Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of bruise.
nounSynonym of bruising.
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nounan injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
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Origin
- Latincontūsiōnem
- Middle Frenchcontusion
- Englishcontusion
Borrowed from Middle French contusion, from Latin contūsiōnem, accusative singular of contūsiō, from contūsus, past participle of contundō (“to beat”), by surface analysis, com- + tundō.
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Arabic رَضّ
- رَضّ (raḍḍ)wound in which the skin is not broken
Bulgarian натъртване
- натъртване (natărtvane)wound in which the skin is not broken
Catalan contusió
- contusiówound in which the skin is not broken
Chinese Mandarin 瘀青, 瘀傷 /瘀伤
- 瘀青 (yūqīng)wound in which the skin is not broken
- 瘀傷 /瘀伤 (yūshāng)wound in which the skin is not broken
Czech zhmožděnina, pohmožděnina
- zhmožděninawound in which the skin is not broken
- pohmožděninawound in which the skin is not broken
Dutch kneuzing, contusie
- kneuzingwound in which the skin is not broken
- contusiewound in which the skin is not broken
Finnish ruhjevamma, kontuusio
- ruhjevammawound in which the skin is not broken
- kontuusiowound in which the skin is not broken
French ecchymose, contusion
- ecchymosewound in which the skin is not broken
- contusionwound in which the skin is not broken
- sang extravaséwound in which the skin is not broken
German Prellung
- Prellungwound in which the skin is not broken
Hungarian zúzódás
- zúzódáswound in which the skin is not broken
Indonesian kontusio, lebam
- kontusiowound in which the skin is not broken
- lebamwound in which the skin is not broken
- memarwound in which the skin is not broken
Italian contusione
- contusionewound in which the skin is not broken
Japanese 挫傷
- 挫傷 (zashō)wound in which the skin is not broken
Korean 타박상
- 타박상 (tabaksang)wound in which the skin is not broken
Latin contūsiō
- contūsiōwound in which the skin is not broken
Malay lebam, memar
- lebamwound in which the skin is not broken
- memarwound in which the skin is not broken
Māori hautūtanga
- hautūtangawound in which the skin is not broken
Polish kontuzja
- kontuzjawound in which the skin is not broken
Portuguese contusão, negra
- contusãowound in which the skin is not broken
- negrawound in which the skin is not broken
- pisadurawound in which the skin is not broken
Russian уши́б
- уши́б (ušíb)wound in which the skin is not broken
Scottish Gaelic pronnadh
- pronnadhwound in which the skin is not broken
Spanish contusión
- contusiónwound in which the skin is not broken
Tagalog kontusyon
- kontusyonwound in which the skin is not broken
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with contusion
Cite this entry
contusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contusion
“contusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contusion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contusion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contusion.
Source: contusion on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.