trauma
French, noun/tʁo.ma/
trauma is a French masculine noun meaning “trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lésion causée par une action extérieure”.
What does trauma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrauma (a localised injury produced by an external action)
- 2
masculinepsychic trauma
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lésion causée par une action extérieure. 2. Dommage causé à la psyché après un événement psychologiquement violent ; psychotrauma ou psychotraumatisme.
verb: 1. Traumatiser.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trauma
- traumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trauma?
- /tʁo.ma/
- \tʁo.ma\
- [tʁo.ma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trauma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trauma in French?
trauma appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).