vertigen

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vertīginem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bərˈti.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vərˈti.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veɾˈti.d͡ʒen]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

vertigen m (plural vertigens)

1. (pathology) vertigo
2. dizziness, giddiness

   Synonym: rodesa de cap

3. (countable) dizzy spell
4. (countable) wild hair, sudden impulse

Related terms

• vèrtex
• vertiginós

Further reading

• “vertigen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007