Meanings
stye1
stye2
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nounan infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englisheie“eye”
- Old Englishstīgend“a small tumour on the edge of the eyelid, stye”
- Middle Englishstyanye
- Englishstye
First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from Middle English styanye (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from Old English stīgend (“a small tumour on the edge of the eyelid, stye”), from the verb stīgan (“to climb, ascend, rise”) + Middle English eie (“eye”). Equivalent to sty + eye.
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Bulgarian ечеми́к
- ечеми́к (ečemík)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Catalan urçol
- urçolbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Chinese Mandarin 針眼 /针眼, 偷針眼 /偷针眼
- 針眼 /针眼 (zhēnyan)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- 偷針眼 /偷针眼 (tōuzhēnyan)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- 麥粒腫 /麦粒肿 (màilìzhǒng)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Czech ječné zrno
- ječné zrnobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Danish bygkorn
- bygkornbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Dutch strontje, stijg
- strontjebacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- stijgbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Esperanto hordeolo
- hordeolobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Estonian odraiva
- odraivabacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Finnish näärännäppy
- näärännäppybacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
French orgelet, compère loriot
- orgeletbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- compère loriotbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
German Hordeolum, Gerstenkorn
- Hordeolumbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- Gerstenkornbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Greek κριθαράκι, κριθή
- κριθαράκι (kritharáki)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- κριθή (krithí)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Hungarian árpa
- árpabacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Indonesian ketimbir
- ketimbirbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Irish sleamhnán
- sleamhnánbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Italian orzaiolo
- orzaiolobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Japanese 麦粒腫, ̼ものもらい
- 麦粒腫 (bakuryūshu)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- ̼ものもらい (monomorai)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Korean 다래끼, 맥립종
- 다래끼 (daraekki)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- 맥립종 (maengnipjong)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Latin hordeolus, varulus
- hordeolusbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- varulusbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Lithuanian miežis
- miežisbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Māori kiritoi
- kiritoibacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Norwegian Bokmål sti, byggkorn
- stibacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- byggkornbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- hordeolumbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Persian گل مژه
- گل مژه (gol-e može)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Polish jęczmień
- jęczmieńbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Portuguese hordéolo, terçol
- hordéolobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- terçolbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- treçolhobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Romanian urcior
- urciorbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Russian ячме́нь
- ячме́нь (jačménʹ)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Slovak jačmenné zrno
- jačmenné zrnobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Spanish orzuelo, urzuelo
- orzuelobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- urzuelobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- ansuelobacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- xoybacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- tutupichebacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Swedish vagel
- vagelbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Tagalog kuliti
- kulitibacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Thai กุ้งยิง
- กุ้งยิง (gûng-ying)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Turkish arpacık
- arpacıkbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Ukrainian ячмі́нь
- ячмі́нь (jačmínʹ)bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
Welsh llefrithen, llefelyn
- llefrithenbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
- llefelynbacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
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APA
stye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stye
MLA
“stye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stye. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stye,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stye.
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