nausea

See also: náusea, and nàusea

English

Etymology

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːzɪə/, /ˈnɔːsɪə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔzi.ə/, /ˈnɔsi.ə/, /ˈnɔʒə/, /ˈnɔʃə/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑzi.ə/, /ˈnɑsi.ə/, /ˈnɑʒə/, /ˈnɑʃə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːziə
• Hyphenation: nau‧sea

Noun

nausea (countable and uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)

1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
2. Strong dislike or disgust.
3. Motion sickness.

Derived terms

• nauseate
• nauseous

Related terms

• ad nauseam
• nautical

Translations

feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: غَثْيَان m (ḡaṯyān)
• Armenian: սրտխառնուկ (srtxaṙnuk)
• Bhojpuri: उबकाई (ubᵊkāī)
• Bulgarian: гадене (bg) n (gadene), повдигане (bg) (povdigane)
• Catalan: nàusea (ca) f
• Chamicuro: upa'saknanisti
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惡心／恶心 (zh) (èxīn) or 噁心／𫫇心 (zh), 恶心 (zh) (ěxīn)

• Czech: nevolnost (cs) f, mdlo (cs) f
• Danish: kvalme (da)
• Dutch: misselijkheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: naŭzo
• Finnish: pahoinvointi (fi)
• French: nausée (fr) f
• Galician: náusea f
• Georgian: გულისრევა (gulisreva), გულძმარვა (ka) (gulʒmarva)
• German: Übelkeit (de) f
• Greek: ναυτία (el) f (naftía)

  Ancient: ναυσία f (nausía), ναυτία f (nautía), βδελυγμία f (bdelugmía)

• Hebrew: בְּחִילָה (he) f (bḥilá)
• Hindi: उबकाई (hi) (ubkāī)
• Hungarian: hányinger (hu), émelygés (hu)
• Indonesian: mual (id)
• Irish: masmas m, adhascaid f
• Italian: nausea (it) f
• Japanese: 吐き気 (ja) (はきけ, hakike), 酔い (ja) (よい, yoi) (intoxication), 悪心 (ja) (おしん, oshin)
• Khmer: ដំណើរ​ចង់​ក្អួត (dɑmnaə-cɑng-kʼuət)
• Korean: 구역질 (ko) (guyeokjil)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھێلنج (hêlnic)

• Ladino: enguyo m
• Latvian: nelabums m, sliktums m
• Lithuanian: šleikštulys m, pykinimas m
• Macedonian: гадење m (gadenje)
• Manx: jiooldaght f
• Maori: paipairuaki, whakapairua, whakapairuaki
• Marathi: मळमळ f (maḷmaḷ)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvalme (no) m

  Nynorsk: kvalme m

• Old English: wlǣtta m, wlǣtung
• Oromo: loca
• Persian: تهوع (fa)
• Plautdietsch: Äakjel n
• Polish: mdłości (pl) pl, nudności (pl) pl
• Portuguese: náusea (pt) f, enjoo (pt)
• Romanian: greață (ro) f, nausea (ro) f
• Russian: тошнота́ (ru) f (tošnotá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мучнѝна f, наузѐја f

  Roman: mučnìna (sh) f, nauzèja (sh) f

• Spanish: náusea (es) f
• Swahili: kichefuchefu (sw)
• Swedish: illamående (sv) n
• Tagalog: alibadbad (tl), dimarim
• Thai: คลื่นไส้ (th) (klʉ̂ʉn-sâi)
• Turkish: mide bulantısı
• Ukrainian: нудо́та (uk) f (nudóta)
• Vietnamese: buồn nôn (vi)
• Welsh: cyfog m
• West Frisian: mier
• Yiddish: ניטגוטקײַט f (nitgutkayt)

strong dislike or disgust

• Armenian: զզվանք (hy) (zzvankʻ)
• Bulgarian: отвращение (bg) n (otvraštenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厭惡／厌恶 (zh) (yànwù), 嫌惡／嫌恶 (zh) (xiánwù)

• Esperanto: naŭzo
• Finnish: etominen (fi)
• French: nausée (fr) f, dégoût (fr) m
• Galician: noxo m, náusea f, repulsión f
• German: Ekel (de) m
• Greek: αηδία (el) f (aïdía), ναυτία (el) f (naftía), σιχασιά (el) f (sichasiá), αναγούλα (el) f (anagoúla)
• Hungarian: megcsömörlés (hu), undorodás (hu), undor (hu), csömör (hu)
• Irish: déistin f
• Italian: nausea (it) f
• Japanese: 吐き気 (ja) (はきけ, hakike), 嫌悪 (ja) (けんお, ken'o)
• Polish: obrzydzenie (pl) n, wstręt (pl) m
• Portuguese: desgosto (pt) m, asco (pt) m, repulsão (pt) f
• Romanian: dezgust (ro) n
• Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мучнѝна f, наузѐја f

  Roman: mučnìna (sh) f, nauzèja (sh) f

• Spanish: repulsión (es) f, asco (es) m
• Swahili: kichefuchefu (sw)
• Thai: คลื่นไส้ (th) (klʉ̂ʉn-sâi)
• Turkish: iğrenmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: відра́за f (vidráza)

motion sickness — see motion sickness

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} mual (id)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} náuseas (es) f pl
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వికారం (te) (vikāraṁ), ^{(please verify)} కడుపులో తిప్పుట (kaḍupulō tippuṭa)

Further reading

• nausea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English nausea).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑu̯seɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝u̯s̠e̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑuseɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nau‧se‧a

Noun

nausea

1. (medicine) Synonym of pahoinvointi (“nausea”)

Declension

Inflection of nausea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		nausea	nauseat
genitive		nausean	nauseoiden nauseoitten
partitive		nauseaa	nauseoita
illative		nauseaan	nauseoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nausea	nauseat
accusative	nom.	nausea	nauseat
	gen.	nausean
genitive		nausean	nauseoiden nauseoitten nauseain rare
partitive		nauseaa	nauseoita
inessive		nauseassa	nauseoissa
elative		nauseasta	nauseoista
illative		nauseaan	nauseoihin
adessive		nausealla	nauseoilla
ablative		nausealta	nauseoilta
allative		nausealle	nauseoille
essive		nauseana	nauseoina
translative		nauseaksi	nauseoiksi
abessive		nauseatta	nauseoitta
instructive		—	nauseoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nausea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nauseani nauseani accusative nom. nauseani nauseani gen. nauseani genitive nauseani nauseoideni nauseoitteni nauseaini rare partitive nauseaani nauseoitani inessive nauseassani nauseoissani elative nauseastani nauseoistani illative nauseaani nauseoihini adessive nauseallani nauseoillani ablative nausealtani nauseoiltani allative nausealleni nauseoilleni essive nauseanani nauseoinani translative nauseakseni nauseoikseni abessive nauseattani nauseoittani instructive — — comitative — nauseoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nauseasi nauseasi accusative nom. nauseasi nauseasi gen. nauseasi genitive nauseasi nauseoidesi nauseoittesi nauseaisi rare partitive nauseaasi nauseoitasi inessive nauseassasi nauseoissasi elative nauseastasi nauseoistasi illative nauseaasi nauseoihisi adessive nauseallasi nauseoillasi ablative nausealtasi nauseoiltasi allative nauseallesi nauseoillesi essive nauseanasi nauseoinasi translative nauseaksesi nauseoiksesi abessive nauseattasi nauseoittasi instructive — — comitative — nauseoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nauseamme nauseamme accusative nom. nauseamme nauseamme gen. nauseamme genitive nauseamme nauseoidemme nauseoittemme nauseaimme rare partitive nauseaamme nauseoitamme inessive nauseassamme nauseoissamme elative nauseastamme nauseoistamme illative nauseaamme nauseoihimme adessive nauseallamme nauseoillamme ablative nausealtamme nauseoiltamme allative nauseallemme nauseoillemme essive nauseanamme nauseoinamme translative nauseaksemme nauseoiksemme abessive nauseattamme nauseoittamme instructive — — comitative — nauseoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nauseanne nauseanne accusative nom. nauseanne nauseanne gen. nauseanne genitive nauseanne nauseoidenne nauseoittenne nauseainne rare partitive nauseaanne nauseoitanne inessive nauseassanne nauseoissanne elative nauseastanne nauseoistanne illative nauseaanne nauseoihinne adessive nauseallanne nauseoillanne ablative nausealtanne nauseoiltanne allative nauseallenne nauseoillenne essive nauseananne nauseoinanne translative nauseaksenne nauseoiksenne abessive nauseattanne nauseoittanne instructive — — comitative — nauseoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative nauseansa nauseansa accusative nom. nauseansa nauseansa gen. nauseansa genitive nauseansa nauseoidensa nauseoittensa nauseainsa rare partitive nauseaansa nauseoitaan nauseoitansa inessive nauseassaan nauseassansa nauseoissaan nauseoissansa elative nauseastaan nauseastansa nauseoistaan nauseoistansa illative nauseaansa nauseoihinsa adessive nauseallaan nauseallansa nauseoillaan nauseoillansa ablative nausealtaan nausealtansa nauseoiltaan nauseoiltansa allative nausealleen nauseallensa nauseoilleen nauseoillensa essive nauseanaan nauseanansa nauseoinaan nauseoinansa translative nauseakseen nauseaksensa nauseoikseen nauseoiksensa abessive nauseattaan nauseattansa nauseoittaan nauseoittansa instructive — — comitative — nauseoineen nauseoinensa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaw.ze.a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awzea
• Hyphenation: nàu‧se‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “seasickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).

Noun

nausea f (plural nausee)

1. nausea

Derived terms

• nausea mattutina
• nauseabondo / nauseante
• nauseare
• nauseato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nausea

1. inflection of nauseare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía).

Alternative forms

• nausia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.se.a/, [ˈnäu̯s̠eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.se.a/, [ˈnäːu̯seä]

Noun

nausea f (genitive nauseae); first declension

1. nausea
2. seasickness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nausea	nauseae
genitive	nauseae	nauseārum
dative	nauseae	nauseīs
accusative	nauseam	nauseās
ablative	nauseā	nauseīs
vocative	nausea	nauseae

Descendants

• → English: nausea
• → French: nausée, noise
• → Italian: nausea
• → Portuguese: náusea
• → Spanish: náusea
• → Catalan: nàusea

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nauseā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nauseō

References

• “nausea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nausea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nausea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.