palpitation

English

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Etymology

From Middle French palpitation, from Latin palpitatio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

palpitation (countable and uncountable, plural palpitations)

1. An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.
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     Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.

Translations

abnormal beating of the heart

Arabic: خَفَقَان m (ḵafaqān) Armenian: սրտխփոց (hy) (srtxpʻocʻ) Azerbaijani: ürəkdöyünmə, ürəkçırpıntısı Bulgarian: сърцебиене n (sǎrcebiene) Catalan: palpitació f Chinese: Hokkien: 抱心 Mandarin: 心悸 (zh) (xīnjì) Czech: palpitace (cs) f Finnish: sydämentykytys (fi) French: palpitation (fr) f Georgian: პალპიტაცია (ka) (ṗalṗiṭacia) German: Herzklopfen (de) n, Palpitation (de) f Greek: παλμός (el) m (palmós), καρδιοχτύπι (el) n (kardiochtýpi) Ancient: ἄραδος m (árados) Haitian Creole: palpitasyon Japanese: 動悸 (ja) (どうき, dōki) Macedonian: срцеби́ење n (srcebíenje) Norwegian: Bokmål: palpitasjon m, hjertebank m Nynorsk: palpitasjon m, hjartebank m or n Persian: تپش قلب Polish: palpitacja (pl) f Portuguese: palpitação (pt) f Russian: си́льное сердцебие́ние n (sílʹnoje serdcebijénije), пальпита́ция (ru) f (palʹpitácija) Scottish Gaelic: plosg m, plosgadh m Serbo-Croatian: palpitacija (sh) f Spanish: palpitación f Swedish: hjärtklappning (sv) c Tagalog: tahip, sikdo Ukrainian: пальпіта́ція f (palʹpitácija)

French

Etymology

From Latin palpitātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

palpitation f (plural palpitations)

1. palpitation

Related terms

• palpiter

Descendants

• → Romanian: palpitație

Further reading

• “palpitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.