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English

Etymology

From the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?m?s?s/

Noun

nemesis (plural nemeses)

1. (chiefly Canada, US) An archenemy

2. (chiefly non-North American usage) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character.
3. The principle of retributive justice.
4. (usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided.
5. The polar opposite of a character.
6. A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.

Coordinate terms

• antagonist
• villain
• rival
• bane
• archenemy
• adversary

Derived terms

• archnemesis
• chocolate nemesis
• nemetic

Translations

Anagrams

• Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n?m?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n??m?s?is]

Noun

nemesis f (genitive nemesis or nemese?s or nemesios); third declension

1. nemesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• Italian: nemesi
• Swedish: nemesis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (émesis), from ???? (emé?, “vomit”). Compare ?????? (émetos, “vomit”, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?s?s/
• Hyphenation: em?e?sis

Noun

emesis (countable and uncountable, plural emeses)

1. (pathology) The act or process of vomiting.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• missee

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (émesis), from ???? (emé?, “vomit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?mesis/, [e?me.sis]

Noun

emesis f (plural emesis)

1. (medicine) emesis, vomit

   Synonym: vómito

Further reading

“emesis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.