Le néologisme anglais du mois : Romnesia

 

Le Président américain accuse Romney d'amnésie sur son propre programme électorale. Le jeu de mot lancé à son rival par Barack Obama ces-jours là était romnésie [1] (mot valise contenant les mots Romney et amnésie).



 (citation d'Obama)


Comme on voit sur le video clip en sous, Obama, s'adressant à une foule de 9.000 personnes, a souligné que son adversaire Mitt Romney faisait machine arrière par rapport aux promesses conservatrices du début de sa campagne, " Nous devons donner un nom à cet état qu'il traverse", a lancé Barack Obama.
« Je crois que cela s'appelle la «  Romnésie
», a-t-il ajouté sous les rires et les applaudissements de la foule.

 

[1] épelée "romneysie" par La Croix, 29/10/2012, p.7

Ce mot s'ajoute à la liste existante des mots anglais qui terminent en « esia », dont les traductions en français terminent majoritairement en « ésie » . Ceux qui sont bien connus sont amnesia (amnésie), anaesthesia (UK) ou anesthesia (USA) (anesthésie) ; et analgesia (analgésie). Voici d'autres qui sont moins connus :

terme anglais

définition en anglais selon le dictionnaire Merriam Webster ou d’autres
sources

équivalent en français 

agenesia

i.
absence of or failed development
of a body part.

ii.

sterility; impotence; barrenness.

 

agénésie

 

atresia

absence
or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation

atrésie 

babesia

any
of a genus (Babesia)
of sporozoans parasitic in mammalian red blood cells (as in Texas fever) and
transmitted by the bite of a tick

babésia 

dyskinesia

impairment
of voluntary movements resulting in fragmented or jerky motions (as in
Parkinson's disease)

dyskinésie 

ecclesia

 i.
he public legislative assembly of the Athenians. 


ii. 
church, either as a body or as a building

ecclésia

esthesia

capacity
for sensation and feeling

esthésie

frambesia

an
infectious contagious tropical disease that is caused by a spirochete of the
genus Treponema
(T.
pertenue
) and that is characterized by a primary
ulcerating lesion on the skin followed by a secondary stage in which ulcers
develop all over the body and by a third stage in which the bones are
involved

pian

freesia

unusual
or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense to
stimulation

freesia

hyperaesthesia (UK)

hyperesthesia (USA)

unusual
or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense to
stimulation

hyper-
esthésie

 

hyperkinesia

abnormally
decreased muscular movement (as in spaceflight)

hyperkinésie               

hypermnesia

abnormally
vivid or complete memory or recall of the past (as at times of extreme
danger)

hypermnésie

kinesthesia

a
sense mediated by end organs located in muscles, tendons, and joints and
stimulated by bodily movements and tensions

kinesthésie

magnesia

a milky white suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water
used as an antacid and laxative

magnésie

paraesthesia (UK)

paresthesia (USA)

a
sensation of pricking, tingling, or creeping on the skin having no objective
cause and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or
nerve root

paresthésie

paramnesia

a
disorder of memory: as a :
a condition in which the proper meaning of words cannot be remembered b :
the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first
time—called also déjà vu;

paramnésie

rafflesia

A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living
parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers
have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia
Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.

rafflesia

 

ou

 

rafflésie

silesia

i. A kind of linen cloth, originally made in
Silesia, a province of Prussia. 
ii.  A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress
linings

silésie

synaesthesia (U.K)

synesthesia

(U.S.A.)

a
concomitant sensation and especially a subjective sensation or image of a
sense (as of color) other than the one (as of sound) being stimulated; also :
the condition marked by the experience of such sensations

synesthésie