spasme
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈspasmɛ]
Etymology 1
Verb
spasme
- first-person plural imperative of spasit
Etymology 2
Verb
spasme
- first-person plural imperative of spást
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spasme, from Old French (e)spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).
Noun
spasme n (plural spasmen or spasmes, diminutive spasmetje n)
- (medicine) spasm
- Synonyms: convulsie, stuip, stuiptrekking
Related terms
- spasmatisch
- spasmeren
- spasmodisch
- spastisch
Further reading
- spasme on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
Etymology
From Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spasm/
Noun
spasme m (plural spasmes)
- spasm
- je suis sujette à des spasmes, des espèces de crampes au cœur ! (Honoré de Balzac, Honorine, 1843)
Related terms
References
- “spasme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “spasme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).
Noun
spasme m (definite singular spasmen, indefinite plural spasmer, definite plural spasmene)
- a spasm
References
- “spasme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós).
Noun
spasme m (definite singular spasmen, indefinite plural spasmar, definite plural spasmane)
- a spasm
References
- “spasme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Noun
spasme ?
- alternative form of espasme