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English
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Pronunciation
- (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
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
coma (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
Related terms
Translations
Deep sleep
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See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
Hubble image of an icy Comet, showing nucleus and coma
In this image the stars near the edge of the field form comae because of the comatic aberration of the wide-angle lens
In each of these trees the branches form a well-defined coma
Each of these milkweed seeds has a coma of silky hairs at one end
Noun
coma (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.
Translations
Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus
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Defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
coma
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
coma m (plural comes)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).
Noun
coma f (plural comes)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Gaulish *kumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”). Compare Occitan comba, French combe.
Noun
coma f (plural comes)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).
Noun
coma n (plural coma's)
- coma (state of unconsciousness)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).
Noun
coma f (plural coma's, diminutive comaatje n)
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cōma, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).
Pronunciation
Noun
coma 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
Descendants
Further reading
- “coma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coma, this from Latin como plus either ad or ac.
Conjunction
coma
- as (to the same degree that)
- Non es tan alto coma Xan ― You're not as tall as John.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coma (“mane”), from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
Noun
coma f (plural comas)
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).
Noun
coma f (plural comas)
- (typography) comma
- Synonym: vírgula
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
coma m (plural comas)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
Etymology 5
Verb
coma
- inflection of comer:
References
- 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
- “coma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Interlingua
Noun
coma (uncountable)
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).
Noun
coma f (plural come)
Further reading
- coma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).
Noun
coma m (plural comi)
- (typography) Alternative form of comma (“punctuation mark”)
Further reading
- coma2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
coma m (invariable)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
Further reading
- coma3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Ladin
Noun
coma f (plural comes)
- (Val di Fassa, law) subsection
- (Val di Fassa, orthography) comma
- Synonym: vìrgola
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈko.ma/, [ˈkɔmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.ma/, [ˈkɔːmä]
Noun
coma f (genitive comae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coma | comae |
| Genitive | comae | comārum |
| Dative | comae | comīs |
| Accusative | comam | comās |
| Ablative | comā | comīs |
| Vocative | coma | comae |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -omɐ
- Hyphenation: co‧ma
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
coma m (plural comas)
- coma, state of unconsciousness
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
coma f (plural comas)
See also
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).
Noun
coma f (plural comas)
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
coma
- inflection of comer:
Further reading
- “coma”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “coma”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “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
Etymology
From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm-smiyo-, from *ḱóm (“beside, with, by”) + *sem- (“one, as one”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
coma
- 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
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| coma | choma |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cummae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
coma f (plural comas)
- comma (punctuation mark)
- (church) misericord
- (music) section
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Noun
coma m (plural comas)
- coma (deep sleep)
Related terms
Etymology 3
Noun
coma f (plural comas)
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
coma
- inflection of comer:
Further reading
- “coma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
coma m (plural comas)
Mutation
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