coma
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊmə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: kōʹmə, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊmə/
- Rhymes: (UK) -əʊmə, (US) -oʊmə
- Homophone: comber (non-rhotic)
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
editcoma (plural comas)
- A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
- go into a coma
- slip into a coma
- come out of a coma
- 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:
- I wonder if a person who comes out of a coma feels refreshed and well rested.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
Noun
editcoma (plural comae)
- (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
- (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
- (botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
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editAsturian
editVerb
editcoma
Catalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
editcoma m (plural comes)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).
Noun
editcoma f (plural comes)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom Gaulish *kumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”). Compare Occitan comba, French combe.
Noun
editcoma f (plural comes)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “coma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “coma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “coma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “coma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).
Noun
editcoma n (plural coma's)
- coma (state of unconsciousness)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).
Noun
editcoma f (plural coma's, diminutive comaatje n)
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin cōma, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoma m (plural comas)
- coma (state of unconsciousness)
- 1825, Etienne-Marin Bailly, Traité anatomico-pathologique des fièvres intermittentes simples et pernicieuses:
- Le coma suivi de symptômes convulsifs, est moins dangereux que lorsqu’il leur succède, à moins que dans ce dernier cas il soit nerveux, et que le malade se réveille facilement, on exécute, sinon des mouvements volontaires, au moins des mouvements automatiques.
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Turkish: koma
Further reading
edit- “coma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coma, this from Latin como plus either ad or ac.
Conjunction
editcoma
- as (to the same degree that)
- Non es tan alto coma Xan ― You're not as tall as John.
Etymology 2
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coma (“mane”), from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
Noun
editcoma f (plural comas)
Etymology 3
editLearned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).
Noun
editcoma f (plural comas)
- (typography) comma
- Synonym: vírgula
Etymology 4
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
editcoma m (plural comas)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
editEtymology 5
editVerb
editcoma
- inflection of comer:
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
edit- “coma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Interlingua
editNoun
editcoma (uncountable)
Related terms
editItalian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).
Noun
editcoma f (plural come)
Further reading
edit- coma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).
Noun
editcoma m (plural comi)
- (typography) Alternative form of comma (“punctuation mark”)
Further reading
edit- coma2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
editcoma m (invariable)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- coma3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editLadin
editNoun
editcoma f (plural comes)
- (Val di Fassa, law) subsection
- (Val di Fassa, orthography) comma
- Synonym: vìrgola
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈko.ma/, [ˈkɔmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.ma/, [ˈkɔːmä]
Noun
editcoma f (genitive comae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | coma | comae |
Genitive | comae | comārum |
Dative | comae | comīs |
Accusative | comam | comās |
Ablative | comā | comīs |
Vocative | coma | comae |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “coma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “coma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “coma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: co‧ma
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
editcoma m (plural comas)
- coma, state of unconsciousness
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editcoma f (plural comas)
See also
editEtymology 3
editLearned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).
Noun
editcoma f (plural comas)
Etymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editcoma
- inflection of comer:
Further reading
edit- “coma”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “coma” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “coma” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “coma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “coma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “coma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm-smiyo-, from *ḱóm (“beside, with, by”) + *sem- (“one, as one”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcoma
- indifferent, unconcerned
- Tha e coma. ― He couldn't care less.
- 'S mi a tha coma dè thachras. ― I don't give a damn what happens.
- Coma de sin! ― Never mind that! Forget that!
- Is coma sin ― It doesn't matter.
- reckless, careless
- expressing dislike or even hate when used with le
- Is coma leam thu ― I hate you.
- Is coma leis an rìgh Eòghann agus is coma le Eòghann co-dhiù ― The king doesn't like Eòghann, but Eòghann doesn't care whether the king likes him or not.
Derived terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
coma | choma |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cummae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editcoma f (plural comas)
- comma (punctuation mark)
- (church) misericord
- (music) section
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
editcoma m (plural comas)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
editEtymology 3
editNoun
editcoma f (plural comas)
Etymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editcoma
- inflection of comer:
Further reading
edit- “coma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcoma m (plural comas)
Mutation
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