sty

Signification (English)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Verb

To ascend, rise up, climb.

Concepts

porcherie

orgelet

étable

écurie

orge

cabane à cochons

bordel

compère-loriot

Synonyms

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/staɪ/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: sty

Inherited from ancien anglais: stī

Cognate with allemand: Stiege

Cognate with danois: sti

Cognate with suédois: stia

Cognate with norvégien: sti

Cognate with islandais: stía

Inherited from moyen anglais: stien

Inherited from ancien anglais: stīgan

Cognate with néerlandais: stijgen

Cognate with allemand: steigen

Cognate with danois: stige

Cognate with norvégien bokmål: stige

Cognate with norvégien nynorsk: -

Cognate with suédois: stiga

Cognate with vieux norrois: stíga

In summary

From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *stiją. 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”).