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trauma

trauma

noun tro-MAH Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Usage Note

Trauma is an informal/medical borrowing alongside the more formal traumatisme. In everyday French, trauma is widely used in psychological contexts: un trauma d'enfance ('a childhood trauma'). The related verb traumatiser means 'to traumatize', and traumatisant ('traumatizing') is a common adjective. The plural is traumas in informal use.

Examples

"Elle essaie de surmonter son trauma."

Natural Translation

She is trying to overcome her trauma.

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