vertigen

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vertīginem.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /vəɾˈti.ʒən/

(Central) IPA^(key): /bərˈti.ʒən/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /veɾˈti.d͡ʒen/

Noun

vertigen m (plural vertigens)

(pathology) vertigo
dizziness, giddiness
Synonym: rodesa de cap
(countable) dizzy spell
(countable) wild hair, sudden impulse

Related terms

vèrtex
vertiginós

Further reading

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

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