"comatose" meaning in English

See comatose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/ [UK], /ˈkɒm.əˌtəʊs/ [UK], /ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/ [US], /ˈkɑm.əˌtoʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comatose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more comatose [comparative], most comatose [superlative]
Etymology: * perhaps from French comateux * From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|comateux}} French comateux, {{bor|en|grc|κῶμα||deep sleep}} Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”), {{m|grc|κώματος}} κώματος (kṓmatos), {{af|en|coma|-ose|t2=full of}} coma + -ose (“full of”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} comatose (comparative more comatose, superlative most comatose)
  1. In a coma: unconscious. Translations (resembling a coma): comatós (Catalan), 昏迷的 (hūnmí de) (Chinese Mandarin), comateus (Dutch), koomainen (Finnish), komatoosinen (Finnish), tajuton (Finnish), comateux (French), komatös (German), κωματώδης (komatódis) (Greek), komatatra (Ido), comatoso (Italian), mauringaro (Maori), comatoso (Portuguese), comatos (Romanian), коматозный (komatoznyj) (Russian), comatoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-comatose-en-adj-U4Zswa-o Disambiguation of 'resembling a coma': 83 0 17
  2. (informal) Drowsy or lethargic. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-comatose-en-adj-mMCjJdjy
  3. (informal) Fast asleep. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-comatose-en-adj-AMHgVLzv Disambiguation of Sleep: 4 28 67 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 0 82 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 0 82 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: comatose sleep, comatose fever Related terms: coma, braindead, vegetative

Verb

IPA: /ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/ [UK], /ˈkɒm.əˌtəʊs/ [UK], /ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/ [US], /ˈkɑm.əˌtoʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comatose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: comatoses [present, singular, third-person], comatosing [participle, present], comatosed [participle, past], comatosed [past]
Etymology: * perhaps from French comateux * From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|comateux}} French comateux, {{bor|en|grc|κῶμα||deep sleep}} Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”), {{m|grc|κώματος}} κώματος (kṓmatos), {{af|en|coma|-ose|t2=full of}} coma + -ose (“full of”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} comatose (third-person singular simple present comatoses, present participle comatosing, simple past and past participle comatosed)
  1. (rare, colloquial, nonstandard) To make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma. Tags: colloquial, nonstandard, rare
    Sense id: en-comatose-en-verb-h34cP~wG

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "comatós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hūnmí de",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "昏迷的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "comateus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "koomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "komatoosinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "tajuton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "comateux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "komatös"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "komatódis",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "κωματώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "komatatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "comatoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "mauringaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "comatoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "comatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komatoznyj",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "коматозный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resembling a coma",
      "word": "comatoso"
    }
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    "comatose"
  ],
  "word": "comatose"
}

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        "English terms with rare senses"
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        {
          "ref": "1998 February 8, rob, “Death Penalty”, in nz.general (Usenet)",
          "text": "killing everybody is a stupid idea, and comatosing everybody is equally so.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 July 26, Mike Hunt, “Ranking. Nice.”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet)",
          "text": "[Liverpool is] #1 in the league for murdering and comatosing fans of othe rclubs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 28, John Finnan, Mustang Bally, Lulu.com, page 68",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒm.əˌtəʊs/",
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑm.əˌtoʊs/",
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        "US"
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      "tags": [
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}

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