# apnea
## English
### Alternative forms

* (UK) apnoea
* (Obsolete) apnœa

### Etymology

From a- +‎ -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)
* (pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

#### Synonyms

* asphyxia

#### Derived terms

* apneic
* apneist
* hypoapnea
* postapnea
* preapnea
* sleep apnea

#### Related terms

* hypopnea

#### See also

* apnea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* eupnea

### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “apnea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* paean, pæan

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əbˈne.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [abˈne.a]
* Rhymes: -ea
* Hyphenation: ap‧ne‧a

### Noun

apnea f (plural apnees)
* (pathology) apnea, (UK) apnoea
* (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving

#### Further reading

* “apnea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin apnoea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑpneɑ/, [ˈɑ̝pne̞ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑpneɑ
* Hyphenation: ap‧nea

### Noun

apnea
* apnea, (UK) apnoea

#### Declension

Possessive forms of apnea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apneani
apneani
accusative
nom.
apneani
apneani
gen.
apneani
genitive
apneani
apneoideni apneoitteni apneaini $^{rare}$
partitive
apneaani
apneoitani
inessive
apneassani
apneoissani
elative
apneastani
apneoistani
illative
apneaani
apneoihini
adessive
apneallani
apneoillani
ablative
apnealtani
apneoiltani
allative
apnealleni
apneoilleni
essive
apneanani
apneoinani
translative
apneakseni
apneoikseni
abessive
apneattani
apneoittani
instructive
comitative
—apneoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apneasi
apneasi
accusative
nom.
apneasi
apneasi
gen.
apneasi
genitive
apneasi
apneoidesi apneoittesi apneaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
apneaasi
apneoitasi
inessive
apneassasi
apneoissasi
elative
apneastasi
apneoistasi
illative
apneaasi
apneoihisi
adessive
apneallasi
apneoillasi
ablative
apnealtasi
apneoiltasi
allative
apneallesi
apneoillesi
essive
apneanasi
apneoinasi
translative
apneaksesi
apneoiksesi
abessive
apneattasi
apneoittasi
instructive
comitative
—apneoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apneamme
apneamme
accusative
nom.
apneamme
apneamme
gen.
apneamme
genitive
apneamme
apneoidemme apneoittemme apneaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
apneaamme
apneoitamme
inessive
apneassamme
apneoissamme
elative
apneastamme
apneoistamme
illative
apneaamme
apneoihimme
adessive
apneallamme
apneoillamme
ablative
apnealtamme
apneoiltamme
allative
apneallemme
apneoillemme
essive
apneanamme
apneoinamme
translative
apneaksemme
apneoiksemme
abessive
apneattamme
apneoittamme
instructive
comitative
—apneoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apneanne
apneanne
accusative
nom.
apneanne
apneanne
gen.
apneanne
genitive
apneanne
apneoidenne apneoittenne apneainne $^{rare}$
partitive
apneaanne
apneoitanne
inessive
apneassanne
apneoissanne
elative
apneastanne
apneoistanne
illative
apneaanne
apneoihinne
adessive
apneallanne
apneoillanne
ablative
apnealtanne
apneoiltanne
allative
apneallenne
apneoillenne
essive
apneananne
apneoinanne
translative
apneaksenne
apneoiksenne
abessive
apneattanne
apneoittanne
instructive
comitative
—apneoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apneansa
apneansa
accusative
nom.
apneansa
apneansa
gen.
apneansa
genitive
apneansa
apneoidensa apneoittensa apneainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
apneaansa
apneoitaan apneoitansa
inessive
apneassaan apneassansa
apneoissaan apneoissansa
elative
apneastaan apneastansa
apneoistaan apneoistansa
illative
apneaansa
apneoihinsa
adessive
apneallaan apneallansa
apneoillaan apneoillansa
ablative
apnealtaan apnealtansa
apneoiltaan apneoiltansa
allative
apnealleen apneallensa
apneoilleen apneoillensa
essive
apneanaan apneanansa
apneoinaan apneoinansa
translative
apneakseen apneaksensa
apneoikseen apneoiksensa
abessive
apneattaan apneattansa
apneoittaan apneoittansa
instructive
comitative
—apneoineen apneoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* apnea-hypopneaindeksi
* uniapnea

### Further reading

* “apnea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* apean, nepaa

## Galician
### Etymology

From New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).

### Noun

apnea f (plural apneas)
* apnea, (UK) apnoea
* (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving

#### Derived terms

* apneísta
* apnea do sono

#### Related terms

* hipopnea

### Further reading

* “apnea”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English apnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈap̚nɛa̯]
* Hyphenation: ap‧nèa

### Noun

apnea (uncountable)
* (emergency medicine) apnea; apnoea.

#### Synonyms

* apneu
* henti napas

### Further reading

* “apnea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈpnɛ.a/
* Rhymes: -ɛa
* Hyphenation: a‧pnè‧a

### Noun

apnea f (plural apnee)
* apnea/apnoea
* freediving

#### Derived terms

* apneista
* apneistico

### Anagrams

* napea, peana

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abˈnea/ [aβ̞ˈne.a]
* Rhymes: -ea
* Syllabification: ap‧ne‧a

### Noun

apnea f (plural apneas)
* apnea
* (sports) free-diving

#### Derived terms

* apnea del sueño
* apneico
* apneísta

#### Related terms

* hipopnea

### Further reading

* “apnea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10