different between thunderbolt vs trauma

English

Etymology

From thunder +? bolt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???nd?(?)?bo?lt/

Noun

thunderbolt (plural thunderbolts)

1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
2. (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.

   • the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war

3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
   • 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie […] of the Power and Providence of God

     a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations

4. (soccer) A very powerful shot.
5. (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
6. (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
7. A daring or irresistible hero.

Derived terms

• thunderbolt beetle

Translations

See also

• thunderclap
• thunderstroke

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???.m?/, /?t?a?.m?/

Rhymes: -??m?, -a?m?

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??.m?/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?t??.m?/
• (cot–caught merger, father-bother merger) IPA^(key): /?t??.m?/

Noun

trauma (countable and uncountable, plural traumas or traumata)

1. Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
2. An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
3. An event that causes great distress.

Derived terms

• phonotrauma
• traumatism
• traumatise/traumatize
• trauma incidence reduction

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????

Translations

References

• trauma at OneLook Dictionary Search
• trauma in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• trauma in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Murata, Tamura, matura

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?t?aw.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?t?aw.ma/

Noun

trauma m (plural traumes)

1. trauma

Derived terms

• traumatitzar

Related terms

• traumàtic

Further reading

• “trauma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trauma” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “trauma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trauma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound”) via German Trauma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tra??ma/

Noun

trauma n

1. trauma

Declension

Related terms

• traumatický
• traumatizovat
• traumatologie

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?u?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: trau?ma

Noun

trauma n (plural trauma's or traumata, diminutive traumaatje n)

1. trauma

Derived terms

• hoofdtrauma
• traumatisch
• traumatiseren
• traumatalogie

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: trauma

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound”).

Noun

trauma

1. trauma

Declension

Anagrams

• maarut, murtaa

French

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?o.ma/

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

1. (medicine) trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)
2. (psychology and psychoanalysis, elliptical use for trauma psychique) psychic trauma

Synonyms

• (psychic trauma): traumatisme psychique

Derived terms

• trauma acoustique
• trauma auditif
• trauma parodontal
• trauma psychique
• trauma sonore

References

• “trauma” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

1. an emotional wound
2. (medicine) trauma; serious physical injury

Related terms

• traumático
• traumatismo
• traumatizar

Interlingua

Noun

trauma (plural traumas)

1. trauma

Related terms

• traumatic

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch trauma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?trau?ma]
• Hyphenation: trau?ma

Noun

trauma (first-person possessive traumaku, second-person possessive traumamu, third-person possessive traumanya)

1. trauma:
   1. an event that causes great distress.
   2. (psychology, psychiatry) an emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
   3. (surgery) any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

      Synonym: rudapaksa

Related terms

Further reading

• “trauma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Noun

trauma m (plural traumi)

1. trauma

Anagrams

• matura, murata

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?træ??.m?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

trauma n (definite singular traumaet, indefinite plural trauma, definite plural traumaa)

1. alternative form of traume

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²træ??.m?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

trauma n

1. definite plural of traume

Polish

Etymology

From English trauma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?traw.ma/

Noun

trauma f

1. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)

   Synonym: uraz

2. (psychology) trauma (emotional wound)

Declension

Related terms

• (verb) traumatyzowa?
• (nouns) traumatyk, traumatyzm, traumatyzacja, traumatolog, traumatologia
• (adjectives) traumatyczny, traumatologiczny

Further reading

• trauma in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• trauma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awma

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

1. trauma (emotional wound)
2. trauma (event that causes great distress)
3. (medicine) trauma (serious injury to the body)

   Synonym: traumatismo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?uma/
• Hyphenation: tra?u?ma

Noun

tràuma f (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. trauma

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?auma/, [?t??au?.ma]
• Hyphenation: trau?ma

Noun

trauma m (plural traumas)

1. (medicine, psychology) trauma
2. injury; harm

Derived terms

• antitrauma
• traumatizar
• traumático
• traumatizante
• traumado

Anagrams

• mutara
• mutará