afasia

Internationalism (see French aphasie), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɑsiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝fɑ̝ˌs̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): afa‧sia

afasia

1. (pathology) aphasia

• “afasia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ φάσις (phásis, “speech”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈafasia̯]
• Hyphenation: afa‧sia

afasia (first-person possessive afasiaku, second-person possessive afasiamu, third-person possessive afasianya)

1. (neurology, pathology) aphasia: a partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

• “afasia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

• IPA^(key): /a.faˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧fa‧sì‧a

afasia f (plural afasie)

1. (pathology) aphasia

• afasico

• afasia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• afasia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• afasia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• afasia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• afasìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• afaṡìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

• Hyphenation: a‧fa‧si‧a

afasia f (plural afasias)

1. (pathology) aphasia (pathological speech disorder)

• “afasia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “afasia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “afasia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “afasia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “afasia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “afasia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

• IPA^(key): /aˈfasja/ [aˈfa.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: a‧fa‧sia

afasia f (plural afasias)

1. (pathology) aphasia (pathological speech disorder)

• “afasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28