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acusma

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Italian

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Etymology

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Noun

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acusma f (plural acusme)

  1. acousma

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Greek ἄκουσμα (ákousma). First attested in 1871.[1] Cognate with Spanish acusma and Italian acusma.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧cus‧ma

Noun

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acusma m (plural acusmas)

  1. (pathology) acousma (auditory hallucination)

References

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  1. ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Acusma”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 93