amnesia

See also: amnésia and amnèsia

English

Etymology

From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, to remind, to remember) prefixed with the alpha privative.

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæmˈniʒə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /æmˈniːʒə/, /æmˈniːz.i.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːʒə

Noun

amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

  1. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
  2. (figurative) Forgetfulness.
    a state of cultural amnesia

Derived terms

Translations

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmnesiɑ/, [ˈɑmne̞ˌs̠iɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): am‧ne‧si‧a

Noun

amnesia

  1. amnesia

Declension

Inflection of amnesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative amnesia amnesiat
genitive amnesian amnesioiden
amnesioitten
partitive amnesiaa amnesioita
illative amnesiaan amnesioihin
singular plural
nominative amnesia amnesiat
accusative nom. amnesia amnesiat
gen. amnesian
genitive amnesian amnesioiden
amnesioitten
amnesiainrare
partitive amnesiaa amnesioita
inessive amnesiassa amnesioissa
elative amnesiasta amnesioista
illative amnesiaan amnesioihin
adessive amnesialla amnesioilla
ablative amnesialta amnesioilta
allative amnesialle amnesioille
essive amnesiana amnesioina
translative amnesiaksi amnesioiksi
instructive amnesioin
abessive amnesiatta amnesioitta
comitative amnesioineen
Possessive forms of amnesia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person amnesiani amnesiamme
2nd person amnesiasi amnesianne
3rd person amnesiansa

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, to remind, to remember).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [amˈnesia̯]
  • Hyphenation: am‧né‧sia

Noun

amnésia (first-person possessive amnesiaku, second-person possessive amnesiamu, third-person possessive amnesianya)

  1. (pathology) amnesia: loss of memory

Derived terms

  • amnesia disosiatif
  • amnesia mundur
  • amnesia psikologis
  • amnesia sumber

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.neˈzi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: am‧ne‧sì‧a

Noun

amnesia f (plural amnesie)

  1. amnesia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈnesja/ [ãmˈne.sja]
  • Rhymes: -esja
  • Syllabification: am‧ne‧sia

Noun

amnesia f (plural amnesias)

  1. amnesia

Derived terms

Further reading

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