delirium

See also: Delirium and delírium

English

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delirium

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium (“derangement, madness”).

Pronunciation

enPR: dĭlĭʹrēəm
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪ.ɹi.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪɹ.i.əm/
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm

Noun

delirium (countable and uncountable, plural deliriums or deliria)

(medicine) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
- 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
  The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
  Better to decay in absolute delirium, than to be the victim of the methodical unreason of ill-bestowed love.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Return to Courtenaye Hall”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 149:
  The evening wore away, and the long grass was silvery with dew; the consequence was what might have been expected,—next day, he was laid up with a violent cold; and the fever soon ran so high, that delirium came on; and before three days were past, his life hung upon a thread.
- 1879, John Morley, Burke:
  the delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament)
Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

mental state of confusion

Albanian: jerm (sq) m
Arabic: هَذَيَان m (haḏayān)
Armenian: զառանցանք (hy) (zaṙancʻankʻ), ցնորք (hy) (cʻnorkʻ)
Asturian: deliriu
Azerbaijani: sayıqlama, deliriya
Basque: eldarnio, zoraldi, zorabio
Belarusian: брэд m (bred)
Bulgarian: бълну́ване (bg) n (bǎlnúvane), дели́риум (bg) m (delírium)
Catalan: deliri (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 譫妄 / 谵妄 (zh) (zhānwàng), 神志昏迷 (zh) (shénzhì hūnmí)
Czech: delirium (cs) n
Danish: delirium n
Dutch: delier (nl) n, delirium (nl) n
Finnish: houretila, sekavuus (fi), delirium (fi)
French: délire (fr) m
Galician: delirio m
German: Delirium (de) n, Fieberphantasie (de) n, Taumel (de) m
Greek: παραλήρημα (el) n (paralírima), ντελίριο (el) n (ntelírio)
Gujarati: ચિત્તભ્રમણા (cittabhramṇā)
Hebrew: דֶלִירְיוּם (he) m (deliryum)
Hungarian: delírium (hu)
Indonesian: delirium (id)
Irish: rámhaille f
Italian: delirio (it) m
Japanese: せん妄 (ja) (せんもう, senmō), 譫妄 (ja) (せんもう, senmō)
Kazakh: сандырақ (sandyraq)
Korean: 섬망(譫妄) (ko) (seommang)
Latin: dēlīrium n
Latvian: delīrijs m
Macedonian: делириум m (delirium)
Maori: kutukutuahi, ngutungutuahi, kuawa, mate kuawa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: delirium n
Persian: دلیریوم (deliryum)
Plautdietsch: Feebadroom m
Polish: majaczenie n, delirium (pl) n, (colloquial) delirka f
Portuguese: delírio (pt) m
Romanian: delir (ro) n
Romansch: please add this translation if you can
Russian: бред (ru) m (bred), дели́рий (ru) m (delírij), горя́чка (ru) f (gorjáčka)
Scottish Gaelic: breisleach m, boile f, mearan m, bruaillean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: делиријум m

Roman: delirijum (sh) m
Slovak: delírium n
Slovene: delirij m
Spanish: delirio (es) m
Swedish: delirium (sv) n
Tagalog: deliryo
Turkish: sayıklama (tr), deliriyum
Ukrainian: бред m (bred), делі́рій m (delírij)
Vietnamese: mê sảng (vi)

References

“delirium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“delirium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Danish

Noun

delirium n (singular definite deliriet, plural indefinite delirier)

delirium

Declension

Declension of delirium

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delirium	deliriet	delirier	delirierne
genitive	deliriums	deliriets	deliriers	deliriernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːˈliː.ri.ʏm/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: de‧li‧ri‧um

Noun

delirium n (plural deliria or deliriums, diminutive deliriumpje n)

delirium

Synonyms

delier

Descendants

→ Indonesian: delirium

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin dēlīrium

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdeli(ː)rium/, [ˈde̞li(ː)ˌrium]
Rhymes: -ium
Hyphenation^(key): de‧li‧ri‧um

Noun

delirium

(medicine) delirium (temporary mental state of confusion, disorientation and anxiety)
Synonyms: sekavuus, houretila

Usage notes

This term is chiefly used by the medical profession.

Declension

Inflection of delirium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		delirium	deliriumit
genitive		deliriumin	deliriumien
partitive		deliriumia	deliriumeja
illative		deliriumiin	deliriumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		delirium	deliriumit
accusative	nom.	delirium	deliriumit
accusative	gen.	deliriumin	deliriumit
genitive		deliriumin	deliriumien
partitive		deliriumia	deliriumeja
inessive		deliriumissa	deliriumeissa
elative		deliriumista	deliriumeista
illative		deliriumiin	deliriumeihin
adessive		deliriumilla	deliriumeilla
ablative		deliriumilta	deliriumeilta
allative		deliriumille	deliriumeille
essive		deliriumina	deliriumeina
translative		deliriumiksi	deliriumeiksi
abessive		deliriumitta	deliriumeitta
instructive		—	deliriumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of delirium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		deliriumini	deliriumini
accusative	nom.	deliriumini	deliriumini
accusative	gen.	deliriumini	deliriumini
genitive		deliriumini	deliriumieni
partitive		deliriumiani	deliriumejani
inessive		deliriumissani	deliriumeissani
elative		deliriumistani	deliriumeistani
illative		deliriumiini	deliriumeihini
adessive		deliriumillani	deliriumeillani
ablative		deliriumiltani	deliriumeiltani
allative		deliriumilleni	deliriumeilleni
essive		deliriuminani	deliriumeinani
translative		deliriumikseni	deliriumeikseni
abessive		deliriumittani	deliriumeittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deliriumeineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		deliriumisi	deliriumisi
accusative	nom.	deliriumisi	deliriumisi
accusative	gen.	deliriumisi	deliriumisi
genitive		deliriumisi	deliriumiesi
partitive		deliriumiasi	deliriumejasi
inessive		deliriumissasi	deliriumeissasi
elative		deliriumistasi	deliriumeistasi
illative		deliriumiisi	deliriumeihisi
adessive		deliriumillasi	deliriumeillasi
ablative		deliriumiltasi	deliriumeiltasi
allative		deliriumillesi	deliriumeillesi
essive		deliriuminasi	deliriumeinasi
translative		deliriumiksesi	deliriumeiksesi
abessive		deliriumittasi	deliriumeittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deliriumeinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		deliriumimme	deliriumimme
accusative	nom.	deliriumimme	deliriumimme
accusative	gen.	deliriumimme	deliriumimme
genitive		deliriumimme	deliriumiemme
partitive		deliriumiamme	deliriumejamme
inessive		deliriumissamme	deliriumeissamme
elative		deliriumistamme	deliriumeistamme
illative		deliriumiimme	deliriumeihimme
adessive		deliriumillamme	deliriumeillamme
ablative		deliriumiltamme	deliriumeiltamme
allative		deliriumillemme	deliriumeillemme
essive		deliriuminamme	deliriumeinamme
translative		deliriumiksemme	deliriumeiksemme
abessive		deliriumittamme	deliriumeittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deliriumeinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		deliriuminne	deliriuminne
accusative	nom.	deliriuminne	deliriuminne
accusative	gen.	deliriuminne	deliriuminne
genitive		deliriuminne	deliriumienne
partitive		deliriumianne	deliriumejanne
inessive		deliriumissanne	deliriumeissanne
elative		deliriumistanne	deliriumeistanne
illative		deliriumiinne	deliriumeihinne
adessive		deliriumillanne	deliriumeillanne
ablative		deliriumiltanne	deliriumeiltanne
allative		deliriumillenne	deliriumeillenne
essive		deliriuminanne	deliriumeinanne
translative		deliriumiksenne	deliriumeiksenne
abessive		deliriumittanne	deliriumeittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deliriumeinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		deliriuminsa	deliriuminsa
accusative	nom.	deliriuminsa	deliriuminsa
accusative	gen.	deliriuminsa	deliriuminsa
genitive		deliriuminsa	deliriumiensa
partitive		deliriumiaan deliriumiansa	deliriumejaan deliriumejansa
inessive		deliriumissaan deliriumissansa	deliriumeissaan deliriumeissansa
elative		deliriumistaan deliriumistansa	deliriumeistaan deliriumeistansa
illative		deliriumiinsa	deliriumeihinsa
adessive		deliriumillaan deliriumillansa	deliriumeillaan deliriumeillansa
ablative		deliriumiltaan deliriumiltansa	deliriumeiltaan deliriumeiltansa
allative		deliriumilleen deliriumillensa	deliriumeilleen deliriumeillensa
essive		deliriuminaan deliriuminansa	deliriumeinaan deliriumeinansa
translative		deliriumikseen deliriumiksensa	deliriumeikseen deliriumeiksensa
abessive		deliriumittaan deliriumittansa	deliriumeittaan deliriumeittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deliriumeineen deliriumeinensa

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

delirium

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch delirium, from Latin dēlīrium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.li.ˈri.ʊm/
Rhymes: -ʊm
Hyphenation: de‧li‧ri‧um

Noun

delirium (uncountable)

(psychiatry) delirium

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From dēlīrō (“to deviate from a straight track; to be crazy or deranged”) +‎ -ium (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈliː.ri.um/, [d̪eːˈlʲiːriʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈli.ri.um/, [d̪eˈliːrium]

Noun

dēlīrium n (genitive dēlīriī or dēlīrī); second declension

(medicine) Delirium, madness, frenzy.
Synonyms: dēlīrātiō, dēlīritās
- c. 47 C.E., Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.7.28:
  […] aut quī febre aequē nōn quiēscente simul et dēlīrio et spīrandī difficultāte vexātur […]
  […] or when, likewise without the fever subsiding, he is distressed at once by delirium and difficulty in breathing […]

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	dēlīrium	dēlīria
genitive	dēlīriī dēlīrī¹	dēlīriōrum
dative	dēlīriō	dēlīriīs
accusative	dēlīrium	dēlīria
ablative	dēlīriō	dēlīriīs
vocative	dēlīrium	dēlīria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

Descendants

>? Asturian: deleres
Catalan: deler, → deliri
→ Asturian: deliriu
→ Bulgarian: дели́р (delír)
→ Catalan: deliri
→ Czech: delirium
→ Danish: delirium
→ Dutch: delier, delirium
→ English: delirium
→ Esperanto: deliro
→ Estonian: deliirium
→ Finnish: delirium
→ French: délire, delirium
- → Romanian: delir
→ German: Delirium
→ Hungarian: delírium
→ Ido: deliro
→ Interlingua: delirio
→ Italian: delirio
→ Northern Kurdish: delîriyûm
→ Norwegian: delirium, dille
→ Polish: delirium
→ Portuguese: delírio
→ Russian: дели́рий (delírij)
→ Serbo-Croatian: делиријум
→ Slovak: delírium
→ Spanish: delirio, delírium
→ Swedish: delirium
→ Turkish: deliriyum

References

“delirium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

delirium

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin dēlīrium.

Noun

delirium n (definite singular deliriet, indefinite plural delirier, definite plural deliria or deliriene)

a delirium

References

“delirium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin dēlīrium.

Noun

delirium n (definite singular deliriet, indefinite plural delirium, definite plural deliria)

a delirium

References

“delirium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

delirium

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlīrium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛˈli.rjum/
Rhymes: -irjum
Syllabification: de‧li‧rium

Noun

delirium n

(pathology) delirium (mental state of confusion)
Synonym: majaczenie

Declension

Declension of delirium

	singular	plural
nominative	delirium	deliria
genitive	delirium	deliriów
dative	delirium	deliriom
accusative	delirium	deliria
instrumental	delirium	deliriami
locative	delirium	deliriach
vocative	delirium	deliria

Derived terms

adjective

deliryczny

nouns

verb

delirować

Related terms

noun

delirium tremens

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium.

Noun

delirium n

delirium
Synonym: (colloquial) dille

Declension

Declension of **delirium**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	delirium	deliriums
singular	definite	deliriet	deliriets
plural	indefinite	delirier	deliriers
plural	definite	delirierna	deliriernas

delirium

English

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Danish

Noun

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

Noun

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Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

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Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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Polish

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Noun

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Swedish

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Noun

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