contusion

contusion

See also: contusión

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French contusion, from Latin contūsiōnem, accusative singular of contūsiō, from contūsus, past participle of contundō (“to beat”), from com- + tundō (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈtjuːʒən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈtuʒən/
• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

contusion (countable and uncountable, plural contusions)

1. A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is not broken, often having broken blood vessels and discolouration.
2. The act of bruising.

Related terms

• contuse

Translations

wound in which the skin is not broken

Armenian: սալջարդ (hy) (salǰard) Bulgarian: натъртване (bg) n (natǎrtvane) Catalan: contusió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 瘀青 (zh) (yūqīng) Dutch: kneuzing (nl), contusie (nl) Finnish: ruhjevamma French: ecchymose (fr) f, contusion (fr), sang extravasé Galician: contusión f German: Prellung (de) f Hungarian: zúzódás (hu) Indonesian: memar (id) Italian: contusione (it) f Japanese: 挫傷 (ja) (ざしょう, zashō) Korean: 타박상 (tabaksang) Latin: contūsiō f Macedonian: модрица f (modrica) Maori: hautūtanga Polish: kontuzja (pl) f Portuguese: contusão (pt) f, negra (pt) f, pisadura (pt) f Russian: уши́б (ru) m (ušíb) Scottish Gaelic: pronnadh m Spanish: contusión (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contūsiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

contusion f (plural contusions)

1. contusion, bruise

Related terms

• contondant

Further reading

• “contusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.