trauma

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɔː.mə/, /ˈtɹaʊ.mə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɔ.mə/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑ.mə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːmə, -aʊmə

Noun

trauma (countable and uncountable, plural traumas or traumata)

1. Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

   Synonym: insult
2. An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
3. An event that causes great distress.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “trauma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• trauma in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “trauma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Murata, Tamura, matura

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾaw.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾaw.ma]

Noun

trauma m (plural traumes)

1. trauma

Derived terms

• traumatitzar

Related terms

• traumàtic

Further reading

• “trauma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “trauma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “trauma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trauma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrau̯ma]

Noun

trauma n

1. trauma

Declension

Related terms

References

Further reading

• “trauma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “trauma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “trauma”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

1. trauma

Derived terms

• hoofdtrauma
• traumatisch
• traumatiseren
• traumatalogie

Descendants

• → Indonesian: trauma

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trauma

1. trauma

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “trauma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• maarut, murtaa

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁo.ma/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• trauma acoustique
• trauma auditif
• trauma parodontal
• trauma psychique
• trauma sonore

Further reading

• “trauma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

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

Related terms

• traumático
• traumatismo
• traumatizar

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrau̯ma]
• Hyphenation: trau‧ma

Noun

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

Related terms

Further reading

• “trauma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

trauma (plural traumas)

1. trauma

Related terms

• traumatic

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trauma m (plural traumi)

1. trauma

Anagrams

• matura, murata, rumata

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtræʉ̯.mɑ/

Noun

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

1. alternative form of traume

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²træʉ̯.mɑ/

Noun

trauma n

1. definite plural of traume

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trauma f

1. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)

   Synonym: uraz

2. (psychology) trauma (emotional wound)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• trauma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• trauma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awmɐ
• Hyphenation: trau‧ma

Noun

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tràuma f (Cyrillic spelling тра̀ума)

1. trauma

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

1. (medicine, psychology) trauma
2. injury; harm

   Synonym: traumatismo

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

trauma

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

Further reading

• “trauma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• mutara
• mutará

Swedish

Noun

trauma n

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

Declension

Related terms

• traumatisera (“traumatize”)
• traumatisk (“traumatic”)

References

• trauma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trauma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trauma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)