nausea

See also: náusea

English

Etymology

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɔːzɪə/, /ˈnɔːsɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɔzi.ə/, /ˈnɔsi.ə/, /ˈnɔʒə/, /ˈnɔʃə/
  • (US, 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

Translations
motion sickness — see motion sickness
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Further reading

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

nausea f (plural nausee)

  1. nausea

Derived terms

Verb

nausea

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

Latin

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
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