traumatic
/tɹɔːˈmætɪk/traw-MA-tik
/tɹɔˈmætɪk/traw-MA-tik
Meaningwounding
Common meaning: deeply disturbing
- trauma woundLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 815 · scan
- aticadjective ending: of that kind
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek τραῦμα ‘a wound’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τραῦμα, p. 815 · dictionary scan
Roots
- τραῦμα Greek “a wound”
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