asthma
/ˈæzmə/AZ-muh
/ˈæzmə/AZ-muh
Meaningpanting
Common meaning: a breathing disorder
- asthmpantingLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 123 · scan
- aLatin plural ending: things to be
Journey through time
- Greekἆσθμα‘panting’
- Englishasthma‘a breathing disorder’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek ἆσθμα ‘panting’.
Roots
- ἆσθμα Greek “panting”
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