Trauma — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈɔːmə/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈɔːmə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈɔːmə/

2 syllables Say it as /tɹˈɔːmə/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

injury hurt harm psychic trauma

Word Forms

injurious	adjective	harmful to living things
injure	verb	cause injuries or bodily harm to
hurt	verb	feel physical pain
traumatic	adjective	of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
traumatize	verb	inflict a trauma upon
traumatise	verb	inflict a trauma upon

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

traumatisme

tout dommage physique au corps causé par la violence ou un accident ou une fracture, etc.

🇷🇺Russian

травма

любое физическое повреждение тела, вызванное насилием, несчастным случаем, переломом и т. д.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सदमा

हिंसा या दुर्घटना या फ्रैक्चर आदि के कारण शरीर को कोई शारीरिक क्षति।

🇧🇩Bengali

ট্রমা

সহিংসতা বা দুর্ঘটনা বা ফ্র্যাকচার ইত্যাদির কারণে শরীরের কোনো শারীরিক ক্ষতি।

🇮🇳Tamil

அதிர்ச்சி

வன்முறை அல்லது விபத்து அல்லது எலும்பு முறிவு போன்றவற்றால் உடலில் ஏற்படும் ஏதேனும் உடல் சேதம்.

🇮🇳Telugu

గాయం

హింస లేదా ప్రమాదం లేదా పగులు మొదలైన వాటి వల్ల శరీరానికి ఏదైనా భౌతిక నష్టం.

🇮🇳Marathi

आघात

हिंसा किंवा अपघात किंवा फ्रॅक्चर इत्यादीमुळे शरीराला होणारे कोणतेही शारीरिक नुकसान.

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઇજા

હિંસા અથવા અકસ્માત અથવા અસ્થિભંગ વગેરેને કારણે શરીરને કોઈપણ શારીરિક નુકસાન.

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆಘಾತ

ಹಿಂಸೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅಪಘಾತ ಅಥವಾ ಮುರಿತ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳಿಂದ ದೇಹಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ದೈಹಿಕ ಹಾನಿ.

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആഘാതം

അക്രമം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അപകടം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒടിവ് മുതലായവ മൂലം ശരീരത്തിനുണ്ടാകുന്ന ഏതെങ്കിലും ശാരീരിക ക്ഷതം.

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਦਮਾ

ਹਿੰਸਾ ਜਾਂ ਦੁਰਘਟਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਫ੍ਰੈਕਚਰ ਆਦਿ ਕਾਰਨ ਸਰੀਰ ਨੂੰ ਕੋਈ ਸਰੀਰਕ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ।

🇵🇰Urdu

صدمہ

تشدد یا حادثے یا فریکچر وغیرہ کی وجہ سے جسم کو کوئی جسمانی نقصان۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

创伤

因暴力、事故、骨折等对身体造成的任何物理损伤。

🇯🇵Japanese

トラウマ

暴力、事故、骨折などによる身体の損傷。

🇰🇷Korean

외상

폭력, 사고, 골절 등으로 인한 신체의 신체적 손상

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tổn thương

bất kỳ thiệt hại vật chất nào đối với cơ thể do bạo lực, tai nạn hoặc gãy xương, v.v.

🇹🇭Thai

การบาดเจ็บ

ความเสียหายทางกายภาพใด ๆ ต่อร่างกายที่เกิดจากความรุนแรงหรืออุบัติเหตุหรือการแตกหัก ฯลฯ

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صدمة

أي ضرر جسدي يلحق بالجسم نتيجة للعنف أو الحادث أو الكسر وما إلى ذلك.

🇮🇷Persian

تروما

هرگونه آسیب فیزیکی به بدن ناشی از خشونت یا تصادف یا شکستگی و غیره.

🇹🇷Turkish

travma

Şiddet veya kaza veya kırılma vb. nedeniyle vücutta meydana gelen herhangi bir fiziksel hasar.

🇮🇱Hebrew

טְרַאוּמָה

כל נזק פיזי לגוף שנגרם כתוצאה מאלימות או תאונה או שבר וכו'.

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The primary meaning of 'trauma' is 'any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.'.

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Using 'trauma' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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