vertige
French
Etymology
From Latin vertīginem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.tiʒ/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
vertige m (plural vertiges)
- dizziness, vertigo
- 1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:
- Le malade prétend avoir, étant jeune homme, souffert d’accès de vertige qui duraient plusieurs secondes et pendant lesquels il avait comme le sentiment que tout son être se désagrégeait.
- The patient claims that, as a young man, he suffered from bouts of dizziness which lasted several seconds, during which he felt like his whole being was disintegrating.
Further reading
- “vertige”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.