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tinnitus

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

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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  • /ˈtɪn.ɪ.təs/
  • /ˈtɪn.ə.təs/
  • /tɪˈnaɪ.təs/
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  • rhymes with -aɪtəs
  • CMU ARPABET: T IH1 N IH0 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: otolaryngology

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acouasm

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: symptom

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tinnītus (“a jingling, ringing”).

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَنِين (ṭanīn) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Armenian: տինիտուս (tinitus) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Armenian: աղմուկ ականջներում (aġmuk akanǰnerum) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Bashkir: баш шаулау (baş şawlaw) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Bulgarian: тинитус (tinitus) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Bulgarian: пищене в ушите (pištene v ušite) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Catalan: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Catalan: acufen — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Chinese Cantonese: 耳鳴 /耳鸣 (ji5 ming4) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耳鳴 /耳鸣 (ěrmíng) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Czech: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Czech: tinitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Danish: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Danish: øresus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Dutch: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Dutch: oorsuizen — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Esperanto: tinito — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Finnish: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • French: acouphène — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Galician: zunido — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Galician: acúfeno — perception of nonexistent noise
  • German: Tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • German: Ohrensausen — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Greek: εμβοές (emvoés) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Hebrew: טִנְטוּן (tintún) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Hebrew: טִינִיטוּס (tínitus) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Hindi: कान बजना (kān bajnā) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Hindi: कर्णक्ष्वेण (karṇakṣveṇ) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Hungarian: fülzúgás — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Indonesian: tinitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Irish: tinniteas — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Italian: acufene — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Japanese: 耳鳴り (miminari) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Korean: 이명 (imyeong) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Korean: 귀울림 (gwiullim) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Kyrgyz: кулак чуулдоо (kulak cuuldoo) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Latin: tinnītus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Luxembourgish: Tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Macedonian: зуење во ушите (zuenje vo ušite) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Malagasy: figiririoka — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Malay: tinitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Māori: mate tī taringa — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Māori: taringa tītī — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øresus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øyresus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Odia: କାନନାଦ (kānanāda) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Persian: وزوز گوش (vez-vez-e guš) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Polish: szumy uszne — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Portuguese: zumbido — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Portuguese: tinido — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Portuguese: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Portuguese: acufeno — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Romanian: tinitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Russian: звон в уша́х (zvon v ušáx) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Russian: шум в уша́х (šum v ušáx) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Russian: ти́ннитус (tínnitus) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Serbo-Croatian: ти̏нитус — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȉnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Slovak: tinitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Slovak: hučanie v ušiach — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Slovak: ušný šelest — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Slovene: tinitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Slovene: šumenje v ušesu — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Spanish: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Spanish: acúfeno — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Swedish: tinnitus — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Swedish: öronsusning — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Tamil: காதிரைச்சல் (kātiraiccal) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Thai: เสียงในหู (sĭang nai hŏo) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Turkish: kulak çınlaması — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Ukrainian: тинітус (tynitus) — perception of nonexistent noise
  • Welsh: tinitws — perception of nonexistent noise