vertigo
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vertigo
- /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/ UK
- /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/ US
noun vertigos · vertigoes
- A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness. Vertigo invades when the world we thought we knew no longer holds. The known world is crumbling.
- The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
- A snail of the genus Vertigo.
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Closest in meaning: dizziness, lightheadedness, giddiness, dizzying, dizzy, trembling, fear, staggering, shakes, disequilibrium, wooziness, unsteadiness, instability, queasiness, wobbliness, off-balance
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noun sensation of whirling and loss of balance
| Español | vértigo, mareo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 현기증 hyeon'gijeung |
| 日本語 | 目眩 memai, くらくら kurakura |
| 中文 | 頭暈 /头晕 tóuyūn, 眩暈 /眩晕 xuànyùn, 頭昏 /头昏 tóuhūn |
| हिन्दी | चक्कर cakkar |
| Português | oura, tontura, vertigem |
| Français | vertige, labyrinthite |
| Deutsch | Schwindel |
| Italiano | vertigine |
| Ελληνικά | ίλιγγος ílingos, ζαλάδα zaláda, ζάλη záli |
| Русский | головокруже́ние golovokružénije |
| Tiếng Việt | xoay xẩm, chóng mặt |
| العربية | دَوْخَة dawḵa, دُوَار duwār, سَدَر sadar, سَدَارَة sadāra |
Talk about this word "vertigo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vertigo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vertigo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vertigo "vertigo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vertigo.Cite this
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title = {vertigo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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