"vertigo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-vertigo.wav Forms: vertigos [plural], vertigoes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vertīgō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wert-}}, {{bor|en|la|vertīgō}} Latin vertīgō Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|vertigoes}} vertigo (countable and uncountable, plural vertigos or vertigoes)
  1. A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Snails Translations (sensation of whirling and loss of balance): ἴλιγξ (ílinx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دَوْخَة (dawḵa) [feminine] (Arabic), دُوَار (duwār) [masculine] (Arabic), سَدَر (sadar) [masculine] (Arabic), سَدَارَة (sadāra) [feminine] (Arabic), գլխապտույտ (glxaptuyt) (Armenian), шемет (šemet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), замайване (zamajvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), световъртеж (svetovǎrtež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 頭暈 (Chinese Mandarin), 头晕 (tóuyūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 眩暈 (Chinese Mandarin), 眩晕 (xuànyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 頭昏 (Chinese Mandarin), 头昏 (tóuhūn) (Chinese Mandarin), závrať [feminine] (Czech), svimmelhed (Danish), duizeligheid [feminine] (Dutch), vertigo (Esperanto), svimbul [neuter] (Faroese), huimaus (Finnish), vertige [masculine] (French), labyrinthite [feminine] (French), vertixe [feminine] (Galician), ბრუ (bru) (Georgian), თავბრუ (tavbru) (Georgian), თავბრუდასხმა (tavbrudasxma) (Georgian), თავბრუსხვევა (tavbrusxveva) (Georgian), Schwindel [masculine] (German), szédülés (Hungarian), vertigine [feminine] (Italian), 目眩 (memai) (alt: めまい) (Japanese), くらくら (kurakura) (english: mimetic) (Japanese), бас айналу (bas ainalu) (Kazakh), 현기증 (hyeon'gijeung) (Korean), вртоглавица (vrtoglavica) [feminine] (Macedonian), puano (Maori), طولاب (dolab) (Ottoman Turkish), سرگیجه (sargije) (Persian), zawroty głowy [masculine, plural] (Polish), oura [feminine] (Portuguese), tontura [feminine] (Portuguese), vertigem [feminine] (Portuguese), головокруже́ние (golovokružénije) [neuter] (Russian), вртоглавица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vrtoglavica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), závrat [masculine] (Slovak), vértigo [masculine] (Spanish), mareo [masculine] (Spanish), svindel, yrsel [common-gender] (Swedish), lula (Tagalog), waipalau (Tocharian B), chóng mặt (Vietnamese)
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  2. A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vertigo-en-noun-jwa3VjeO Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 37 17 13 33
  4. A snail of the genus Vertigo. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vertigo-en-noun-HN~bwIN7 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 37 17 13 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 40 16 7 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 39 16 9 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dizziness, giddiness Derived forms: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vertiginous

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tontura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vertigem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golovokružénije",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "головокруже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вртоглавица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vrtoglavica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "závrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vértigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mareo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "svindel, yrsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "word": "lula"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "word": "waipalau"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sensation of whirling and loss of balance",
      "word": "chóng mặt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vertigo"
  ],
  "word": "vertigo"
}

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