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dizziness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: symptom

History

Etymology

From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: marramendje — state of being dizzy
  • Arabic: دُوَار (duwār) — state of being dizzy
  • Arabic: دوخة (dūḵa) — state of being dizzy
  • Arabic: دوخة (dōḵa) — state of being dizzy
  • Arabic: دوخة (dūḵa) — state of being dizzy
  • Azerbaijani: başgicəllənmə — state of being dizzy
  • Bulgarian: замайване (zamajvane) — state of being dizzy
  • Bulgarian: замаяност (zamajanost) — state of being dizzy
  • Catalan: mareig — state of being dizzy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭暈 /头晕 (tóuyūn) — state of being dizzy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眩暈 /眩晕 (xuànyùn) — state of being dizzy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭昏 /头昏 (tóuhūn) — state of being dizzy
  • Czech: závrať — state of being dizzy
  • Danish: svimmelhed — state of being dizzy
  • Dutch: duizeligheid — state of being dizzy
  • Esperanto: kapturniĝo — state of being dizzy
  • Finnish: huimaus — state of being dizzy
  • French: vertige — state of being dizzy
  • French: défaillance — state of being dizzy
  • Georgian: თავბრუსხვევა (tavbrusxveva) — state of being dizzy
  • Georgian: თავბრუდასხმა (tavbrudasxma) — state of being dizzy
  • Georgian: თავბრუ (tavbru) — state of being dizzy
  • Georgian: ბრუ (bru) — state of being dizzy
  • German: Schwindel — state of being dizzy
  • German: Schwindelgefühl — state of being dizzy
  • German: Schwindelanfall — state of being dizzy
  • German: Benommenheit — state of being dizzy
  • German: Benommenheitsgefühl — state of being dizzy
  • Greek: ζαλάδα (zaláda) — state of being dizzy
  • Ancient Greek: ἴλιγξ (ílinx) — state of being dizzy
  • Ancient Greek: ἴλιγγος (ílingos) — state of being dizzy
  • Hausa: juwa — state of being dizzy
  • Hungarian: szédülés — state of being dizzy
  • Irish: meadhrán — state of being dizzy
  • Irish: mearbhlán — state of being dizzy
  • Italian: stordimento — state of being dizzy
  • Italian: stornimento — state of being dizzy
  • Italian: giramento di testa — state of being dizzy
  • Japanese: 目眩 (memai) — state of being dizzy
  • Japanese: くらくら (kurakura) — state of being dizzy
  • Kazakh: бас айналу (bas ainalu) — state of being dizzy
  • Ladino: שאשיאו — state of being dizzy
  • Ladino: shasheo — state of being dizzy
  • Latin: vertīgō — state of being dizzy
  • Māori: pōnitiniti — state of being dizzy
  • Māori: puano — state of being dizzy
  • Navajo: ił náhodééyá — state of being dizzy
  • Navajo: ił náhodighááh — state of being dizzy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svimmelhet — state of being dizzy
  • Persian: گیجی (giji) — state of being dizzy
  • Polish: zawroty głowy — state of being dizzy
  • Portuguese: tontura — state of being dizzy
  • Portuguese: vertigem — state of being dizzy
  • Russian: головокруже́ние (golovokružénije) — state of being dizzy
  • Serbo-Croatian: omaglica — state of being dizzy
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrtoglavica — state of being dizzy
  • Spanish: mareo — state of being dizzy
  • Spanish: vahído — state of being dizzy
  • Spanish: vaguido — state of being dizzy
  • Spanish: váguido — state of being dizzy
  • Spanish: mareamiento — state of being dizzy
  • Swahili: kizunguzungu — state of being dizzy
  • Swedish: yrsel — state of being dizzy
  • Tocharian B: waipalau — state of being dizzy
  • Turkish: baş dönmesi — state of being dizzy
  • Ottoman Turkish: طولاب (dolab) — state of being dizzy
  • Ukrainian: запаморочення — state of being dizzy
  • Vietnamese: chóng mặt — state of being dizzy