stye

English

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Alternative forms

• sty

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aɪ/, SAMPA: /staI/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

stye (plural styes)

1. (pathology) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

Quotations

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Translations

bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid

Catalan: urçol (ca) Croatian: ječmenac (hr) Danish: bygkorn (da) Dutch: stijg (nl) Estonian: odraiva (et) French: orgelet (fr) m. German: Hordeolum (de), Gerstenkorn (de) Italian: orzaiolo (it) Japanese: 麦粒腫 (ja) Lithuanian: miežis (lt) Luxembourgish: Weeschësser (lb)

Mandarin: 針眼 (cmn) Norwegian: byggkorn (no) Persian: گل مژه (fa) Polish: jęczmień (pl) Portuguese: hordéolo (pt), terçol (pt) Russian: ячмень (ru) (jačm'én') m. Spanish: orzuelo (es) Swedish: vagel (sv) Thai: ตากุ้งยิง (th) Turkish: arpacık (tr)

pen used to keep pigs

Latin: hara (la) f.

Russian: свинарник (ru) (svinárnik) m., хлев (ru) (χl'ev) m.

Anagrams

• teys, tyes