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Plural of trauma

regular plural

The plural of trauma is traumas or traumata.

Forms of trauma

Singulartrauma /ˈtɹɔː.mə/
Pluraltraumas
traumata /ˈtɹɔːmətə/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Traumas and traumata in a sentence

  • And although it doesn’t mean acting like an infant again, it does require recognizing that many of the thoughts and behaviors you’d like to change come from lingering feelings of childhood traumas or your inner child, said Dr.2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN
  • Only the oblivion of sleep can heal the greatest traumas.From the entry oblivion
  • From adolescent traumas to adulthood indignities, their anomie has been overdetermined.2020 March, Jess Bergman, “I’m Not Feeling Good at All”, in The Baffler, number 50. From the entry anomie
  • A New Age version of psychoanalysis, past-life therapy involves uncovering traumas from one's previous lives.2000, James Fieser, Moral Philosophy Through the Ages. From the entry past-life
  • A facile, pop-psych explanation would unearth the roots of clownophobia in childhood traumas.1997, Ashley Crawford, Ray Edgar, editors, Transit Lounge: An Interface Book from 21.C, North Ryde, →ISBN, page 174. From the entry clownophobia

Meaning of trauma

  1. noun Any injury to the body of a living thing.
  2. noun Serious injury, resulting from predation, violence, an accident such as a fall, a vehicle crash, etc.
  3. noun An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.

Full definition of trauma

Questions about the plural of trauma

What is the plural of trauma?
The plural of trauma is traumas or traumata.
Which is correct, traumas or traumata?
Both are used. traumas is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is trauma countable?
Trauma is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trauma (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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