noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈnɔːzɪə/
UK:/ˈnɔːsɪə/
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US:/ˈnɔzi.ə/
US:/ˈnɔsi.ə/
US:/ˈnɔʒə/
US:/ˈnɔʃə/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈnɑzi.ə/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈnɑsi.ə/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈnɑʒə/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈnɑʃə/
rhymes with -ɔːziə
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Strong dislike or disgust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Motion sickness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disgust
5
noun
Meaning 5
the state that precedes vomiting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh2-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.
Across languages
Translations
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
غَثْيَان
(ḡaṯyān)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Armenian:
սրտխառնոց
(srtxaṙnocʻ)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Azerbaijani:
ürəkbulanma
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Bhojpuri:
उबकाई
(ubəkāī)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Bulgarian:
гадене
(gadene)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Bulgarian:
повдигане
(povdigane)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Catalan:
nàusea
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Chamicuro:
upa'saknanisti
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Chinese Mandarin:
噁心 /恶心
(ěxīn)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Czech:
nevolnost
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Czech:
mdlo
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Danish:
kvalme
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Dutch:
misselijkheid
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Esperanto:
naŭzo
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Finnish:
pahoinvointi
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
French:
nausée
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
West-Frisian:
mier
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Galician:
náusea
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Georgian:
გულისრევა
(gulisreva)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Georgian:
გულძმარვა
(gulʒmarva)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
German:
Übelkeit
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Greek:
ναυτία
(naftía)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Ancient Greek:
ναυσία
(nausía)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Ancient Greek:
ναυτία
(nautía)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Ancient Greek:
βδελυγμία
(bdelugmía)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Hanunoo:
alugahog
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Hebrew:
בְּחִילָה
(bḥilá)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Hindi:
उबकाई
(ubkāī)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Hungarian:
hányinger
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Hungarian:
émelygés
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Indonesian:
mual
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Indonesian:
nausea
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Irish:
masmas
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Irish:
adhascaid
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Italian:
nausea
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Japanese:
吐き気
(hakike)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Japanese:
酔い
(yoi)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Japanese:
悪心
(oshin)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Khmer:
ដំណើរចង់ក្អួត
(dâmnaeurchângkʼuŏt)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Korean:
구역질
(guyeokjil)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Central Kurdish:
ھێلنج
(hêlnic)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Ladino:
enguyo
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Latvian:
nelabums
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Latvian:
sliktums
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Lithuanian:
šleikštulys
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Lithuanian:
pykinimas
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Macedonian:
гадење
(gadenje)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Manx:
jiooldaght
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Māori:
paipairuaki
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Māori:
whakapairua
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Māori:
whakapairuaki
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Marathi:
मळमळ
(maḷmaḷ)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Norwegian Bokmål:
kvalme
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kvalme
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Old English:
wlǣtta
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Old English:
wlǣtung
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Oromo:
loca
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Persian:
تهوع
(tahavvo')
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Plautdietsch:
Äakjel
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Polish:
mdłości
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Polish:
nudności
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Portuguese:
náusea
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Portuguese:
enjoo
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Romanian:
greață
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Romanian:
nausea
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Russian:
тошнота́
(tošnotá)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Serbo-Croatian:
мучнѝна
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Serbo-Croatian:
наузѐја
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Serbo-Croatian:
mučnìna
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Serbo-Croatian:
nauzèja
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Spanish:
náusea
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Swahili:
kichefuchefu
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Swedish:
illamående
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Tagalog:
alibadbad
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Tagalog:
dimarim
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Thai:
คลื่นไส้
(klʉ̂ʉn-sâi)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Turkish:
mide bulantısı
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Ukrainian:
нудо́та
(nudóta)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Urdu:
ابکائی
(ubkāī)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Urdu:
متلی
(matlī)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Urdu:
غثیان
(ġasayān)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Vietnamese:
buồn nôn
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Welsh:
cyfog
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Yiddish:
ניטגוטקײַט
(nitgutkayt)
— feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Armenian:
զզվանք
(zzvankʻ)
— strong dislike or disgust
Bulgarian:
отвращение
(otvraštenie)
— strong dislike or disgust
Chinese Mandarin:
厭惡 /厌恶
(yànwù)
— strong dislike or disgust
Chinese Mandarin:
嫌惡 /嫌恶
(xiánwù)
— strong dislike or disgust
Esperanto:
naŭzo
— strong dislike or disgust
Finnish:
etominen
— strong dislike or disgust
French:
nausée
— strong dislike or disgust
French:
dégoût
— strong dislike or disgust
Galician:
noxo
— strong dislike or disgust
Galician:
náusea
— strong dislike or disgust
Galician:
repulsión
— strong dislike or disgust
German:
Ekel
— strong dislike or disgust
Greek:
αηδία
(aïdía)
— strong dislike or disgust
Greek:
ναυτία
(naftía)
— strong dislike or disgust
Greek:
σιχασιά
(sichasiá)
— strong dislike or disgust
Greek:
αναγούλα
(anagoúla)
— strong dislike or disgust
Hungarian:
megcsömörlés
— strong dislike or disgust
Hungarian:
undorodás
— strong dislike or disgust
Hungarian:
undor
— strong dislike or disgust
Hungarian:
csömör
— strong dislike or disgust
Irish:
déistin
— strong dislike or disgust
Italian:
nausea
— strong dislike or disgust
Japanese:
吐き気
(hakike)
— strong dislike or disgust
Japanese:
嫌悪
(ken'o)
— strong dislike or disgust
Polish:
obrzydzenie
— strong dislike or disgust
Polish:
wstręt
— strong dislike or disgust
Portuguese:
desgosto
— strong dislike or disgust
Portuguese:
asco
— strong dislike or disgust
Portuguese:
repulsão
— strong dislike or disgust
Romanian:
dezgust
— strong dislike or disgust
Russian:
отвраще́ние
(otvraščénije)
— strong dislike or disgust
Serbo-Croatian:
мучнѝна
— strong dislike or disgust
Serbo-Croatian:
наузѐја
— strong dislike or disgust
Serbo-Croatian:
mučnìna
— strong dislike or disgust
Serbo-Croatian:
nauzèja
— strong dislike or disgust
Spanish:
repulsión
— strong dislike or disgust
Spanish:
asco
— strong dislike or disgust
Swahili:
kichefuchefu
— strong dislike or disgust
Thai:
คลื่นไส้
(klʉ̂ʉn-sâi)
— strong dislike or disgust
Turkish:
iğrenmek
— strong dislike or disgust
Ukrainian:
відра́за
(vidráza)
— strong dislike or disgust