sty

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Etymology 3 1.5.1 Alternative spellings 1.5.2 Verb 1.5.2.1 Translations 1.5.3 Noun 1.5.3.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• stye

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /staɪ/

  Rhymes: -aɪ

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English stī (only attested in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *stijom. Cognate with Norwegian sti (“‘flock of sheep’”).

[edit] Noun

sty (plural sties)

1. A pen or enclosure for swine.
2. A messy or dirty place.

[edit] Synonyms

• (enclosure for swine): pig pen, pigsty
• (messy or dirty place): hovel, pigsty

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[edit] Verb

to sty (third-person singular simple present sties, present participle stying, simple past and past participle stied)

1. To place in a sty.
2. To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

[edit] Etymology 2

Probably a back-formation from styany.

[edit] Noun

sty (plural sties)

1. (pathology) An inflammation of the eyelid.

[edit] Etymology 3

Old English stīgan, from Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīǥ-, from Proto-Indo-European *steigʰ-. Cognate with Dutch stijgen, German steigen, Swedish stiga.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• stee

[edit] Verb

to sty (third-person singular simple present sties, present participle stying, simple past and past participle stied)

1. (obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb.

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[edit] Noun

sty (plural sties)

1. (British, dialectal) A ladder.

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