adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to epilepsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
epileptic
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who has epilepsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: antiepileptic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- epileptic seizure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a person who has epilepsy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós).
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: epilèptic — of or relating to epilepsy
- Czech: epileptický — of or relating to epilepsy
- Danish: epileptisk — of or relating to epilepsy
- Esperanto: epilepsia — of or relating to epilepsy
- French: épileptique — of or relating to epilepsy
- German: epileptisch — of or relating to epilepsy
- German: fallsüchtig — of or relating to epilepsy
- Greek: επιληπτικός (epiliptikós) — of or relating to epilepsy
- Ancient Greek: ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós) — of or relating to epilepsy
- Hindi: मिरगिया (mirgiyā) — of or relating to epilepsy
- Hindi: अपस्मारी (apasmārī) — of or relating to epilepsy
- Hindi: अपस्मारिक (apasmārik) — of or relating to epilepsy
- Hungarian: epilepsziás — of or relating to epilepsy
- Hungarian: epileptikus — of or relating to epilepsy
- Irish: titimeach — of or relating to epilepsy
- Irish: titimis — of or relating to epilepsy
- Italian: epilettico — of or relating to epilepsy
- Malay: epileptik — of or relating to epilepsy
- Norwegian Bokmål: epileptisk — of or relating to epilepsy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: epileptisk — of or relating to epilepsy
- Old English: fiellesēoc — of or relating to epilepsy
- Polish: epileptyczny — of or relating to epilepsy
- Portuguese: epiléptico — of or relating to epilepsy
- Portuguese: epilético — of or relating to epilepsy
- Russian: эпилепти́ческий (epileptíčeskij) — of or relating to epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: епилѐптичкӣ — of or relating to epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: epilèptičkī — of or relating to epilepsy
- Spanish: epiléptico — of or relating to epilepsy
- Ukrainian: епілепти́чний (epileptýčnyj) — of or relating to epilepsy
- Volapük: peiläpik — of or relating to epilepsy
- Esperanto: epilepsiula — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Esperanto: virepilepsiula — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Esperanto: epilepsiulina — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Greek: επιληπτικός (epiliptikós) — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Hindi: मिरगिया (mirgiyā) — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Hindi: अपस्मारी (apasmārī) — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Hindi: अपस्मारिक (apasmārik) — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Irish: titimeach — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Italian: epilettico — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Polish: epileptyczny — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Portuguese: epiléptico — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Portuguese: epilético — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Ukrainian: епілепти́чний (epileptýčnyj) — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Volapük: peiläpanik — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Volapük: hipeiläpanik — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Volapük: jipeiläpanik — of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics
- Assamese: আঁৱৰীয়া (ãoria) — person who has epilepsy
- Bengali: মৃগীরোগী (mrigirōgi) — person who has epilepsy
- Catalan: epilèptic — person who has epilepsy
- Czech: epileptik — person who has epilepsy
- Czech: epileptička — person who has epilepsy
- Danish: epileptiker — person who has epilepsy
- Esperanto: epilepsiulo — person who has epilepsy
- Esperanto: virepilepsiulo — person who has epilepsy
- Esperanto: epilepsiulino — person who has epilepsy
- German: Epileptiker — person who has epilepsy
- German: Epileptikerin — person who has epilepsy
- Greek: επιληπτικός (epiliptikós) — person who has epilepsy
- Hindi: मिरगिया (mirgiyā) — person who has epilepsy
- Hungarian: epilepsziás — person who has epilepsy
- Irish: titimeach — person who has epilepsy
- Italian: epilettico — person who has epilepsy
- Italian: epilettica — person who has epilepsy
- Polish: epileptyk — person who has epilepsy
- Polish: epileptyczka — person who has epilepsy
- Russian: эпиле́птик (epiléptik) — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: па̏давича̄р — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: па̏давича̄рка — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: епилѐптича̄р — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: епилѐптича̄рка — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: pȁdavičār — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: pȁdavičārka — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: epilèptičār — person who has epilepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: epilèptičārka — person who has epilepsy
- Ukrainian: епіле́птик (epiléptyk) — person who has epilepsy
- Ukrainian: епілепти́чка (epileptýčka) — person who has epilepsy
- Volapük: peiläpan — person who has epilepsy
- Volapük: hipeiläpan — person who has epilepsy
- Volapük: jipeiläpan — person who has epilepsy
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