marasmo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (marasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (maraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrasmo/
• Rhymes: -asmo

Noun

marasmo (accusative singular marasmon, plural marasmoj, accusative plural marasmojn)

1. (pathology) marasmus

Ido

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (marasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (maraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrasmo/

Noun

marasmo (plural marasmi)

1. (pathology) marasmus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (marasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (maraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɾaʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ras‧mo

Noun

marasmo m (plural marasmos)

1. (pathology) marasmus (any wasting disease)
2. (pathology) apathy (lack of emotion or motivation)
3. stagnation (lack of improvement or change)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (marasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (maraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾasmo/ [maˈɾaz.mo]
• Rhymes: -asmo
• Syllabification: ma‧ras‧mo

Noun

marasmo m (plural marasmos)

1. (pathology) marasmus
2. apathy
3. stagnation

Further reading

• “marasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10