Nauseous

The pronunciation in British English of the noun nausea (meaning 'the feeling that one is about to be sick, a feeling of revulsion or disgust') has traditionally been NOR-zia or NOR-sia, IPA: /'nɔː zɪ ə or 'nɔː sɪ ə/, (though the American pronunciation NOR-sha or NOR-zha, IPA: /'nɔː ʃə or 'nɔː ʒə/, is becoming more common). A similar variation in the realization of the second consonant is to be found in the related adjective nauseous (meaning 'feeling sick', 'causing sickness', 'disgusting or repulsive'), pronounced NOR-zius or NOR-sius, IPA: /'nɔː zɪ əs or 'nɔː sɪ əs/, and the related verb, nauseate (meaning 'cause to feel sick', 'arouse feelings of disgust or revulsion'), pronounced NOR-zi-ate or NOR-si-ate, IPA: /'nɔː zɪ ,eɪt or 'nɔː sɪ ,eɪt/.

Etymological note: The word nausea comes, through Latin, from the Greek ναυσία (nausia) or ναυτία (nautia), which means 'seasickness, nausea', and is formed from the word ναῦς (naus, 'ship'), which is the root of several other English words, such as 'nautical' and 'naval'.