different between ache vs pian

English

Alternative forms

• ake (rare)

Etymology 1

From Middle English aken (verb), and ache (noun), from Old English acan (verb) (from Proto-Germanic *akan? (“to be bad, be evil”)) and æ?e (noun) (from Proto-Germanic *akiz), both from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg- (“sin, crime”). Cognate with Low German aken, achen, äken (“to hurt, to ache”), North Frisian akelig, æklig (“terrible, miserable, sharp, intense”), West Frisian aaklik (“nasty, horrible, dismal, dreary”), Dutch akelig (“nasty, horrible”).

The verb was originally strong, conjugating for tense like take (e.g. I ake, I oke, I have aken), but gradually became weak during Middle English; the noun was originally pronounced as /e?t??/ as spelled (compare breach, from break). Historically the verb was spelled ake, and the noun ache (even after the form /e?k/ started to become common for the noun; compare again break which is now also a noun). The verb came to be spelled like the noun when lexicographer Samuel Johnson mistakenly assumed that it derived from Ancient Greek ???? (ákhos, “pain”) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k, IPA^(key): /e?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Verb

ache (third-person singular simple present aches, present participle aching, simple past ached or (obsolete) oke, past participle ached or (obsolete) aken)

1. (intransitive) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
   • c. 1593, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene V:

     Fie, how my bones ache!
2. (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.

Derived terms

• ache for

Translations

Noun

ache (plural aches)

1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
   • c. 1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, Scene II:

     Fill all thy bones with aches.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• hurt

References

• Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium (“celery”). Reinforced by modern French ache.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?ch, IPA^(key): /e?t??/
• Rhymes: -e?t?

Noun

ache (plural aches)

2. (obsolete) parsley

Derived terms

• lovage (by folk etymology)
• smallage

Etymology 3

Representing the pronunciation of the letter H.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?ch, IPA^(key): /e?t??/
• Rhymes: -e?t?

Noun

ache (plural aches)

1. Rare spelling of aitch.

Anagrams

• Aceh, Chae, Chea, HACE, each, hace

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: hache, haches

Etymology 1

From Latin apia, plural of apium (“celery”).

Noun

ache f (plural aches)

1. celery (plant)

Etymology 2

From Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca, probably an extension of earlier ha, from an unindentified source. Compare Italian acca.

Noun

ache m (plural aches)

1. aitch, The name of the Latin-script letter H.

Descendants

• ? Persian: ????
• ? Romanian: ha?
• ? Russian: ?? (aš)
• ? Vietnamese: hát

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English e?e, ace, æ?e, from Proto-Germanic *akiz. Some forms are remodelled on aken.

Alternative forms

• ake, eche

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?k(?)/, /?a?t?(?)/, /?at?(?)/, /???t?(?)/, /??t?(?)/

Noun

ache (plural aches)

2. Aching; long-lasting hurting or injury.

Related terms

• aken

Descendants

• English: ache
• Scots: ake
• Yola: aake

References

• “?che, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-12.

Etymology 2

From Old French ache, from Latin apium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?at?(?)/, /?a?t?(?)/

Noun

ache (plural aches)

2. A plant of the genus Apium, especially celery.

Descendants

• English: ache

References

• “?che, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-12.

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ache f (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) wild celery

   Synonym: céléri sauvage

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?che

Verb

ache

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of achar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of achar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of achar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of achar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese piã, or Spanish pian, from the native name in South America.

Noun

pian (uncountable)

1. (medicine) yaws

Anagrams

• APNI, NIPA, PAIN, PANI, Pain, nipa, pain, pina, piña

Esperanto

Adjective

pian

1. accusative singular of pia

Finnish

(index pi)

Etymology

Singular instructive form of pika-.

Adverb

pian (comparative pikemmin, superlative pikimmin)

1. soon

Anagrams

• apin, pain, pani

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i?n?/

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péine, nominative plural pianta or pianacha or piana)

1. pain
   1. pain of suspense
2. punishment, penalty

Declension

Alternative declension 1

Alternative declension 2

Derived terms

Verb

pian (present analytic pianann, future analytic pianfaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle pianta)

1. (transitive) pain; punish

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• pianaigh

Mutation

References

• "pian" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Adverb

pian

1. Apocopic form of piano

Derived terms

• pian piano

Anagrams

• pani
• pina

Mandarin

Romanization

pian

1. Nonstandard spelling of pi?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pián.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pi?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of piàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. pain

Synonyms

Derived terms

• piandagh

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?an/

Noun

pian f

1. genitive plural of piana

Romanian

Noun

pian n (plural piane)

1. piano

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péin, plural piantan or pianta or piantaidh)

1. pain, pang, torture, torment, anguish, trouble, sorrow
2. punishment

Verb

pian (past phian, future pianaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle piante)

1. torment, torture, pain
2. distress, annoy
3. punish

Synonyms

• piantaich

Derived terms

• pianadair

References

• “pian” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language