heartburn

See also: heart-burn

English[edit]

From Middle English hertbryne, herte-bren (“lust", also "heartburn”, literally “heart burn”), equivalent to heart +‎ burn. Compare also Middle English herte-brennyng (“anger, bitterness, heartburn”, literally “burning of/in the heart, heart-burning”). Compare also Ancient Greek καρδιαλγία (kardialgía), from καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). From being a burning sensation near the location of the heart in the chest.

heartburn (countable and uncountable, plural heartburns)

(pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.

pain caused by stomach acid

Amharic: ቃር (ḳar)
Arabic: حُرْقَة الْمَعِدَة‎ (ḥurqa(t) al-maʿida)
Hijazi Arabic: حَرَقان‎ m (ḥaragān), حرْقَة‎ m (ḥarga)
Armenian: այրոց (hy) (ayrocʿ), այրուցք (hy) (ayrucʿkʿ)
Basque: bihotzerre
Bulgarian: стомашни киселини f pl (stomašni kiselini)
Catalan: pirosi, cremor (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 燒心 (zh), 烧心 (zh) (shāoxīn), 胃灼熱 (zh), 胃灼热 (zh) (wèizhuórè)
Czech: pálení žáhy n
Dutch: maagzuur (nl)
Estonian: kõrvetised pl
Finnish: närästys (fi)
French: brûlures d'estomac (fr) f pl
Galician: ardentía (gl) f, acedía (gl) f
Georgian: გულისწვა (gulisc̣va), გულძმარვა (ka) (gulʒmarva)
German: Sodbrennen (de) n
Greek: καούρα (el) f (kaoúra)
Ancient: ὀξυρεγμία f (oxuregmía)
Hungarian: gyomorégés (hu)