swoon
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swoon¹
- /swuːn/
- /suːn/ obsolete
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English swoune, swone, from the verb (see below).
noun swoons · swound
- A faint. She dandled it, and dancet it up and doune, / Not ceasing till she rais'd it from his swoune.
- An infatuation.
swoon²
- /swuːn/
- /suːn/ obsolete
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English swounen, swonen (“to faint”), and aswoune (“in a swoon”), both ultimately from Old English ġeswōgen (“insensible, senseless, dead”), past participle of swōgan (“to make a sound, overrun, suffocate”) (compare Old English āswōgan (“to cover over, overcome”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą (“to make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
Cognates
Cognate with German Low German swogen, swögen (“to faint, sigh, groan”), Dutch zwoegen (“to groan, breathe heavily”), dialectal Norwegian søgja (“to whistle, hum, talk loudly”). More at sough.
verb swoons · swooning · swooned · swound
- To faint, to lose consciousness. "I swoon," quoth he.
- To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
- To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation. That plush mustache of yours has completely swooned me!
- To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection. The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.
Translations
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noun a faint
| Español | desmayo, deliquio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 失神 shisshin, 気絶 kizetsu |
| 中文 | 昏厥 hūnjué |
| Português | desmaio |
| Français | pâmoison |
| Deutsch | Ohnmacht |
| Italiano | spasmo |
| Русский | о́бморок óbmorok, поте́ря созна́ния potérja soznánija |
| العربية | إِغْمَاء ʔiḡmāʔ |
verb to faint — see also faint
| Español | desmayarse |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 気絶する kizetsu suru |
| 中文 | 昏倒 hūndǎo, 暈厥 /晕厥 yūnjué, 昏厥 hūnjué |
| Русский | па́дать в о́бморок pádatʹ v óbmorok, упа́сть в о́бморок upástʹ v óbmorok, теря́ть созна́ние terjátʹ soznánije, потеря́ть созна́ние poterjátʹ soznánije |
verb to be overwhelmed by emotion
| Español | derretirse |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | schwärmen, in Verzückung geraten |
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title = {swoon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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