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Noun [English]

Forms: breathlessnesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English breathless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English breathlessness From breathless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|breathless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English breathless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English breathlessness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "breathlessness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="breathlessness"> From breathless + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} breathlessness (usually uncountable, plural breathlessnesses)
  1. The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being breathless or out of breath): affannu (Campidanese Sardinian), 呼吸困難 /呼吸困难 (hūxī kùnnán) (Chinese Mandarin), hengästyminen (Finnish), essoufflement [masculine] (French), halètement [masculine] (French), diègnu (Gallurese), affasciu (Gallurese), Atemlosigkeit [feminine] (German), affanno (Italian), 息切れ (ikigire) (alt: いきぎれ) (Japanese), 呼吸困難 (kokyū konnan) (alt: こきゅうこんなん) (Japanese), yisdah (Navajo), falta de ar [feminine] (Portuguese), оды́шка (odýška) [feminine] (Russian), antùa [Logudorese] (Sardinian), èmida [Logudorese] (Sardinian), pàsana (Sassarese), rànguru (Sassarese), dispneja (Serbo-Croatian), nedostatak daha (Serbo-Croatian), zaduha (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-breathlessness-en-noun-TX6zKM6U Disambiguation of 'state of being breathless or out of breath': 85 15
  2. (medicine) Difficult or labored breathing, as a symptom or sign of a medical condition. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: shortness of breath, SOB, dyspnea, dyspnoea
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dyspnea

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Gallurese translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sardinian translations",
    "Terms with Sassarese translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "dyspnea"
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          "ref": "1980 December 13, Michael Bronski, “A Longing For Passion To Transcend Thought”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12:",
          "text": "Dickinson's longer lines and use of ampersands ^([Bronski means dashes]) creates a breathlessness that evokes sexual excitement, an urgency that precludes, or at least, overshadows thought.",
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          "word": "SOB"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "hūxī kùnnán",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "呼吸困難 /呼吸困难"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "hengästyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "essoufflement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halètement"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "lang_code": "sdn",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "diègnu"
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      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "lang_code": "sdn",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "affasciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Atemlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "affanno"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いきぎれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ikigire",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "息切れ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こきゅうこんなん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kokyū konnan",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "呼吸困難"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "lang_code": "nv",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "yisdah"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falta de ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "odýška",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оды́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "affannu"
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      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "antùa"
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      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "èmida"
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    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "lang_code": "sdc",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "pàsana"
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      "lang_code": "sdc",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "rànguru"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "dispneja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "nedostatak daha"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "state of being breathless or out of breath",
      "word": "zaduha"
    }
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}

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