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See also: čoma, čomā, and cơ mà
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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

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

    Hubble image of an icy Comet, showing nucleus and coma
    In this image the stars near the edge of the field form comae because of the comatic aberration of the wide-angle lens
    In each of these trees the branches form a well-defined coma
    In this turmeric plant, the tuft of magenta bracts form a coma
    Each of these milkweed seeds has a coma of silky hairs at one end

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    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

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    Verb

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    coma

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

    Catalan

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    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    coma m (plural comes)

    1. coma (deep sleep)
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    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    coma f (plural comes)

    1. comma (punctuation mark)
    2. (music) comma (type of rest)
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    Etymology 3

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

    Noun

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    coma f (plural comes)

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

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    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    coma n (plural coma's, no diminutive)

    1. coma (state of unconsciousness)
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    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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

    1. coma (head of a comet)

    French

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    Etymology

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

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    Noun

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

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    Galician

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    Pronunciation

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

    Etymology 1

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

    Conjunction

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    coma

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

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    coma f (plural comas)

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

    Etymology 3

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

    Noun

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    coma f (plural comas)

    1. (typography) comma
      Synonym: vírgula

    Etymology 4

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

    Noun

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    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma (deep sleep)
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    Verb

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    coma

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

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    Interlingua

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    Noun

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    coma (uncountable)

    1. coma
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    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    coma f (plural come)

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

    Further reading

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

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    coma m (plural comi)

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

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

    Etymology 3

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

    Noun

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    coma m (invariable)

    1. coma (deep sleep)
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    • coma3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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    Ladin

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    Noun

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    coma f (plural comes)

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

    Latin

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    Etymology

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

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    Noun

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    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)

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative coma comae
    genitive comae comārum
    dative comae comīs
    accusative comam comās
    ablative comā comīs
    vocative coma comae

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    References

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    • “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, 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

    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma, state of unconsciousness
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Latin coma.

    Noun

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    coma f (plural comas)

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

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    Etymology 3

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

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    coma f (plural comas)

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

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    coma

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

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    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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

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    Adjective

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    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

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    Mutation of coma
    radical lenition
    coma choma

    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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    Spanish

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Latin comma.

    Noun

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    coma f (plural comas)

    1. comma (punctuation mark)
    2. (church) misericord
    3. (music) section
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    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma (deep sleep)
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    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from Latin coma.[1]

    Noun

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    coma f (plural comas)

    1. (rare) mane
      Synonym: crin

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    coma

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

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    1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “coma”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English comma.

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    Noun

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    coma m (plural comas)

    1. comma
      Synonym: atalnod

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of coma
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    coma goma nghoma choma

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

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