ache

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Noun 1.2.3.1 Derived terms 1.2.3.2 Translations 1.2.4 References 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Portuguese 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French and modern French ache, from Latin apium (“‘parsley’”), from Hebrew achor, misery or pain.

[edit] Pronunciation

• • enPR: āch, IPA: /eɪtʃ/, SAMPA: /eItS/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

[edit] Noun

ache (plural aches)

1. (obsolete) Parsley.

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English aken (verb) & ache (noun) from Old English acan (verb) [from Proto-Germanic *akanan] and æċe (noun) [from Proto-Germanic *akiz]. The noun was originally pronounced as spelled--with a palatized ch sound (cf batch < bake); and the verb was originally strong, conjugating for tense like take (eg. I ake, I oke, I have aken ), but gradually becoming weak during Middle English. Historically the verb was spelled ake, and the noun as ache (--Shak.). Confusion arose when Dr Johnson mistakingly cited derivation from Ancient Greek ἄχος, "pain", due to the similarites in form and meaning.

[edit] Pronunciation

• • enPR: āk, IPA: /eɪk/, SAMPA: /eIk/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪk

[edit] Verb

to ache (third-person singular simple present aches, present participle aching, simple past and past participle ached)

1. (intransitive) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

   • Fie, how my bones ache! - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, II-v
   • The sins that in your conscience ache. — Keble

[edit] Derived terms

• ache for

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

ache (plural aches)

1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

   • Fill all thy bones with aches - Shakespeare, Tempest, I-ii

[edit] Derived terms

• aches and pains
• achy
• backache
• bellyache
• earache
• headache
• stomachache
• toothache

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.

[edit] Etymology 3

Representing the pronunciation of the letter H.

[edit] Noun

ache (plural aches)

1. (rare) A variant spelling of aitch.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of Aceh
• each
• HACE

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧che

[edit] Verb

ache

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb achar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb achar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb achar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb achar.