English
Pronunciation
IPA|/eɪk/, SAMPA|/eIk/
audio|en-us-ache.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪk|-eɪk
Etymology 1
From Old (and modern) French #French|ache, from Latin apium �parsley�.
Noun
en-noun
- obsolete parsley|Parsley.
Etymology 2
Old English acan verb, > æce|æ�e noun, from West Germanic. The verb was originally strong, declining like take etc., but has taken weak endings since Middle English. Historically the verb was spelled ake, until Dr Johnson mistakenly derived it from Ancient Greek polytonic|��ο� �pain�.
Verb
en-verb|ach|ed
- intransitive To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
#:Quotations
#:*Fie, how my bones ache! - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, II-v
#:*The sins that in your conscience ache. - Keble
Derived terms
ache for
Translations
Finnish: särkeä, jomottaa
Japanese: �� (itamu)
Portuguese: doer
mid
Spanish: doler
Turkish: a�rımak,acımak
Noun
en-noun
- Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
#:Quotations
#:*Fill all thy bones with aches - Shakespeare, Tempest, I-ii
#:Note: Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache
Translations
Dutch: pijn m
Finnish: särky, kipu
French: douleur f
German: Schmerz m
Greek: άλγο� [�alɣo�s] n, ��νο� [�po�no�s] m
Indonesian: sakit, nyeri
Interlingua: dolor
mid
Italian: dolore
Japanese: �� (���, itami)
Malay: sengal
Portuguese: dor f
Spanish: dolor m
Turkish: a�rı, acı
Derived terms
achy
backache
earache
headache
toothache
References
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.
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