ache

== English == === Alternative forms === ake (obsolete) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aken (verb), and ache (noun), from Old English acan (verb) (from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”)) and æċe (noun) (from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic *akiz), both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg- (“sin, crime”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eeke, ääke (“to ache, fester”), Low German aken, achen, äken (“to hurt, ache”), German Low German Eek (“inflammation”), North Frisian akelig, æklig (“terrible, miserable, sharp, intense”), West Frisian aaklik (“nasty, horrible, dismal, dreary”), Dutch akelig (“nasty, horrible”). The verb was originally strong, conjugating for tense like take (e.g. I ake, I oke, I have aken), but gradually became weak during Middle English; the noun was originally pronounced as /eɪt͡ʃ/ as spelled (compare breach, from break). Historically the verb was spelled ake, and the noun ache (even after the form /eɪk/ started to become common for the noun; compare again break which is now also a noun). The verb came to be spelled like the noun when lexicographer Samuel Johnson mistakenly assumed that it derived from Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “pain”) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: āk, IPA(key): /ˈeɪk/ Rhymes: -eɪk ==== Verb ==== ache (third-person singular simple present aches, present participle aching, simple past ached or (obsolete) oke, past participle ached or (obsolete) oke or (obsolete) aken) (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. Synonyms: hurt, suffer; see also Thesaurus:suffer (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain. Synonyms: afflict, torment; see also Thesaurus:hurt ===== Derived terms ===== ache for ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== ache (plural aches) Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pain Antonyms: pang, throe, trouble ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== hurt ==== References ==== Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium (“celery”). Reinforced by modern French ache. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: āch, IPA(key): /eɪt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -eɪtʃ ==== Noun ==== ache (plural aches) (obsolete or historical) Parsley. ===== Derived terms ===== lovage (by folk etymology) smallage === Etymology 3 === Representing the pronunciation of the letter H. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: āch, IPA(key): /ˈeɪt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -eɪtʃ ==== Noun ==== ache (plural aches) Rare spelling of aitch. === Anagrams === Aceh, Chae, Chea, HACE, each, hace == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʃ/ Rhymes: -aʃ Homophones: hache, haches === Etymology 1 === From Latin apia, plural of apium (“celery”). ==== Noun ==== ache f (plural aches) celery (plant) === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca, probably an extension of earlier ha, from an unidentified source. Compare Italian acca. ==== Noun ==== ache m (plural aches) aitch, The name of the Latin script letter H/h. ===== Descendants ===== → Persian: هاش → Romanian: haș → Russian: аш (aš) → Vietnamese: hát === Further reading === “ache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === ache inflection of achar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English eċe, ace, æċe, from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic *akiz. Some forms are remodelled on aken. ==== Alternative forms ==== ake, eche ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈaːk(ə)/, /ˈaːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈat͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== ache (plural aches) Aching; long-lasting hurting or injury. ===== Related terms ===== aken loveache ===== Descendants ===== English: ache Scots: ake ===== References ===== “āche, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old French ache, from Latin apium. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈat͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈaːt͡ʃ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== ache (plural aches) A plant of the genus Apium, especially celery. ===== Descendants ===== English: ache ===== References ===== “āche, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018. == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French ache, from Latin apium (“parsley, celery”). === Noun === ache f (uncountable) (Jersey) wild celery Synonym: céléri sauvage == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʃi, (Portugal) -aʃɨ Hyphenation: a‧che === Verb === ache inflection of achar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative