wound

English

Etymology 1

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: wo͞ond, IPA^(key): /wuːnd/
- Audio (US): (file)
(MLE) IPA^(key): /wyːnd/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /wʉːnd/
(Indic) IPA^(key): /ʋuːnd/, /ʋuːɳɖ/
(obsolete) enPR: wound, IPA^(key): /waʊnd/^[1]^[2]
Rhymes: -uːnd

Noun

wound (plural wounds)

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
- 2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
  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 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 3, scene 3]:
  Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
  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.
(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
(crime 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

Translations

injury

Abkhaz: ахәра (axʷra)
Afrikaans: wond
Albanian: plagë (sq) f, lëndim (sq) m
Arabic: جُرْح (ar) m (jurḥ)
Egyptian Arabic: جرح m (gurḥ)
Armenian: վերք (hy) (verkʻ)
Aromanian: pleagã f, aranã f, ranã f
Azerbaijani: yara (az), xəsarət
Bashkir: яра (yara), йәрәхәт (yərəxət)
Basque: zauri
Belarusian: ра́на f (rána)
Bengali: ক্ষত (bn) (khot), জখম (bn) (jokhom), ঘাত (bn) (ghat)
Bikol Central: lugad (bcl)
Bulgarian: ра́на (bg) f (rána)
Burmese: ဒဏ်ရာ (my) (danra)
Catalan: ferida (ca) f
Chechen: чов (čov)
Cherokee: ᎤᏐᏅᏅ (usonvnv)
Chichewa: bala
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傷口 / 伤口 (zh) (shāngkǒu), 傷害 / 伤害 (zh) (shānghài)
Chukchi: атын
Chuvash: суран (suran)
Cimbrian: bunta f
Crimean Tatar: yara
Czech: rána (cs) f
Danish: skade (da) c, sår (da) n
Dutch: wonde (nl) f, verwonding (nl) f, kwetsuur (nl) f, wond (nl) f
Egyptian:

(wbnw m)
Erzya: сэредькс (sëreďks), керявкс (keŕavks)
Esperanto: vundo (eo)
Estonian: haav (et)
Even: хуи (huji)
Evenki: хуе (huje)
Finnish: haava (fi)
French: blessure (fr) f, plaie (fr) f
Friulian: feride f
Galician: ferida (gl) f, chaga f, mancadura f
Georgian: ჭრილობა (č̣riloba)
German: Wunde (de) f, Verletzung (de) f
Greek: τραύμα (el) n (trávma)
Ancient: τραῦμα n (traûma), ὠτειλή f (ōteilḗ)
Haitian Creole: blesi
Hamer-Banna: aajími
Hebrew: פֶּצַע (he) m (pétsa), פְּגִיעָה f (p'gi'á)
Hindi: घाव (hi) m (ghāv), चोट (hi) f (coṭ)
Hungarian: seb (hu)
Icelandic: sár (is) n
Indonesian: luka (id), cedera (id), lecet (id)
Ingrian: haava, raana
Ingush: чов (čov)
Irish: créacht f, áladh m
Italian: lesione (it) f, ferita (it) f, piaga (it) f
Japanese: 傷 (ja) (きず, kizu), 怪我 (ja) (けが, kega)
Javanese: tatu (jv)
Kapampangan: sugat
Kazakh: жара (jara), жарақат (jaraqat), зақым (zaqym)
Khmer: របួស (km) (rɔbuəh)
Korean: 상처 (ko) (sangcheo)
Kyrgyz: жара (ky) (jara), жаракат (ky) (jarakat), жараат (ky) (jaraat)
Lao: ບາດແຜ (bāt phǣ), ບາດ (bāt), ແຜ (phǣ)
Latin: plāga (la) f, vulnus n
Latvian: brūce (lv) f
Lutuv: hmaa
Lithuanian: žaizda (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Wonn f
Macedonian: ра́на (mk) f (rána)
Malay: luka
Maltese: ferita f, pjaga f
Manchu: ᡶᡝᠶᡝ (feye), ᡶᡠᡵᡩᠠᠨ (furdan)
Maori: tūnga, wharatanga, taotūtanga
Mbyá Guaraní: ai
Middle English: wounde, hurt
Moksha: сярядькс (säräďks), керф (kerf)
Mongolian: шарх (mn) (šarx)
Nanai: пуе (puje)
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓanguzi class 5/6
Norman: bliesseûthe f (Jersey)
Norwegian: sår (no) n, skade (no) m
Bokmål: flein n
Occitan: ferida (oc) f
Odia: ଜଖମ (or) (Jakhama)
Old English: benn, wund
Old Javanese: tatu
Oromo: madaa
Ossetian: цӕф (cæf), хъӕдгом (qædgom)
Ottoman Turkish: یاره (yara)
Pashto: زخم (ps) m (záxəm)
Persian: زخم (fa) (zaxm)
Polish: rana (pl) f
Portuguese: ferimento (pt) m, ferida (pt) f, lesão (pt) f, mágoa (pt) f, machucado (pt) m, chaga (pt) f
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)
Salar: şañ
Sanskrit: क्षति (sa) f (kṣati)
Scottish Gaelic: leòn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рана f

Roman: rana (sh) f
Sidamo: mada
Sinhalese: තුවාලය (tuwālaya)
Slovak: rana f
Slovene: rana (sl) f
Somali: qoon
Southern Altai: јара (ǰara)
Spanish: herida (es) f, llaga (es) f, ferida (es) f (disused)
Swahili: uvimbe (sw), jeraha (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: skada (sv) c, sår (sv) n
Tagalog: sugat
Tajik: захм (tg) (zaxm)
Talysh: yara
Tamil: புண் (ta) (puṇ), காயம் (ta) (kāyam)
Tarifit: ayezzim m
Tat: yara
Tatar: җәрәхәт (tt) (cäräxät)
Telugu: గాయము (te) (gāyamu)
Ternate: nyabo
Thai: บาดแผล (th) (bàat-plɛ̌ɛ)
Tibetan: རྨ (rma)
Tocharian B: pīle
Turkish: hasar (tr), yara (tr)
Turkmen: ýara
Tuvan: балыг (balıg)
Ukrainian: ра́на f (rána)
Urdu: گھاو (ghāv)
Uyghur: جاراھەت (jarahet)
Uzbek: yara (uz), jarohat (uz)
Vietnamese: vết thương (vi)
Volapük: vun (vo)
West Flemish: gabbe f
Wutunhua: maka
Xârâcùù: xwâdöu
Yakut: баас (baas)
Yiddish: וווּנד f (vund)

something that offends a person’s feelings

Bulgarian: обида (bg) f (obida), оскърбление (bg) n (oskǎrblenie)
Catalan: ferida (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傷害 / 伤害 (zh) (shānghài), 傷心 / 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)
Hindi: ठेस (hi) f (ṭhes)
Hungarian: sértés (hu)
Indonesian: luka (id)
Italian: offesa (it) f
Japanese: 傷 (ja) (きず, kizu)
Kapampangan: sakit
Korean: 상처 (ko) (sangcheo)
Latin: vulnus n, laesio f
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
Swedish: sår (sv) n

an injury to a person by which the skin is divided

Bulgarian: рана (bg) f (rana)
Catalan: lesió (ca)
Danish: sår (da) n
Dutch: verwonding (nl) f
Finnish: haava (fi)
French: blessure (fr) f, lésion (fr) f
Galician: ferida (gl) f, corte (gl) m, chaga 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: uvimbe (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჭრილობა (č̣riloba)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} vulnere, ^{(please verify)} lesion
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} meangatta

Verb

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

(transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
Synonyms: damage, harm; see also Thesaurus:harm, Thesaurus:hurt

The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.
(transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
Synonyms: affront, hurt; see also Thesaurus:offend

The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.
- 1984 December 8, Michael Bronski, Andrea Loewenstein, “Family & Friends: Writers Talk Community”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 12:
  I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *wound*
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) wound

1st-person singular	wound	wounded
2nd-person singular	wound, woundest^†	wounded, woundedst^†
3rd-person singular	wounds, woundeth^†	wounded
plural	wound	wounded

subjunctive	wound	wounded

imperative	wound	—

participles	wounding	wounded

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Translations

hurt or injure

Arabic: جَرَحَ (ar) (jaraḥa)
Armenian: վիրավորել (hy) (viravorel)
Aromanian: arãnescu, rãnescu, pliguescu, lãvuescu
Azerbaijani: yaralamaq (az)
Belarusian: ра́ніць impf or pf (ránicʹ), пара́ніць pf (paránicʹ)
Bulgarian: раня́вам (bg) impf (ranjávam), раня́ pf (ranjá)
Catalan: ferir (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏐᏅᏍᎦ (asonvsga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擊傷 / 击伤 (zh) (jīshāng), 致傷 / 致伤 (zhìshāng), 傷害 / 伤害 (zh) (shānghài)
Cimbrian: buntan
Czech: zraňovat impf, ranit pf, zranit (cs) pf, poranit pf
Danish: skade (da), såre
Dutch: verwonden (nl), kwetsen (nl)
Esperanto: vundi
Finnish: haavoittaa (fi)
French: blesser (fr)
Friulian: ferî
Galician: vulnerar (gl), ferir (gl), chagar, magoar (gl), mancar (gl)
German: verletzen (de), verwunden (de)
Greek: πληγώνω (el) (pligóno), τραυματίζω (el) (travmatízo), λαβώνω (el) (lavóno)
Ancient: τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō), τραυματίζω (traumatízō), ἑλκόω (helkóō)
Hebrew: פָּגַע (he) (pagá)
Hindi: चोट करना (hi) (coṭ karnā)
Icelandic: særa, meiða (is)
Indonesian: melukai (id), mencederai (id)
Ingrian: verestää
Irish: leon (ga), goin, loit
Italian: ferire (it)
Japanese: 傷付ける (きずつける, kizutsukeru), 怪我させる (けがさせる, kega saseru)
Korean: 상처를 입히다 (sangcheoreul iphida), 해치다 (ko) (haechida)
Latin: sauciō
Luxembourgish: verwonnen, blesséieren, verletzen
Macedonian: ранува impf (ranuva), рани pf (rani), повредува impf (povreduva), повреди pf (povredi)
Maori: whakakino
Norwegian: skade (no)
Occitan: ferir (oc)
Old English: wundian, ġebennian, bennian
Ottoman Turkish: یاره‌لامق (yaralamak)
Persian: مجروح کردن (majruh kardan)
Piedmontese: ferì
Polish: ranić (pl) impf, zranić (pl) pf
Portuguese: ferir (pt), lesar (pt), machucar (pt), vulnerar
Romanian: răni (ro), vătăma (ro)
Russian: ра́нить (ru) impf or pf (ránitʹ), пора́нить (ru) pf (poránitʹ)
Sanskrit: हिनस्ति (sa) (hinasti)
Sardinian: firiri
Scottish Gaelic: leòn, ciùrr
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̏нити pf

Roman: rȁniti (sh) pf
Slovak: zraňovať impf, raniť pf, zraniť pf, poraniť pf
Slovene: raniti pf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: raniś impf

Upper Sorbian: ranić impf
Spanish: herir (es), lesionar (es), bazofiar (with a bladed weapon, Venezuela)
Swahili: vimbe (sw)
Swedish: skada (sv), såra (sv)
Telugu: గాయపరచు (gāyaparacu)
Turkish: yaralamak (tr)
Ukrainian: ра́нити impf or pf (rányty), пора́нити pf (porányty), зра́нити pf (zrányty)
Uzbek: yarador qilmoq
Volapük: vunön (vo)
Welsh: clwyfo (cy), briwo (cy)

hurt (someone's feelings)

Bulgarian: обиждам (bg) (obiždam), оскърбявам (bg) (oskǎrbjavam)
Catalan: ferir (ca)
Czech: ranit
Danish: såre
Dutch: kwetsen (nl)
Esperanto: vundi
Finnish: loukata (fi)
French: blesser (fr), offenser (fr)
Galician: ferir (gl)
German: verletzen (de)
Greek: πληγώνω (el) (pligóno), τραυματίζω (el) (travmatízo)
Icelandic: særa
Indonesian: melukai (id)
Italian: ferire (it), offendere (it)
Japanese: 傷付ける (きずつける, kizutsukeru)
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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

simple past and past participle of wind
- 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
  “ […] 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. […]”

Derived terms

References

^ Grandgent, C[harles] H. (1899), “V. From Franklin to Lowell. A Century of New England Pronunciation”, in James Bright, editor, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America‎^[1], volume 14, number 2, Baltimore: Modern Language Association of America, →DOI, →OCLC, page 238.
^ Krapp, George Philip (1925), The English Language in America‎^[2], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 150.

[1] Grandgent, C[harles] H. (1899), “V. From Franklin to Lowell. A Century of New England Pronunciation”, in James Bright, editor, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America‎^[1], volume 14, number 2, Baltimore: Modern Language Association of America, →DOI, →OCLC, page 238.

[2] Krapp, George Philip (1925), The English Language in America‎^[2], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 150.

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