histeria
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /histeˈria/
- Hyphenation: his‧te‧ri‧a
- Rhymes: -ia
Portuguese
Etymology
From histero- + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌis.te.ˈɾi.ɐ/
Noun
histeria f (plural histerias)
- hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)
Alternative forms
- hysteria (obsolete)
Spanish
Etymology
From French hystérie, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra) "womb", as hysteria was thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb. Ultimately related to Latin uterus "womb; uterus".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isˈteɾja/, [isˈt̪eɾja]
Related terms
Further reading
- “histeria” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.