sick

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. In poor health; ill.
2. Having an urge to vomit.
3. (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
4. (colloquial) In bad taste.
5. Tired of or annoyed by something.
6. (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
7. In poor condition.
8. Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

Noun

1. (colloquial) Vomit.
2. (colloquial) (especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.

Verb

1. (colloquial) To vomit.
2. To fall sick; to sicken.

Verb

Alternative spelling of sic (“set upon”)

Concepts

malade

malsain

macabre

personne malade

être malade

maladie

faible

répugnant

mal

tomber malade

de malade

les malades

maladif

vomissure

souffrir

je suis malade

fondu

infirme

souffreteux

très souffrant

mauvais

dégobiller

gerber

rejeter

rejetter

rendre

régobeller

vomi

vomir

abject

abominable

affreux

détestable

effrayant

funeste

funèbre

gothique

hideux

horrible

lugubre

morbide

odieux

repoussant

sinistre

thanatophile

épouvantable

marre

écœuré

aberrant

dément

fou

insane

blême

pâle

écœurant

malades

pouah

mort

mourir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English sēoc (“sick, ill”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to be troubled or grieved”).
See also West Frisian siik, Dutch ziek, German siech, Norwegian Bokmål syk, Norwegian Nynorsk sjuk, Danish syg; also Middle Irish socht (“silence, depression”), Old Armenian հիւծանիմ (hiwcanim, “I am weakening”).