sty

Meaning

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.

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

Translations

Gerstenkorn

porcherie

orgelet

stal

orzuelo

pocilga

stalla

orzaiolo

Schweinestall

porcile

chiqueiro

Stall

cavallerissa

mussol

Pronounced as (IPA)

/staɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sty

Inherited from Old English: stī

Cognate with German: Stiege

Cognate with Danish: sti

Cognate with Swedish: stia

Cognate with Norwegian: sti

Cognate with Icelandic: stía

Inherited from Middle English: stien

Inherited from Old English: stīgan

Cognate with Dutch: stijgen

Cognate with German: steigen

Cognate with Danish: stige

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: stige

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: -

Cognate with Swedish: stiga

Cognate with 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”).