adj
Meaning 1
Having the characteristics of asthma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
Examples
- asthmatic cough
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
asthmatic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /æsˈθmætɪk/
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UK: /æsˈmætɪk/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /æzˈmætɪk/
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rhymes with -ætɪk
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CMU ARPABET: AE0 Z M AE1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who suffers from asthma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
relating to breathing with a whistling sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wheezing, wheezy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a person suffering from asthma
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she is a chronic asthmatic
- the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Koine Greek ἀσθματικός (asthmatikós)bor. Latin asthmaticuslbor. English asthmatic Learned borrowing from Latin asthmaticus. By surface analysis, asthma + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَعَلِق بِدَاء اَلرَّبْو (mutaʕaliq bidāʔ ar-rabw) — having the characteristics of asthma
- Catalan: asmàtic — having the characteristics of asthma
- Czech: astmatický — having the characteristics of asthma
- Danish: astmatisk — having the characteristics of asthma
- Finnish: astmaattinen — having the characteristics of asthma
- French: asthmatique — having the characteristics of asthma
- Galician: asmático — having the characteristics of asthma
- German: asthmatisch — having the characteristics of asthma
- Greek: ασθματικός (asthmatikós) — having the characteristics of asthma
- Ido: astmika — having the characteristics of asthma
- Irish: asmach — having the characteristics of asthma
- Italian: asmatico — having the characteristics of asthma
- Māori: tīmohu — having the characteristics of asthma
- Norwegian Bokmål: astmatisk — having the characteristics of asthma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: astmatisk — having the characteristics of asthma
- Polish: astmatyczny — having the characteristics of asthma
- Portuguese: asmático — having the characteristics of asthma
- Russian: астмати́ческий (astmatíčeskij) — having the characteristics of asthma
- Spanish: asmático — having the characteristics of asthma
- Tagalog: hikain — having the characteristics of asthma
- Arabic: مُصَاب بِدَاء اَلرَّبُو (muṣāb bidāʔ ar-rabū) — one who suffers from asthma
- Cebuano: hubakon — one who suffers from asthma
- Chinese Mandarin: 哮喘患者 (xiàochuǎnhuànzhě) — one who suffers from asthma
- Czech: astmatik — one who suffers from asthma
- Danish: astmatiker — one who suffers from asthma
- Finnish: astmaatikko — one who suffers from asthma
- French: asthmatique — one who suffers from asthma
- Galician: asmático — one who suffers from asthma
- German: Asthmatiker — one who suffers from asthma
- German: Asthmatikerin — one who suffers from asthma
- Ido: astmiko — one who suffers from asthma
- Italian: asmatico — one who suffers from asthma
- Māori: ngoio — one who suffers from asthma
- Māori: kume — one who suffers from asthma
- Polish: astmatyk — one who suffers from asthma
- Polish: astmatyczka — one who suffers from asthma
- Portuguese: asmático — one who suffers from asthma
- Russian: астма́тик (astmátik) — one who suffers from asthma
- Spanish: asmático — one who suffers from asthma
- Tagalog: hikain — one who suffers from asthma