stye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Etymology 1

First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from styany (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from styan plus eye, the former from the Old English stīġend (“rising, riser; stye”), from the verb stīgan (“climb, ascend”).

Noun

stye (plural styes)

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

Quotations

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

Synonyms

• hordeolum

Translations

bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid

• Aromanian: ulcior m
• Azerbaijani: itdirsəyi
• Belarusian: ячме́нь m (jačmjénʹ)
• Bulgarian: ечеми́к (bg) m (ečemík)
• Catalan: urçol (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: ječné zrno (cs) n
• Danish: bygkorn
• Dutch: strontje (nl) n, stijg (nl) m
• Estonian: odraiva (et)
• Finnish: näärännäppy (fi)
• French: orgelet (fr) m, compère loriot m
• Friulian: vuarbit m
• 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)
• Italian: orzaiolo (it)
• Japanese: 麦粒腫 (ばくりゅうしゅ, bakuryūshu)
• Karakalpak: terisken
• Kazakh: теріскен (terısken)
• Korean: 다래끼 (ko) (daraekki), 맥립종 (maengnipjong)
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• Latin: hordeolus m, varulus m
• Lithuanian: miežis
• Luxembourgish: Weeschësser m
• Maori: kiritoi
• Norwegian: byggkorn
• Persian: گل مژه (fa) (gul-e muže)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: ячмі́нь (uk) m (jačmínʹ)
• Venetian: orxoło m, orbioło m, ruxoło m, ruxiol, orbegoło, rebegoło
• Welsh: llefrithen f (North), llefelyn m (South)

Etymology 2

Noun

stye (plural styes)

1. Archaic form of sty. (shelter for pigs)

Anagrams

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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English stīġ.

Noun

stye

1. Alternative form of sty (“path”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stigi.

Noun

stye

1. Alternative form of stie (“ladder”)