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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishaken(verb), andache(noun), fromOld Englishacan(verb) (fromProto-West Germanic*akan, fromProto-Germanic*akaną(“to ache”)) andæċe(noun) (fromProto-West Germanic*aki, fromProto-Germanic*akiz), both fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eg-(“sin, crime”).

Cognate withSaterland Frisianeeke,ääke(“to ache, fester”),Low Germanaken,achen,äken(“to hurt, ache”),German Low GermanEek(“inflammation”),North Frisianakelig,æklig(“terrible, miserable, sharp, intense”),West Frisianaaklik(“nasty, horrible, dismal, dreary”),Dutchakelig(“nasty, horrible”).

The verb was originally strong, conjugating for tense liketake (e.g.Iake,Ioke,I haveaken), but gradually became weak during Middle English; the noun was originally pronounced as/eɪt͡ʃ/ as spelled (comparebreach, frombreak). Historically the verb was spelledake, and the nounache (even after the form/eɪk/ started to become common for the noun; compare againbreak which is now also a noun). The verb came to be spelled like the noun when lexicographerSamuel Johnson mistakenly assumed that it derived fromAncient Greekἄχος(ákhos,“pain”) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.

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ache (third-person singular simple presentaches,present participleaching,simple pastachedor(obsolete)oke,past participleachedor(obsolete)aken)

  1. (intransitive, stative) To sufferpain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
    Synonyms:hurt,suffer;see alsoThesaurus:suffer
    My feet wereaching for days after the marathon.
    Every muscle in his bodyached.
    • 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene iii],page13:
      By'rlakin, I can goe no further, Sir, / My old bonesakes:[sic] here's a maze trod indeede / Throughfourth rights, & Meanders: / by your patience, Ineedes muſt reſt me.
    • 1766,James Beattie, “[Miscellany Poems.] The Wolf and Shepherds, a Fable.”, inPoems on Several Subjects. […], new edition, London: […] W. Johnston, […],→OCLC, stanza 3,pages113–114:
      And that thing made of ſound and ſhovv / VVhich mortals have miſnamed A Beau, / (But in the language of the ſky / Is call'd a tvvolegg'd butterfly) / VVill make your very heartſtringsake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack,[…]
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.[…] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyesache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
  2. (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
    Synonyms:afflict,torment;see alsoThesaurus:hurt
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be in pain

Noun

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ache (pluralaches)

  1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from suddentwinges, orspasmodic pain.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:pain
    Antonyms:pang,throe
    You may suffer a minorache in your side.
    Theaches and pains died down after taking an analgesic.
    • c.1610, Shakespeare,The Tempest, Act I, Scene II:
      Fill all thy bones withaches.
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dull pain

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References

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  • Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishache, fromOld Frenchache, fromLatinapium(“celery”). Reinforced by modernFrenchache.

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ache (pluralaches)

  2. (obsolete or historical)Parsley.
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Etymology 3

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Representing the pronunciation of the letterH.

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ache (pluralaches)

  1. Rare spelling ofaitch.

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French

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinapia, plural ofapium(“celery”).

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ache f (pluralaches)

  1. celery(plant)

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchache, fromOld Frenchache, fromVulgar Latin*acca, probably an extension of earlierha, from an unindentified source. CompareItalianacca.

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ache m (pluralaches)

  1. aitch,The name of theLatin-script letterH/h.
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Galician

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Verb

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ache

  1. inflection ofachar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englisheċe,ace,æċe, fromProto-West Germanic*aki, fromProto-Germanic*akiz. Some forms are remodelled onaken.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːk(ə)/,/ˈaːt͡ʃ(ə)/,/ˈat͡ʃ(ə)/,/ˈɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/,/ˈɛt͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

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ache (pluralaches)

  2. Aching; long-lasting hurting or injury.
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Etymology 2

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FromOld Frenchache, fromLatinapium.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈat͡ʃ(ə)/,/ˈaːt͡ʃ(ə)/

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ache (pluralaches)

  2. A plant of the genusApium, especially celery.
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Norman

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FromOld Frenchache, fromLatinapium(“parsley, celery”).

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ache f (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) wildcelery
    Synonym:céléri sauvage
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, inGuernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page523:
      Vert coumeache.
      As green assmallage.

Portuguese

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  • Rhymes:(Brazil)-aʃi,(Portugal)-aʃɨ
  • Hyphenation:a‧che

Verb

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ache

  1. inflection ofachar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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