vomit

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: vŏm'it, IPA(key): /ˈvɒmɪt/ Rhymes: -ɒmɪt (US) enPR: vŏm'it, IPA(key): /ˈvɑmɪt/ === Verb === vomit (third-person singular simple present vomits, present participle vomiting, simple past and past participle vomited) (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke. (transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:regurgitate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vomit (usually uncountable, plural vomits) The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus. The act of regurgitating. The act of vomiting. (informal) Anything that is worthless; rubbish; trash. (obsolete, countable) That which causes vomiting; an emetic. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:vomit. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === emetic, heave, retch == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === vomit inflection of vomir: third-person singular present indicative third-person singular past historic == Latin == === Verb === vomit third-person singular present active indicative of vomō == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /voˈmit/ Rhymes: -it Hyphenation: vo‧mit === Verb === vomit first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vomita