Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
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First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from Middle English styanye (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from Old English stīgend (“a small tumour on the edge of the eyelid, stye”), from the verb stīgan (“to climb, ascend, rise”) + Middle English eie (“eye”). Equivalent to sty + eye.
stye (plural styes)
- (pathology) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
have a stye
suffer from a stye
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Translations
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bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Aromanian: ulcior m
- Azerbaijani: itdirsəyi
- Belarusian: ячме́нь m (jačmjénʹ)
- Bulgarian: ечеми́к (bg) m (ečemík)
- Catalan: urçol (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 針眼/针眼 (zh) (zhēnyan), 偷針眼/偷针眼 (tōuzhēnyan), 麥粒腫/麦粒肿 (zh) (màilìzhǒng)
- Czech: ječné zrno (cs) n
- Danish: bygkorn
- Dutch: strontje (nl) n, stijg (nl) m
- Esperanto: hordeolo
- Estonian: odraiva (et)
- Finnish: näärännäppy (fi)
- French: orgelet (fr) m, compère loriot m
- Friulian: vuarbit m
- Gagauz: arpacık
- Galician: tirizó (gl), orizó (gl) m, orzón m, toromelo (gl) m
- German: Hordeolum n, Gerstenkorn (de) n
- Greek: κριθαράκι (el) n (kritharáki), κριθή (el) f (krithí)
- Hungarian: árpa (hu)
- Ingrian: koirannännä
- Italian: orzaiolo (it)
- Japanese: 麦粒腫 (ja) (ばくりゅうしゅ, bakuryūshu), ̼ものもらい (ja) (monomorai)
- Karakalpak: terisken
- Kazakh: теріскен (terısken)
- Komi-Zyrian: понпуш (ponpuš), понкольк (ponkoľk)
- Korean: 다래끼 (ko) (daraekki), 맥립종 (maengnipjong)
- Latin: hordeolus m, varulus m
- Lithuanian: miežis
- Luxembourgish: Weeschësser m
- Macedonian: јачменче n (jačmenče)
- Maori: kiritoi
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: шинча шож (šinča šož)
- Northern Sami: lottáš
- Norwegian: byggkorn
- Nynorsk: sti (nn) m or n, byggkorn n, hordeolum n
- Ottoman Turkish: آرپهجق (arpacık)
- Persian: گل مژه (fa) (gol-e može)
- Polish: jęczmień (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: hordéolo (pt) m, terçol (pt) m
- Romanian: urcior (ro) m
- Russian: ячме́нь (ru) m (jačménʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јечменац m, чмичак m
- Roman: ječmenac (sh) m, čmičak (sh) m
- Sicilian: occhialoru (scn) m, agghialoru (scn) m
- Slovak: jačmenné zrno n
- Spanish: orzuelo (es) m
- Swedish: vagel (sv)
- Tagalog: kuliti
- Thai: กุ้งยิง (th) (gûng-ying)
- Turkish: arpacık (tr)
- Udmurt: йыды (jydy)
- Ukrainian: ячмі́нь (uk) m (jačmínʹ)
- Venetian: orxoło m, orbioło m, ruxoło m, ruxiol, orbegoło, rebegoło
- Welsh: llefrithen f (North), llefelyn m (South)
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Etymology 2
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stye (plural styes)
- Archaic form of sty (“shelter for pigs”).
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Middle English
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Etymology 1
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stye
- Alternative form of sty (“path”)
Etymology 2
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stye
- Alternative form of stie (“ladder”)