Sty

Definition: Sty

Sty

Noun

1. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.

2. A pen for swine.

Date "sty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definition
Literature	Sty or ~~~Stye. Stye. Christ styed up to heaven. Halliwell gives sty = a ladder, and the verb would be to go to heaven, as it were, by Jacob's ladder. The Anglo-Saxon verb stigan means to ascend. "The beast Thought with his winges to stye above the ground." Spenser: Faerie Queene, bk. i. canto xi. 25. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
Sty	English	Story	Insurance
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Sty

Synonyms: eye infection (n), hordeolum (n), pigpen (n), pigsty (n), stye (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abode	Cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam; pen; (inclosure); barn, bawn; kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium; shippen; igloo, iglu, jacal; lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang, tepee, topek.
Uncleanness	Sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable, sink of corruption; slum, rookery.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Sty

English words defined with "sty": Hogcote, Hogpen ♦ Stian, Stied, Sties, Styan, Stying, Swinesty. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sty": Davy's Sow ♦ Golden Ointment ♦ HUMORIST ♦ Pyrrho. (references)

Etymologies containing "sty": Wall-eyed. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Altopascio.Tuscan Rurl Sty (reference) Inductive Bible Sty (reference) Mediterranean Civilizations (The Human Sty) (reference) Pooh Piglet: Toy Sty (reference) Sty (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Sty Wars: Collection of Pork Medallions (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Part of George Cowley's family (rural rehabilitation), looking over pigs in sty. Pike County, Alabama. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	In the sty the pigs lay panting, close to the fence where a thin shadow fell, and they complained shrilly now and then.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick. Lo! the poor humorist, whose tortured mind See jokes in crowds, though still to gloom inclined -- Whose simple appetite, untaught to stray, His brains, renewed by night, consumes by day. He thinks, admitted to an equal sty, A graceful hog would bear his company. Alexander Poke
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Sty" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.46% of the time. "Sty" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	88.46%	23	72,767
Noun (proper)	7.69%	2	245,945
Unclassified Items	3.85%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	26	N/A

Expression using "sty": hordeolum sty. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "sty": pig-sty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "sty"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		thark (all children from one marriage, basket for bearing of grass, enclosure, especial closed cupboard for dairy produce, inclosure, litter, offspring, stye), kath (stye), elbth (stye), byc (stye), ahur (byre, cot, cowhouse, cowshed, depository, stable, stall). (various references)

Arabic		‏مكان قذر (cesspit, pigpen, pigsty), ‏قطن مكانا قذرا, ‏زريبة خنازير (pigpen, pigsty), ‏شحاذ العين. (various references)

Bulgarian		кочина (piggery, pigsty, swinery), затварям в кочина, ечемик на окото (stye), бардак (whorehouse), държа в кочина. (various references)

Czech		zavřít do chlívku, praseèí chlívek (hog-sty, piggery, pigpen, pigsty), jeèné zrno. (various references)

Danish		stald (stable, stall). (various references)

Dutch		hok (pen). (various references)

Esperanto		stalo (stable, stall), porkejo, bestejo (pen). (various references)

Faeroese		stallur (stable, stall), skúr (stable, stall), fjós (stable, stall). (various references)

Farsi		گل مژه(.n)(طب), سنده سلام , طویله خوک , درطویله قراردادن . (various references)

Finnish		näärännäppy. (various references)

French		porcherie (pig sty), orgelet (hordeolum sty), habiter dans une porcherie, étable (stable, stall), écurie (stable, stall, string). (various references)

German		Stall (barnstable, byre, coop, Cote, cowshed, henhouse, hutch, Mews, pen, pigpen, pigsty, shed, stable, stall, stud), schweinestall (corrupt shambles, pigpen, pigsty). (various references)

Greek		χοιροστάσιο (piggery, pigsty). (various references)

Hawaiian		ahur (byre, cowhouse, cowshed, depository, stable, stall). (various references)

Hebrew		�"יר חזירים (pigpen, pigsty). (various references)

Hungarian		disznóól (piggery, pigpen, pigsticker, pigsty, stye). (various references)

Italian		stalla (byre, shed, stable, stall). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		麦�'腫 , 物貰い (beggar). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ばくりゅうしゅ, ものもらい (beggar). (various references)

Korean		다래끼 (Sties, stye). (various references)

Manx		muclagh (piggery, pigsty), mucklee, lheunican. (various references)

Norwegian		stall (stable, stall). (various references)

Papiamen		chiké. (various references)

Pig Latin		ystay

Portuguese		chiqueiro (cow-house, pen, piggery, pigpen, pigsty). (various references)

Romanian		urcior (eyesore, jug, pitcher), coteţ de porci, cocioabã (hole, hovel, hut, kennel, shanty), cocinã de porci (pig bed, piggery, pigpen, pigsty), chichineaţã (crib, hovel). (various references)

Russian		свинарник (hogcote, hogpen, piggery, pigpen, pigsty, sties, swinery). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		svinjac (hogcote, hogpen, piggery, pigpen, pigsty, swinery), čmičak (stye). (various references)

Spanish		establo (barn, byre, cowshed, garage, shed, stable, stall), cuadra (block, hall, stable, stall), pocilga (piggery, pigpen, pigsty, stye, swinery). (various references)

Swedish		stia (pigpen), vagel (stye), svinstia. (various references)

Thai		ใส่เล้าหมู, คอกหมู. (various references)

Turkish		pis yer, itdirseği (stye), domuz ahırı (piggery, pigpen, pigsty), arpacik, arpacık (bead, foresight, front sight, stye), ahır gibi ev (hovel, pigsty). (various references)

Ukrainian		ячмінь (barley, stye), свинарник (piggery, pigpen, pigsty), халабуда (caravan), тримати у свинарнику, заганяти у свинарник, жити у бруді. (various references)

Welsh		twlc, cytio (pen), cwt (hut, queue, skirt, tail), cut (hovel, shed), crau (blood, eye, gore, hole, socket, stockade). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	1. mug. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	stigend. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Numbers Chapter 21, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Tote hsen israhl to asma touto epi tou freatoV exarcete autw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tunc cecinit Israhel carmen istud ascendat puteus concinebant
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Thanne Yrael song this ditee, Sty vp the pit;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Then Israel sange this songe: Aryse vpp well synge thereto:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Then Israel sung this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then Israel gave voice to this song: Come up, O water-spring, let us make a song to it:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Numbers Chapter 21, Verse 17
Cebuano	Unya miawit ang Israel niini nga alawiton: Saka, Oh atabay; kaniya panagawit kamo:
Croatian	Tada Izrael zapjeva ovu pjesmu: "Prokljuèaj, studenèe! A vi ga uznosite:
Danish	Da sang Israelitterne denne Sang: Brønd, væld frem! Syng til dens Pris!
Finnish	Silloin lauloi Israel tämän laulun: "Kuohu, kaivo! - laulakaa sille laulu -
French	Alors Israël chanta ce cantique: Monte, puits! Chantez en son honneur!
German	Da sang Israel das Lied: "Brunnen, steige auf! Singet von ihm!
Haitian Creole	Lè sa a, moun Izrayèl yo pran chante chante sa a: Pi a bay dlo! Annou chante pou sa!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Pada waktu itu bangsa Israel menyanyikan lagu ini, "Hai, sumur-sumur, bualkanlah airmu, kami akan menyambutnya dengan lagu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka pada masa itu bernyanyilah Israel demikian bunyinya: Berpancarlah engkau, hai mata air! pujilah akan dia dengan bernyanyi-nyanyi!
Maori	Na ka waiatatia tenei waiata e Iharaira, Pupuke ake, e te puna; waiatatia:
Norwegian	Da sang Israel denne sang: Vell op, du brønn! Hils den med sang!
Rumanian	Atunci a ckntat Israel ckntarea aceasta: ,,Ykwnewte, fkntknq! Ckntayi kn cinstea ei!
Swedish	Då sjöng Israel denna sång: "Flöda, du brunn! Ja, sjungen om den,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "sty": stye, styed, styes, stygian, stying, stylar, stylate, style, stylebook, stylebooks, styled, styleless, stylelessness, stylelessnesses, styler, stylers, styles, stylet, stylets, styli, styliform, styling, stylings, stylise, stylised, styliser, stylisers, stylises, stylish, stylishly, stylishness, stylishnesses, stylising, stylist, stylistic, stylistically, stylistics, stylists, stylite, stylites, stylitic, stylization, stylizations, stylize, stylized, stylizer, stylizers, stylizes, stylizing, stylobate, stylobates. (additional references)
	Words ending with "sty": amnesty, angioplasty, bheesty, blasty, blepharoplasty, bloodthirsty, busty, chesty, christy, contrasty, crusty, dishonesty, dusty, dynasty, epinasty, feisty, frosty, frowsty, fusty, ghosty, gusty, hasty, honesty, immodesty, keratoplasty, lusty, majesty, misty, modesty, musty, nasty, osteoplasty, overhasty, pasty, pederasty, pesty, pigsty, rhinoplasty, rusty, sacristy, tasty, testy, thirsty, toasty, touristy, travesty, trusty, twisty, unhasty, untrusty, vasty. (additional references)
	Words containing "sty": amnestying, amphiprostyle, amphiprostyles, astylar, cholestyramine, cholestyramines, counterstyle, counterstyles, cyclostyle, cyclostyled, cyclostyles, cyclostyling, endostyle, endostyles, epistyle, epistyles, freestyle, freestyler, freestylers, freestyles, hairstyle, hairstyles, hairstyling, hairstylings, hairstylist, hairstylists, hypostyle, hypostyles, lifestyle, lifestyles, misstyle, misstyled, misstyles, misstyling, mistype, mistyped, mistypes, mistyping, nonstyle, nonstyles, oldstyle, oldstyles, peristyle, peristyles, polystyrene, polystyrenes, prostyle, prostyles, restyle, restyled, restyles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aty, Cty, esth, esti, Estoy, Esty, Estyn, hty, isty, lty, Osti, pty, qsy, saty, scy, sdt, sety, sgt, sitty, sity, smy, soty, sst, st, ste, stg, sth, sti, stie, stio, stiq, stiv, stix, stiy, stiz, stj, stl, sto, str, stry, sts, stu, stuy, stv, styb, styc, styf, styg, styl, stym, styn, styr, stys, suty, suy, svt, swy, sxy, sy, syt, syy, ts, Tsi, tsti, Tsy, tty, ty, uty, zfy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "sty" (pronounced stī")
2	-t ī"	tae, tie, Tye, untie.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "s-t-y"
	+1 letter: cyst, stay, stey, stye, toys, tyes, xyst.
	+2 letters: antsy, artsy, bitsy, busty, bytes, cysts, ditsy, dusty, fusty, gusty, gutsy, hasty, kyats, kytes, lusty, mayst, misty, musty, myths, nasty, nutsy, pasty, patsy, pesty, potsy, rusty, ryots, salty, satay, satyr, sayst, silty, sixty, slaty, softy, sooty, stagy, stays, stimy, stogy, stony, story, stray, stroy, study, styed, styes, style, styli, stymy, suety, synth, tansy, tasty, testy, tipsy, toyos, trays, treys, troys, tryst, tushy, tyees, tyers, tykes, tynes, types, typos, typps, tyres, tyros, vasty, wytes, xysti, xysts, yeast, yetis, yetts, yurts, zesty.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
sty	448	eyelid sty treatment	4
eye sty	182	sty yamaha	4
eye in sty	53	cause sty	4
sty treatment	23	pig sty	4
remedy sty	11	file sty	3
cure sty	11	eye get rid sty	3
eye sty treatment	8	hair sty	3
eyelid sty	7	cure eye sty	3
home remedy sty	7	eye remedy sty	2
picture sty	7	eyes in sty	2
sty treat	7	eye in sty treatment	2
eye infection sty	6	infection sty	2
es hair sty	5	rid sty	2
eye picture sty	5	sty treating	2
real sty	5	band box in sty	2
get rid sty	5	medication sty	2
		eye care sty	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sty

Definition: Sty

Sty

Noun

Specialty Definition: Sty

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Sty

Sty

Synonyms: Sty

Synonyms within Context: Sty

Abode

Uncleanness

Crosswords: Sty

Commercial Usage: Sty

Books

Music

Image Slideshow: Sty

Computer Images:Sty

Photo Album: Sty

Use in Literature: Sty

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Sty

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Sty

Expression: Sty

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sty

Modern Translation: Sty

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

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Danish

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Esperanto

Faeroese

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Finnish

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Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hungarian

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Japanese Kanji

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Korean

Manx

Norwegian

Papiamen

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

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Thai

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Ukrainian

Welsh

Ancestral Language Translations: Sty

Bible Trace: Sty

Matched Bible Translations: Sty

Derivations & Misspellings: Sty

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Sty"

Anagrams: Sty

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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