palpitation

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• General-American: /ˌpælpɪˈteɪʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: P AE2 L P AH0 T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French palpitation, from Latin palpitatio.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَفَقَان (ḵafaqān) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Armenian: սրտխփոց (srtxpʻocʻ) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Azerbaijani: ürəkdöyünmə — abnormal beating of the heart
• Azerbaijani: ürəkçırpıntısı — abnormal beating of the heart
• Bulgarian: сърцебиене (sǎrcebiene) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Catalan: palpitació — abnormal beating of the heart
• Chinese: 抱心 — abnormal beating of the heart
• Chinese Mandarin: 心悸 (xīnjì) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Czech: palpitace — abnormal beating of the heart
• Finnish: sydämentykytys — abnormal beating of the heart
• French: palpitation — abnormal beating of the heart
• Georgian: პალპიტაცია (ṗalṗiṭacia) — abnormal beating of the heart
• German: Herzklopfen — abnormal beating of the heart
• German: Palpitation — abnormal beating of the heart
• Greek: παλμός (palmós) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Greek: καρδιοχτύπι (kardiochtýpi) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Ancient Greek: ἄραδος (árados) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Haitian Creole: palpitasyon — abnormal beating of the heart
• Hungarian: szívdobogás — abnormal beating of the heart
• Indonesian: palpitasi — abnormal beating of the heart
• Irish: preabadh — abnormal beating of the heart
• Japanese: 動悸 (dōki) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Macedonian: срцеби́ење (srcebíenje) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Norwegian Bokmål: palpitasjon — abnormal beating of the heart
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjertebank — abnormal beating of the heart
• Norwegian Nynorsk: palpitasjon — abnormal beating of the heart
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjartebank — abnormal beating of the heart
• Persian: تپش قلب — abnormal beating of the heart
• Polish: palpitacja — abnormal beating of the heart
• Portuguese: palpitação — abnormal beating of the heart
• Russian: си́льное сердцебие́ние (sílʹnoje serdcebijénije) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Russian: пальпита́ция (palʹpitácija) — abnormal beating of the heart
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg — abnormal beating of the heart
• Scottish Gaelic: plosgadh — abnormal beating of the heart
• Serbo-Croatian: palpitacija — abnormal beating of the heart
• Spanish: palpitación — abnormal beating of the heart
• Swedish: hjärtklappning — abnormal beating of the heart
• Tagalog: tahip — abnormal beating of the heart
• Tagalog: sikdo — abnormal beating of the heart
• Ukrainian: пальпіта́ція (palʹpitácija) — abnormal beating of the heart