stye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: sty

Etymology 1

First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from Middle English styanye (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from Old English stīgend (“a small tumour on the edge of the eyelid, stye”), from the verb stīgan (“to climb, ascend, rise”) + Middle English eie (“eye”). Equivalent to sty +‎ eye.

Noun

stye (plural styes)

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

   have a stye

   suffer from a stye

Synonyms

• hordeolum, powk (dialect)

Derived terms

• buff nor stye

Translations

bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Aromanian: ulcior m
• Azerbaijani: itdirsəyi
• Belarusian: ячме́нь m (jačmjénʹ)
• Bikol Central: kulatoy
• Bulgarian: ечеми́к (bg) m (ečemík)
• Catalan: urçol (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 針眼 / 针眼 (zh) (zhēnyan), 偷針眼 / 偷针眼 (tōuzhēnyan), 麥粒腫 / 麦粒肿 (zh) (màilìzhǒng)

• Czech: ječné zrno (cs) n
• Danish: bygkorn
• Dutch: strontje (nl) n, stijg (nl) m
• Esperanto: hordeolo
• Estonian: odraiva (et)
• Finnish: näärännäppy (fi)
• French: orgelet (fr) m, compère loriot m
• Friulian: vuarbit m
• Gagauz: arpacık
• Galician: tirizó (gl), orizó (gl) m, orzón m, toromelo (gl) m
• German: Hordeolum n, Gerstenkorn (de) n
• Greek: κριθαράκι (el) n (kritharáki), κριθή (el) f (krithí)
• Hungarian: árpa (hu)
• Indonesian: ketimbir
• Ingrian: koirannännä
• Irish: sleamhnán m
• Italian: orzaiolo (it)
• Japanese: 麦粒腫 (ja) (ばくりゅうしゅ, bakuryūshu), ̼ものもらい (ja) (monomorai)
• Karakalpak: terisken
• Kazakh: теріскен (terısken)
• Komi-Zyrian: понпуш (ponpuš), понкольк (ponkoľk)
• Korean: 다래끼 (ko) (daraekki), 맥립종 (maengnipjong)
• Latin: hordeolus m, varulus m
• Lithuanian: miežis
• Luxembourgish: Weeschësser m
• Macedonian: јачменче n (jačmenče)
• Maori: kiritoi
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шинча шож (šinča šož)

• Northern Sami: lottáš
• Norwegian: byggkorn

  Nynorsk: sti (nn) m or n, byggkorn n, hordeolum n

• Ottoman Turkish: آرپه‌جق (arpacık)
• Pannonian Rusyn: ярец m (jarec)
• Persian: گل مژه (fa) (gol-e može)
• Polish: jęczmień (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: hordéolo (pt) m, terçol (pt) m, treçolho m
• Romanian: urcior (ro) m
• Russian: ячме́нь (ru) m (jačménʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јечменац m, чмичак m

  Roman: ječmenac (sh) m, čmičak (sh) m

• Sicilian: occhialoru (scn) m, agghialoru (scn) m
• Slovak: jačmenné zrno n
• Spanish: orzuelo (es) m, urzuelo m (Latin America), ansuelo m (Latin America), xoy m (shoi) (p.u., rural, Mexico), tutupiche m (Mexico)
• Swedish: vagel (sv)
• Tagalog: kuliti
• Thai: กุ้งยิง (th) (gûng-ying)
• Turkish: arpacık (tr)
• Udmurt: йыды (jydy)
• Ukrainian: ячмі́нь (uk) m (jačmínʹ)
• Venetan: orxoło m, orbioło m, ruxoło m, ruxiol, orbegoło, rebegoło
• Welsh: llefrithen f (North), llefelyn m (South)

Etymology 2

Noun

stye (plural styes)

1. Alternative form of sty (“shelter for pigs”).

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:stye.

Anagrams

• yest, Tyes, Esty, yets, yet's, tyes, stey, teys, etys

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from the oblique forms of Old English stīġ, from Proto-West Germanic *stīgu, from Proto-Germanic *stīgō, related to sty (“pigsty”).

Alternative forms

• sti, stie, stiȝe, stiȝhe, stiyhe, sty

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiː(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːɣə/ (Early Middle English)

Noun

stye (plural styes or styen)

1. A path, track or street.
2. (figurative) One's chosen pathway or choices in life.
3. (figurative, rare) A short narrative.

References

• “stī(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 June 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

stye

1. alternative form of stie (“ladder”)