English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from Middle English styanye 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
stye (plural styes
( pathology ) bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid .
have a stye
suffer from a stye
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Aromanian: ulcior m
Azerbaijani: itdirsəyi
Belarusian: ячме́нь m ( jačmjénʹ )
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)
Ingrian: koirannännä
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 )
Persian: گل مژه (fa) ( gol-e može )
Polish: jęczmień (pl) m inan
Portuguese: hordéolo (pt) m terçol (pt) 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
Swedish: vagel (sv)
Tagalog: kuliti
Thai: กุ้งยิง (th) ( gûng-ying )
Turkish: arpacık (tr)
Udmurt: йыды ( jydy )
Ukrainian: ячмі́нь (uk) m ( jačmínʹ )
Venetian: orxoło m orbioło m ruxoło m ruxiol orbegoło rebegoło
Welsh: llefrithen f ( North ) , llefelyn m ( South )
Etymology 2 [ edit ] stye (plural styes
Archaic form of sty ( “ shelter for pigs ” ) Quotations [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ] Middle English [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] stye
Alternative form of sty ( “ path ” ) Etymology 2 [ edit ] stye
Alternative form of stie ( “ ladder ” ) 