histèria

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin histeria, a backformation from Latin hystericus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /isˈtə.ɾi.ə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.ɾi.ə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /isˈte.ɾi.a/

Noun

histèria f (plural histèries)

(pathology) hysteria
(informal) hysteria, nervous excitement

Related terms

histèric

Further reading

“histèria” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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