sigh

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Etymology

Middle English sihen, from Old English sīcan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

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• Homophones: sie, sai, psi, xi, scye, Si

Noun

sigh (plural sighs)

1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A person who is bored.

Translations

a deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued, frustrated, or grieved; the act of sighing

Chinese: Mandarin: 嘆息 (cmn), 叹息 (cmn) (tànxī) Danish: suk (da) n. Dutch: zucht (nl) m. Finnish: huokaus, huokaisu, huoahdus (fi) French: soupir (fr) m. Old French: sopir m., sospir m. Georgian: სუნთქვა (ka) (suntkvi) German: Seufzen (de) n., Seufzer (de) m. Hungarian: sóhaj (hu), sóhajtás (hu) Japanese: 嘆息 (ja) (たんそく, tansoku) Latin: suspirium (la)

Malay: mengeluh (ms) Polish: westchnięcie (pl) n. Portuguese: suspiro (pt) m. Romanian: suspin (ro) n. Russian: вздох (ru) (vzdox) m. Scots: sich Scottish Gaelic: osna (gd) f. Slovak: vzdych (sk) m. Spanish: suspiro (es) m. Swedish: suck (sv) Tagalog: hay (tl) Telugu: నిట్టూర్పు (te) (niTToorpu)

figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament

Dutch: verzuchting (nl), klacht (nl) m. Finnish: huokaus (fi) Portuguese: suspiro (pt) m.

Russian: вздох (ru) (vzdox) m. Spanish: suspiro (es) m.

(Cockney slang) a person who is bored

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: zucht m. Italian: sospiro m.

Romanian: oftat n. Spanish: suspiro m. Swedish: suck c. Telugu: నిట్టూర్చు (niTToorchu)

Verb

sigh (third-person singular simple present sighs, present participle sighing, simple past and past participle sighed)

1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
3. To make a sound like sighing.
4. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
5. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
6. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
7. To express frustration.

Translations

to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it

Arabic: تنهد (ar) (tanahhada) Chinese: Mandarin: 嘆氣 (cmn), 叹气 (cmn) (tànqì), 嘆息 (zh) (tànxī, tànxí) Croatian: uzdahnuti (hr) Czech: vzdychat (cs) Dutch: zuchten (nl) Finnish: huokaista (fi) French: soupirer (fr) Old French: sopirer, sospirer German: seufzen (de) Hungarian: sóhajt (hu) Japanese: 嘆く (ja) (なげく, nageku), 嘆息する (ja) (たんそくする, tansoku-suru), ため息をつく (ja) (ためいきをつく, tameiki-o tsuku)

Kurdish: ئاخ هه‌ڵکێشان (ku) (ax helkéshan) Latin: suspiro (la) Norwegian: sukke (no) Polish: wzdychać (pl) Portuguese: suspirar (pt) Romanian: suspina (ro) Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxát’) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnút’) pf. Slovak: vzdychať (sk) Spanish: suspirar (es) Telugu: నిట్టూర్చు (te) (niTToorchu) Turkish: of çekmek (tr)

to lament; to grieve

Czech: vzdychat (cs) Finnish: surkutella (fi)

Kurdish: ئاخ هه‌ڵکێشان (ku) (ax helkéshan) Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxát’) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnút’) pf.

to make a sound like sighing

Czech: vzdychat (cs) Finnish: huoata (fi), huokaista (fi) Kurdish: ئاخ هه‌ڵکێشان (ku) (ax helkéshan) Norwegian: sukke (no)

Portuguese: suspirar (pt) Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxát’) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnút’) pf. Turkish: ahlamak (tr)

to exhale in sighs

Finnish: huokailla (fi) Kurdish: ئاخ هه‌ڵکێشان (ku) (ax helkéshan) Norwegian: sukke (no)

Portuguese: suspirar (pt) Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxát’) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnút’) pf. Turkish: iç çekmek (tr)

to utter sighs over

Finnish: huokailla (fi)

Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxát’) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnút’) pf.

to express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs

Finnish: huokailla (fi) Kurdish: ئاخ هه‌ڵکێشان (ku) (ax helkéshan)

Norwegian: sukke (no) Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxát’) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnút’) pf.

to express frustration

Finnish: huokaista (fi) (once), huokailla (fi) (repeatedly) Norwegian: sukke (no)

Portuguese: suspirar (pt) Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxát’) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnút’) pf.

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: zuchten French: soupirer Italian: sospirare Portuguese: suspirar

Romanian: suspina, ofta Spanish: suspirar Swedish: sucka

Interjection

sigh

1. An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

   Sigh, I'm so bored at work today.

Anagrams

• gish