 致伤 (zhìshāng), 傷害 (zh), 伤害 (zh) (shānghài)

• Czech: zranit (cs), poranit
• Dutch: verwonden (nl), kwetsen (nl)
• Finnish: haavoittaa (fi)
• French: blesser (fr)
• Friulian: ferî
• Galician: vulnerar (gl), ferir (gl)
• German: verletzen (de), verwunden (de)
• Greek: πληγώνω (el) (pligóno), τραυματίζω (el) (travmatízo), λαβώνω (el) (lavóno)

  Ancient Greek: τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō), τραυματίζω (traumatízō)

• Hebrew: פגע‎‎ (pagá)
• Icelandic: særa, meiða (is)
• Indonesian: melukai (id), mencederai (id)
• Irish: leon (ga)

• Italian: ferire (it)
• Japanese: 傷つける (きずつける, kizu-tsukeru), 怪我させる (けがさせる, kega-saseru)
• Korean: 상처를 입히다 (sangcheoreul iphida)
• Luxembourgish: verwonnen, blesséieren, verletzen
• Macedonian: ра́нува (ránuva), повре́дува (povréduva)
• Norwegian: skade (no)
• Old English: wundian
• Polish: ranić (pl) impf, zranić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: ferir (pt), lesar (pt), machucar (pt), vulnerar
• Romanian: răni (ro), vătăma (ro)
• Russian: ра́нить (ru) impf (ránitʹ), пора́нить (ru) pf (poránitʹ)
• Sardinian: firiri
• Scottish Gaelic: leòn, ciùrr
• Spanish: herir (es), lesionar (es)
• Swahili: vimbe (sw)
• Swedish: skada (sv), såra (sv)
• Telugu: గాయపరచు (gāyaparacu)
• Volapük: vunön (vo)

hurt (someone's feelings)

• Catalan: ferir (ca)
• Czech: ranit
• Danish: såre
• Dutch: kwetsen (nl)
• Finnish: loukata (fi)
• French: blesser (fr), offenser (fr)
• German: verletzen (de)
• Greek: πληγώνω (el) (pligóno), τραυματίζω (el) (travmatízo)
• Icelandic: særa
• Indonesian: melukai (id)
• Italian: ferire (it), offendere (it)

• Japanese: 傷つける (きずつける, kizu-tsukeru)
• Korean: 상처를 입히다 (sangcheoreul iphida)
• Macedonian: повре́дува (povréduva), навре́дува (navréduva)
• Norwegian: såre
• Polish: urazić (pl)
• Portuguese: magoar (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: leòn, ciùrr
• Spanish: herir (es), zaherir (es)
• Swahili: vimbe (sw)
• Swedish: såra (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} ferir, ^{(please verify)} vulnerar, ^{(please verify)} leder

Etymology 2

See wind (Etymology 2)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /waʊnd/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Verb

wound

1. simple past tense and past participle of wind
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Fate of the Artemis‎^[1]:

     “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”