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See also: čoma, čomā, and cơ mà

English

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma (plural comas)

  1. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
    go into a coma
    slip into a coma
    come out of a coma
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Etymology 2

    Learned borrowing from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

    Noun

    coma (plural comae)

    1. (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
    2. (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
    3. (botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
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    Asturian

    Verb

    coma

    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

    Catalan

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

    Noun

    coma m (plural comes)

    1. coma (deep sleep)

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

    Noun

    coma f (plural comes)

    1. comma (punctuation mark)
    2. (music) comma (type of rest)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

    From Gaulish *kumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”). Compare Occitan comba, French combe.

    Noun

    coma f (plural comes)

    1. combe, cwm, cirque
      Synonym: circ
    2. an alpine meadow situated between two peaks
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    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkoː.maː/
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    • Hyphenation: co‧ma
    • Rhymes: -oːmaː

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).

    Noun

    coma n (plural coma's, no diminutive)

    1. coma (state of unconsciousness)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).

    Noun

    coma f (plural coma's, diminutive comaatje n)

    1. coma (head of a comet)
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    French

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin cōma, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma (state of unconsciousness)
      • 1825, Etienne-Marin Bailly, Traité anatomico-pathologique des fièvres intermittentes simples et pernicieuses:
        Le coma suivi de symptômes convulsifs, est moins dangereux que lorsqu'il leur succède, à moins que dans ce dernier cas il soit nerveux, et que le malade se réveille facilement, on exécute, sinon des mouvements volontaires, au moins des mouvements automatiques.
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    Descendants

    • → Persian: کما (komâ)
    • → Turkish: koma

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    Galician

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkoma/ [ˈko.mɐ]
    • Rhymes: -oma
    • Hyphenation: co‧ma

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coma, this from Latin como plus either ad or ac.

    Conjunction

    coma

    1. as (to the same degree that)
      Non es tan alto coma Xan ― You're not as tall as John.

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coma (“mane”), from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. coma (of a comet)
    2. mane (of a horse)
      Synonym: crina

    Etymology 3

    Learned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. (typography) comma
      Synonym: vírgula

    Etymology 4

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

    Noun

    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma (deep sleep)

    Etymology 5

    Verb

    coma

    1. inflection of comer:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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    Interlingua

    Noun

    coma (uncountable)

    1. coma

    Italian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ma/
    • Rhymes: -ɔma
    • Hyphenation: cò‧ma

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).

    Noun

    coma f (plural come)

    1. (literary, obsolete) synonym of chioma
    2. (optics, uncountable) coma

    Further reading

    • coma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

    Etymology 2

    From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

    Noun

    coma m (plural comi)

    1. (typography) alternative form of comma (“punctuation mark”)

    Further reading

    • coma2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

    Noun

    coma m (invariable)

    1. coma (deep sleep)

    Further reading

    • coma3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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    Ladin

    Noun

    coma f (plural comes)

    1. (Val di Fassa, law) subsection
    2. (Val di Fassa, orthography) comma
      Synonym: vìrgola

    Latin

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”). For sense 2, compare crīniō (“to cover with leaves, or hair”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    coma f (genitive comae); first declension

    1. The hair of the head.
      Synonyms: crīnis, capillus
    2. foliage, ears, blades, stalks of trees, grass (as though resembling hair)

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    More information singular, plural ...

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    References

    • “coma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “coma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "coma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “coma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “coma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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    Pronunciation

     

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

    Noun

    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma, state of unconsciousness

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin coma.

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. abundant hair of the head
      Synonym: cabeleira
    2. mane
    3. (astronomy) comet coma

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    Etymology 3

    Learned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. (archaic, grammar) comma
    2. (music) comma
    3. (music) eighth rest

    Etymology 4

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    coma

    1. inflection of comer:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm-smiyo-, from *ḱóm (“beside, with, by”) + *sem- (“one, as one”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    coma

    1. indifferent, unconcerned
      Tha e coma. ― He couldn't care less.
      'S mi a tha coma dè thachras. ― I don't give a damn what happens.
      Coma de sin! ― Never mind that! Forget that!
      Is coma sin ― It doesn't matter.
    2. reckless, careless
    3. expressing dislike or even hate when used with le
      Is coma leam thu ― I hate you.
      Is coma leis an rìgh Eòghann agus is coma le Eòghann co-dhiù ― The king doesn't like Eòghann, but Eòghann doesn't care whether the king likes him or not.

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    Mutation

    More information radical, lenition ...

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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