From Latin coma ‎(“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη ‎(kómē, “hair”).

Noun

coma ‎(plural comae)

1. (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
2. (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points.
3. (botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

Translations

Anagrams

• camo

Asturian

Verb

coma

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of comer
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῶμα ‎(kôma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma m ‎(plural comes)

1. coma (deep sleep)

Etymology 2

From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα ‎(kómma).

Noun

coma f ‎(plural comes)

1. comma (punctuation mark)

Derived terms

• cometa
• punt i coma

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

coma n ‎(plural coma's)

1. coma (state of unconsciousness)

Noun

coma f ‎(plural coma's, diminutive comaatje n)

1. coma (head of a comet)

French

Noun

coma m ‎(plural comas)

1. coma (state of unconciousness)
   • 1825, Etienne-Marin Bailly, Traité anatomico-pathologique des fièvres intermittentes simples et pernicieuses

     Le coma suivi de symptômes convulsifs, est moins dangereux que lorsqu'il leur succède, à moins que dans ce dernier cas il soit nerveux, et que le malade se réveille facilement, on exécute, sinon des mouvements volontaires, au moins des mouvements automatiques.‎

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Derived terms

• comater
• comateux

Galician

Verb

coma

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of comer
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῶμα ‎(kôma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma m ‎(invariable)

1. coma (sleep)

Anagrams

• moca

Ladin

Noun

coma f ‎(plural comes)

1. (Val di Fassa, law) subsection
2. (Val di Fassa, orthography) comma

Synonyms

• (comma): vìrgola

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κόμη ‎(kómē, “hair of the head”)

Pronunciation

Noun

coma f ‎(genitive comae); first declension

1. The hair of the head.
2. foliage

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• crīnis

Derived terms

• comātus
• comula

Descendants

References

• coma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• coma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῶμα ‎(kôma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma m (plural comas)

1. coma, state of unconsciousness

Etymology 2

From Latin coma.

Noun

coma f (plural comas)

1. abundant hair of the head
2. mane
3. (astronomy) comet coma

Synonyms

• cabeleira

See also

• crina

Etymology 3

Verb

coma

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of comer
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of comer
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of comer
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of comer

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *kom-smiyo-, from *kom ‎(“beside, with, by”) + *sem- ‎(“one, as one”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

coma

1. indifferent, unconcerned
   • Tha e coma.‎

     He couldn't care less.

   • 'S mi a tha coma dè thachras.‎

     I don't give a damn what happens.

   • Coma de sin!‎

     Never mind that! Forget that!

2. reckless, careless

Derived terms

• coma-co-dhiù

References

• “cummae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin comma.

Noun

coma f ‎(plural comas)

1. comma
2. (church) misericord
3. (music) section

Related terms

• punto y coma

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κῶμα ‎(kôma, “deep sleep”).

Noun

coma f ‎(plural comas)

1. coma

Etymology 3

From Latin coma.

Noun

coma f ‎(plural comas)

1. (rare) mane

Synonyms

• crin

Etymology 4

Verb

coma

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of comer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of comer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of comer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of comer.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from English comma.

Pronunciation

Noun

coma m (plural comas)

1. comma

Synonyms

• atalnod

Mutation