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coma¹
- /ˈkəʊmə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊmə/ US
Sounds like comber (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -əʊmə
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
noun comas
- A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. go into a coma
coma²
- /ˈkəʊmə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊmə/ US
Sounds like comber (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -əʊmə
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).
noun comae
- A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
- A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
- A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: comatoseness, sedation, hyperosmolar, eat, shock, torpor, vigil, colon, comma, canella, virgo, berenices, stupor, unresponsiveness, vegetative state, unconsciousness
Translations
Every language
noun deep sleep
| Español | coma |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 혼수 honsu |
| 日本語 | 昏睡 konsui |
| 中文 | 昏迷 hūnmí, 昏睡 hūnshuì |
| हिन्दी | कोमा komā |
| Português | coma |
| Français | coma |
| Deutsch | Koma |
| Italiano | coma |
| Ελληνικά | κώμα kóma |
| Română | comă |
| Русский | ко́ма kóma |
| Tiếng Việt | hôn mê |
| العربية | غَيْبُوبَة ḡaybūba |
| עברית | תַּרְדֶּמֶת tardémet |
noun Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus
| 日本語 | コマ koma |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 彗髮 /彗发 huìfà |
| Français | chevelure, coma |
| Deutsch | Koma |
| Ελληνικά | ουρά ourá, κόμη kómi, χαίτη chaíti |
| Русский | ко́ма kóma |
noun Defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images
| 中文 | 彗差 huìchā |
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Talk about this word "coma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coma "coma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coma.Cite this
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title = {coma},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coma},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
