histeria

From histerio (“hysteria”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

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• IPA^(key): /histeˈria/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: his‧te‧ri‧a

histeria (accusative singular histerian, plural histeriaj, accusative plural histeriajn)

1. hysterical

Borrowed from English hysteria, from New Latin hysteria, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós).

• IPA^(key): /xisˈtɛ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: his‧te‧ria

histeria f

1. (psychology) hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)

   Synonym: psychoza

• histeria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• histeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From histero- +‎ -ia.

histeria f (plural histerias)

1. hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)

• hysteria (obsolete)

• histeria coletiva
• histérico

Borrowed 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”).

• IPA^(key): /isˈteɾja/ [isˈt̪e.ɾja]

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• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: his‧te‧ria

histeria f (plural histerias)

1. hysteria

• “histeria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024