Learned borrowing fromAncient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ,“ deep sleep ” ) .
coma (plural comas
A state ofunconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form oftrauma .go into acoma slip into acoma come out of acoma 1961 Harry E. Wedeck ,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs , New York: The Citadel Press, page215 :An a aphrodisiac, it results in santonin poisoning, followed bycoma and death.
Learned borrowing fromLatin coma ( “ hair of the head ” ) , fromAncient Greek κόμη ( kómē ,“ hair ” ) .
Hubble image of an icy Comet, showing nucleus andcoma
In each of these trees the branches form a well-definedcoma
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coma (plural comae
( astronomy ) cloud ofdust surrounding thenucleus of acomet .( optics ) defect characterized bydiffuse ,pear -shaped images that in an ideal image would appear aspoints .( botany ) tuft orbunch , such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster ofbracts when empty and terminating theinflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus
Defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images
coma
first / third-person singular present subjunctive ofcomer Borrowed fromAncient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ,“ deep sleep ” ) .
coma m plural comes
coma ( deep sleep ) Borrowed fromLatin comma Ancient Greek κόμμα ( kómma ) .
coma f plural comes
comma ( punctuation mark ) ( music ) comma ( type of rest ) FromGaulish *kumba Proto-Celtic *kumbā ( “ valley ” ) . CompareOccitan comba French combe
coma f plural comes
combe ,cwm ,cirque Synonym: circ an alpine meadow situated between two peaks “coma ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “coma ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “coma” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“coma” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.Borrowed fromLatin coma Ancient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ) .
coma n plural coma's nodiminutive )
coma unconsciousness )Borrowed fromLatin coma Ancient Greek κόμη ( kómē ) .
coma f plural coma's diminutive comaatje n
coma head of acomet )Learned borrowing fromLatin cōma Ancient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ) .
coma m plural comas
coma ( state of unconsciousness ) 1825 Traité anatomico-pathologique des fièvres intermittentes simples et pernicieuses :Lecoma 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. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) IPA (key ) : /ˈkoma/ [ˈko.mɐ] Rhymes:-oma Hyphenation:co‧ma Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguese coma Latin como ad ac
coma
as ( to the same degree that ) Non es tan altocoma Xan ―You're not as tallas John. Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguese coma ( “ mane ” ) , fromLatin coma ( “ hair of the head ” ) , fromAncient Greek κόμη ( kómē ,“ hair ” ) .
coma f plural comas
coma mane (of a horse)Synonym: crina Learned borrowing fromLatin comma Ancient Greek κόμμα ( kómma ) , fromκόπτω ( kóptō ,“ I cut ” ) .
coma f plural comas
( typography ) comma Synonym: vírgula Borrowed fromAncient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ,“ deep sleep ” ) .
coma m plural comas
coma ( deep sleep ) coma
inflection ofcomer first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “coma ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “coma ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “coma ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “coma ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “coma ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN coma (uncountable
coma Borrowed fromLatin coma ( “ hair of the head ” ) , borrowed fromAncient Greek κόμη ( kómē ) .
coma f plural come
( literary , obsolete ) synonym ofchioma ( optics , uncountable ) coma coma1 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaFromLatin comma Ancient Greek κόμμα ( kómma ) .
coma m plural comi
( typography ) alternative form ofcomma ( “ punctuation mark ” ) coma2 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaBorrowed fromAncient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ,“ deep sleep ” ) .
coma m invariable
coma ( deep sleep ) coma3 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italianacoma f plural comes
( Val di Fassa, law ) subsection ( Val di Fassa, orthography ) comma Synonym: vìrgola Borrowed fromAncient Greek κόμη ( kómē ,“ hair of the head ” ) . For sense 2, comparecrīniō ( “ to cover with leaves, or hair ” ) .
coma f genitive comae first declension
Thehair of the head.Synonyms: crīnis capillus foliage ,ears ,blades ,stalks of trees,grass (as though resembling hair)First-declension noun.
“coma Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “coma Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "coma ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis “coma Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers “coma William Smith et al., editor (1890 ),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Rhymes:-omɐ Hyphenation:co‧ma Borrowed fromAncient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ,“ deep sleep ” ) .
coma m plural comas
coma unconsciousness Borrowed fromLatin coma
coma f plural comas
abundanthair of the headSynonym: cabeleira mane ( astronomy ) coma Learned borrowing fromLatin comma Ancient Greek κόμμα ( kómma ) .
coma f plural comas
( archaic , grammar ) comma ( music ) comma ( music ) eighth rest See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
coma
inflection ofcomer first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative “coma ”, inDicionário Aulete Digital 2025 “coma ”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025 “coma ” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913 “coma ”, inDicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa 2025 “coma ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa 2025 “coma ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa 2025 FromOld Irish cummae Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm-smiyo- *ḱóm ( “ beside, with, by ” ) +*sem- ( “ one, as one ” ) .
coma
indifferent ,unconcerned Tha ecoma. ―He couldn't care less. 'S mi a thacoma dè thachras. ―I don't give a damn what happens. Coma de sin!Never mind that! Forget that! Iscoma sin ―It doesn't matter. reckless ,careless expressingdislike or evenhate when used withle Iscoma leam thu ―I hate you. Iscoma leis an rìgh Eòghann agus iscoma le Eòghann co-dhiù ―The king doesn't likeEòghann , butEòghann doesn't care whether the king likes him or not. Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
IPA (key ) : /ˈkoma/ [ˈko.ma] Rhymes:-oma Syllabification:co‧ma Borrowed fromLatin comma
coma f plural comas
comma ( punctuation mark ) ( church ) misericord ( music ) section Borrowed fromAncient Greek κῶμα ( kôma ,“ deep sleep ” ) .
coma m plural comas
coma ( deep sleep ) Borrowed fromLatin coma [ 1]
coma f plural comas
( rare ) mane Synonym: crin See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
coma
inflection ofcomer first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative Borrowed fromEnglish comma
coma m plural comas
comma Synonym: atalnod Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
