B1noun · rare

faint

faint · faints

обморок

Ohnmacht

The act of fainting, syncopeThe act of fainting, syncope.

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/feɪnt/

» He fainted and fell on his back.

Він знепритомнів і впав на спину. — deniko

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Meaning

2 senses

The act of fainting, syncope.
She suffered another faint.
Ohnmacht
о́бморокóbmorok
(rare)The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
Ohnmacht
о́бморокóbmorok

More definitions

a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Examples

343 sentences

He fainted and fell on his back.
Він знепритомнів і впав на спину. — deniko
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The patient fainted at the sight of blood.
Пацієнт знепритомнів, побачивши кров. — ChickenKiev
ruПациент упал в обморок при виде крови. — marafon
deBeim Anblick von Blut wurde der Patient ohnmächtig. — jakov
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She fainted, but came to after a few minutes.
Вона втратила свідомість, але за кілька хвилин прийшла до себе. — deniko
ruОна упала в обморок, но через несколько минут пришла в себя. — marafon
deSie fiel in Ohnmacht, aber nach mehreren Minuten erlangte sie das Bewusstsein wieder. — xtofu80
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I don't have the faintest idea.
Я не маю найменшої уяви. — deniko
ruНе имею ни малейшего понятия. — marafon
deIch habe nicht die geringste Ahnung. — Sudajaengi
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She screamed and fainted.
Вона закричала й знепритомніла. — brambury
ruОна закричала и упала в обморок. — Hellerick
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

the act of fainting:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

the act of fainting:

Origin

From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned;

From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned; negligent; sluggish”), past participle of feindre, faindre (“to feign; sham; work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognate with feign and fiction and more distantly dough.

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