hiccup

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
2. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
3. (broadly) Any spasm or sudden change.
4. (informal) A minor obstacle or setback.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
2. (transitive) To say with a hiccup.
3. (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.

Conceptes

singlot

singlotar

quid

entrellat

Sinònims

hiccough

singultus

burp

belch

howl

kink

retch

stand on tiptoe

hickup

catch

hiccups

hitch

Traduccions

hoquet

hipo

hoqueter

Schluckauf

singhiozzo

hik

hikken

soluço

😭

singhiozzare

😭

avoir le hoquet

soluçar

singulto

Schluckauf haben

hicksen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhɪkʌp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb escocès: hick

Cognat amb frisó occidental: hik

Cognat amb neerlandès: hik

Cognat amb Middle Low German: hükup

Cognat amb baix alemany: hick

Cognat amb alemany: hicksen

Cognat amb alemany suís: Hidsgi

Cognat amb danès: hikke

Cognat amb suec: hicka

Cognat amb islandès: hiksti

In summary

From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”).
Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).