sty

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A pen or enclosure for swine.
2. (figuratively) A messy, dirty or debauched place.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a sty.
2. (transitive) To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

Verb

To ascend, rise up, climb.

Sinonieme

stye

pigpen

pigsty

piggery

hordeolum

stable

stall

outbuilding

shed

outhouse

eye infection

whitespace

pinholing

hog house

needle hole

Lettish

hordeolum stye

cage

cataract

coop

cowshed

den

fold

hovel

pen

🖊️

pinhole

wart

Vertalings

Gerstenkorn

porcherie

orgelet

stal

orzuelo

pocilga

stalla

orzaiolo

Schweinestall

porcile

chiqueiro

Stall

cavallerissa

mussol

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/staɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sty

Geërf van Old English: stī

Verwante met Duits: Stiege

Verwante met Deens: sti

Verwante met Sweeds: stia

Verwante met Noors: sti

Verwante met Yslands: stía

Geërf van Middle English: stien

Geërf van Old English: stīgan

Verwante met Nederlands: stijgen

Verwante met Duits: steigen

Verwante met Deens: stige

Verwante met Boeknoors: stige

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: -

Verwante met Sweeds: stiga

Verwante met Old Norse: stíga

In summary

From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds).
Cognate with German Stiege (“wooden crate”), dialectal German Steige (“hen-coop”), Danish sti (“sty, enclosure for swine, sheep, hens, etc.”), Swedish stia (“sty for pigs, geese, etc.”), Norwegian sti (“flock of sheep”), Icelandic stía (“a kennel”).