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intimation
English
Etymology
From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt??me???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
intimation (plural intimations)
- The act of intimating.
- The thing intimated.
- Announcement; declaration.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.
- 1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking:
- At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 378:
- And actually I had important intimations to communicate as he faced the end. But intimations weren't much use.
- 1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking:
Translations
Related terms
- intimacy
- intimate
References
- “intimation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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symptom
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (súmpt?ma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of ???????? (sumpípt?, “? befall”), from ???- (sun-, “together”) + ????? (pípt?, “I fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?m(p)t?m/
- Hyphenation: symp?tom
Noun
symptom (plural symptoms)
- (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
- (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
Synonyms
- indication
- manifestation
- sign, signal
- See also Thesaurus:symptom
Antonyms
- Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause
Derived terms
- symptomatology
- symptomless
Related terms
- asymptomatic
- asymptote
- symptomatic
Translations
Further reading
- symptom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- symptom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Etymology
From German Symptom from Ancient Greek ???????? (súmpt?ma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of ???????? (sumpípt?, “? befall”), from ???- (sun-, “together”) + ????? (pípt?, “I fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?mptom]
Noun
symptom m
- symptom
Declension
Related terms
- symptomatický
References
Danish
Noun
symptom n (singular definite symptomet, plural indefinite symptomer)
- symptom
Declension
Derived terms
- symptomfri
Related terms
- symptomatisk
References
- “symptom” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (súmpt?ma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of ???????? (sumpípt?, “? befall”), from ???- (sun-, “together”) + ????? (pípt?, “I fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?mp?tu?m/
- Rhymes: -u?m
- Hyphenation: symp?tom
Noun
symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom or symptomer, definite plural symptoma or symptomene)
- symptom
Derived terms
- abstinenssymptom
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom, definite plural symptoma)
- symptom
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?m.pt?m/
Noun
symptom m inan
- symptom
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
In the Swedish language since 1730. From Ancient Greek ???????? (súmpt?ma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”).
Noun
symptom n
- Dated form of symtom (“symptom”).
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