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Definition: Singultus |
SingultusNoun1. (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion; "how do you cure the hiccups?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "singultus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Singultus \Sin*gul"tus\, noun. [Latin expression]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Hiccup. (references) |
Medicine | Clonic spasm of the diaphragm. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SingultusSynonyms: hiccough (n), hiccup (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Singultus |
| Etymologies containing "singultus": Singult. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Singultus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (singultus), German (singultus), Latin (death rattle, gasping, sobbing). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
singultus | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "singultus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | singultus, hikke (hiccup). (various references) | |
Dutch | singultus (hiccup), hik (hiccup). (various references) | |
French | hoquet (m), hoquet. (various references) | |
German | Singultus (hiccup). (various references) | |
Italian | singulto (hiccup), singhiozzoü, singhiozzo (hiccough, hiccup, sob). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ingultussay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | soluço (hiccup, sob), soluço, singulto (hiccup), soluço. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "singultus" (pronounced 'Sin*gul"tus'): Afflatus, Ailantus, Alto-stratus, Amotus, Asphaltus, Attritus, Benedictus, Boletus, Cactus, Cognatus, Conatus, Conspectus, Cumu-cirro-stratus, Delectus, fetus, ictus, Leptus, Literatus, Mallotus, meatus, Notus, Pectus, Pericarditus, Plutus, Productus, Prospectus, Pruritus, Quietus, rectus, rictus, Salaeratus, Sanctus, Scorbutus, Situs, status, Subsultus, tinnitus, Vermetus, Victus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-n-s-s-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: tussling. | |
-2 letters: insults, lusting, lutings, sunsuit. | |
-3 letters: glints, guilts, insult, lungis, luting, slings, sluing, stings, suints, sunlit, unguis. | |
-4 letters: gilts, gists, glint, gluts, guilt, gusts, iglus, lings, lints, lists, lungi, lungs, lunts, lusts, lusus, nisus, signs, silts, sings, sinus, situs, sling, slits, slugs, slung, sluts, snits, snugs, sting, stung, stuns, suing, suint, suits, sulus. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-l-n-s-s-t-u-u" | |
+5 letters: summersaulting, unsuspectingly. | |
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