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ache
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)
- (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!
- c. 1593, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene V:
- (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
Derived terms
- ache for
Translations
Noun
ache (plural aches)
- 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.
- c. 1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, Scene II:
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)
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- (Jersey) wild celery
- Synonym: céléri sauvage
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a?che
Verb
ache
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of achar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of achar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of achar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of achar
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torment
English
Etymology
From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /?t??(?)m?nt/
- (verb) IPA(key): /t??(?)?m?nt/
Noun
torment (countable and uncountable, plural torments)
- (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
- He was bitter from the torments of the divorce.
- They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:pain
Derived terms
- tormentous
Translations
Verb
torment (third-person singular simple present torments, present participle tormenting, simple past and past participle tormented)
- (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
- The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:
- Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.
Derived terms
- tormentor
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum.
Noun
torment (plural torments)
- torment (suffering, pain)
Descendants
- English: torment
Middle French
Alternative forms
- tourment
Etymology
From Old French torment, from Latin tormentum.
Noun
torment m (plural torments)
- torment; suffering; anguish
Old French
Alternative forms
- turment
Etymology
From Latin tormentum.
Noun
torment m (oblique plural tormenz or tormentz, nominative singular tormenz or tormentz, nominative plural torment)
- torture
- (figuratively, by extension) suffering; torment
Descendants
- Middle English: torment (borrowing)
- English: torment
- Middle French: torment, tourment
- French: tourment
References
- “tourment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin tormentum.
Noun
torment m (nominative singular torments)
- suffering; torment
Descendants
- Catalan: turment
- Occitan: torment
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