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• /ɪt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“itch”), German jucken.

From Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).

242 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kruarje — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Arabic: حِكَّة (ḥikka) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Arabic: جرب (garab) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Arabic: حكّة (ḥakka) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Armenian: քոր (kʻor) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Assamese: খজুৱতি (khozuti) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Assamese: খজুলি (khozuli) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Assamese: খজুটি (khozuti) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Azerbaijani: qaşınma — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Azerbaijani: qaşıntı — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Belarusian: свярбе́нне (svjarbjénnje) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Belarusian: сверб (svjerb) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Central Bikol: gatol — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Bulgarian: сърбеж (sǎrbež) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Chinese Cantonese: 痕 (han4) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Chinese Mandarin: 癢 /痒 (yǎng) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Chinese Mandarin: 發癢 /发痒 (fāyǎng) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Czech: svrbění — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Czech: svědění — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Dutch: jeuk — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Esperanto: juko — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Faroese: skríði — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Finnish: kutina — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Finnish: syyhy — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• French: démangeaison — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• French: prurit — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Galician: proído — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Galician: proício — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Galician: prurito — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Galician: comechón — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Georgian: მუნი (muni) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• German: Jucken — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• German: Juckreiz — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Greek: φαγούρα (fagoúra) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Greek: κνησμός (knismós) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Ancient Greek: κνησμός (knēsmós) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Ancient Greek: ψώρα (psṓra) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Hawaiian: maneʻo — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Hawaiian: māneʻoneʻo — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Hebrew: גירוד (girud) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Hebrew: עקצוץ (iktsúts) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Hungarian: viszketés — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Icelandic: kláði — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Ido: prurito — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Ilocano: budo — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Italian: prurito — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Japanese: かゆみ (kayumi) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Kashubian: svôrb — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Kikuyu: mwĩthũa — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Korean: 가려움증 (garyeoumjeung) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Northern Kurdish: xur — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Latin: prūrīgō — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Macedonian: јадеж (jadež) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Malagasy: hidihidy — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Māori: mangeo — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Māori: māngeongeo — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Māori: toretiti — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Māori: harehare — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Māori: hakihaki — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Māori: torotiti — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Māori: ngaoko — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Marathi: खाज (khāj) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Occitan: prusina — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Occitan: prusor — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Occitan: prusèsta — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Church Slavic: сврабъ (svrabŭ) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Old East Slavic: своробъ (svorobŭ) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Old English: giċċe — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Oromo: cittoo — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Persian: خارش (xāreš) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Hazaragi: خَرِشْت (xarišt) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Plautdietsch: Gnauz — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Polish: świąd — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Polish: swędzenie — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Polish: świerzbienie — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Portuguese: coceira — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Portuguese: comichão — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Portuguese: prurido — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Quechua: siqsi — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Quechua: sixi — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Quechua: şixi — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Romanian: mâncărime — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Russian: зуд (zud) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Russian: свербёж (sverbjóž) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Russian: зуде́ние (zudénije) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Russian: свербе́ние (sverbénije) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Samoan: mageso — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Serbo-Croatian: svrab — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Serbo-Croatian: свраб — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Slovak: svrbenie — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Spanish: picazón — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Spanish: picor — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Spanish: comezón — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Spanish: rasquiña — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Spanish: comecome — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Swedish: klåda — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tagalog: kati — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tahitian: maʻeo — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tahitian: maʻero — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tamil: அரிப்பு (arippu) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tamil: தினவு (tiṉavu) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tamil: நமைச்சல் (namaiccal) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tarifit: ašmaz — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Telugu: దురద (durada) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Thai: ความคัน (kwaam-kan) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Tocharian B: saiwe — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Turkish: kaşıntı — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Turkish: kaşınma — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Ukrainian: свербі́ж (sverbíž) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Ukrainian: свербля́чка (sverbljáčka) — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Vietnamese: ngứa — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Walloon: schôpe — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Welsh: ysfa — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Welsh: cosiad — a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
• Bulgarian: силно желание (silno želanie) — a desire
• Chinese Mandarin: 渴望 (kěwàng) — a desire
• Faroese: hugur — a desire
• Finnish: halu — a desire
• Finnish: hinku — a desire
• French: prurit — a desire
• Greek: λαχτάρα (lachtára) — a desire
• Italian: voglia matta — a desire
• Japanese: 渇望 (katsubō) — a desire
• Korean: 갈망 (galmang) — a desire
• Latin: prūrīgō — a desire
• Portuguese: prurido — a desire
• Romanian: dorință — a desire
• Russian: жа́жда (žážda) — a desire
• Russian: рве́ние (rvénije) — a desire
• Spanish: prurito — a desire
• Thai: ความต้องการ (kwaam-dtông-gaan) — a desire
• Thai: ความคัน (kwaam-kan) — a desire
• Thai: ความอยาก (kwaam-yàak) — a desire
• Welsh: ysfa — a desire
• Amharic: አከከ (ʾäkäkä) — to feel the need to scratch
• Chungli Ao: mesak — to feel the need to scratch
• Arabic: أَحَكَّ (ʔaḥakka) — to feel the need to scratch
• Armenian: քոր գալ (kʻor gal) — to feel the need to scratch
• Azerbaijani: qaşınmaq — to feel the need to scratch
• Belarusian: свярбе́ць (svjarbjécʹ) — to feel the need to scratch
• Belarusian: часа́цца (časácca) — to feel the need to scratch
• Bulgarian: сърби ме (sǎrbi me) — to feel the need to scratch
• Burmese: ယား (ya:) — to feel the need to scratch
• Catalan: picar — to feel the need to scratch
• Cherokee: ᎤᏲᏕᎠ (uyodea) — to feel the need to scratch
• Chinese Cantonese: 痕 (han4) — to feel the need to scratch
• Chinese Mandarin: 癢 /痒 (yǎng) — to feel the need to scratch
• Czech: svědět — to feel the need to scratch
• Czech: svrbět — to feel the need to scratch
• Dutch: jeuken — to feel the need to scratch
• Dutch: kriebelen — to feel the need to scratch
• Esperanto: juki — to feel the need to scratch
• Finnish: kutista — to feel the need to scratch
• Finnish: syyhytä — to feel the need to scratch
• Finnish: kutkuttaa — to feel the need to scratch
• French: démanger — to feel the need to scratch
• French: gratter — to feel the need to scratch
• French: picoter — to feel the need to scratch
• Galician: proer — to feel the need to scratch
• Georgian: ექავება (ekaveba) — to feel the need to scratch
• German: jucken — to feel the need to scratch
• German: kratzen — to feel the need to scratch
• German: kitzeln — to feel the need to scratch
• Greek: νιώθω φαγούρα (niótho fagoúra) — to feel the need to scratch
• Hawaiian: hoʻomaneʻo — to feel the need to scratch
• Hebrew: חש עקצוץ (khash iktsúts) — to feel the need to scratch
• Hebrew: גירד לו (geréd lo) — to feel the need to scratch
• Hungarian: viszket — to feel the need to scratch
• Ido: pruritar — to feel the need to scratch
• Ingrian: uhkua — to feel the need to scratch
• Italian: prudere — to feel the need to scratch
• Japanese: 痒い (kayui) — to feel the need to scratch
• Japanese: 痒みを生じる (kayumi o shōjiru) — to feel the need to scratch
• Khmer: រមាស់ (rɔɔrɔmŏəh) — to feel the need to scratch
• Korean: 가렵다 (garyeopda) — to feel the need to scratch
• Northern Kurdish: xurîn — to feel the need to scratch
• Latin: prūriō — to feel the need to scratch
• Latvian: niezēt — to feel the need to scratch
• Laz: ანჩამინს (ançamins) — to feel the need to scratch
• Māori: mangeo — to feel the need to scratch
• Māori: māngeongeo — to feel the need to scratch
• Māori: ngaoko — to feel the need to scratch
• Māori: ngāokooko — to feel the need to scratch
• Māori: patete — to feel the need to scratch
• Maranao: gatel — to feel the need to scratch
• Mongolian: загатнах (zagatnax) — to feel the need to scratch
• Navajo: yihę́ę́s — to feel the need to scratch
• Nepali: चिलाउनु (cilāunu) — to feel the need to scratch
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klø — to feel the need to scratch
• Old English: giċċan — to feel the need to scratch
• Persian: خاریدن (xāridan) — to feel the need to scratch
• Polish: swędzieć — to feel the need to scratch
• Polish: świerzbić — to feel the need to scratch
• Portuguese: coçar — to feel the need to scratch
• Portuguese: comichar — to feel the need to scratch
• Portuguese: prurir — to feel the need to scratch
• Portuguese: pruir — to feel the need to scratch
• Quechua: siqsiy — to feel the need to scratch
• Romanian: mânca — to feel the need to scratch
• Russian: зуде́ть (zudétʹ) — to feel the need to scratch
• Russian: свербе́ть (sverbétʹ) — to feel the need to scratch
• Russian: чеса́ться (česátʹsja) — to feel the need to scratch
• Slovak: svrbieť — to feel the need to scratch
• Spanish: picar — to feel the need to scratch
• Swedish: klia — to feel the need to scratch
• Tagalog: mangati — to feel the need to scratch
• Tamil: அரி (ari) — to feel the need to scratch
• Tamil: நமை (namai) — to feel the need to scratch
• Tausug: katul — to feel the need to scratch
• Thai: คัน (kan) — to feel the need to scratch
• Tibetan: ཟ་ཕྲུག་ལང (za phrug lang) — to feel the need to scratch
• Turkish: kaşınmak — to feel the need to scratch
• Ukrainian: свербі́ти (sverbíty) — to feel the need to scratch
• Ukrainian: чу́хатися (čúxatysja) — to feel the need to scratch
• Urdu: کهجلی (khujli) — to feel the need to scratch
• Vietnamese: ngứa — to feel the need to scratch
• Walloon: schôpyî — to feel the need to scratch
• Welsh: cosi — to feel the need to scratch
• Chinese Mandarin: 渴望 (kěwàng) — to want or desire
• Esperanto: (la manoj) juki sin — to want or desire
• Finnish: palaa halusta — to want or desire
• Finnish: kutkuttaa — to want or desire
• German: in den Fingerspitzen jucken — to want or desire
• Greek: λαχταρώ (lachtaró) — to want or desire
• Icelandic: klæja í lófana — to want or desire
• Irish: bheith ar bís — to want or desire
• Italian: morire dalla voglia di — to want or desire
• Italian: avere una voglia matta di — to want or desire
• Japanese: 渇望する (katsubō suru) — to want or desire
• Korean: 근질거리다 (geunjilgeorida) — to want or desire
• Korean: 갈망하다 (galmanghada) — to want or desire
• Latin: prūriō — to want or desire
• Portuguese: querer — to want or desire
• Portuguese: desejar — to want or desire
• Russian: жа́ждать (žáždatʹ) — to want or desire
• Russian: рва́ться (rvátʹsja) — to want or desire
• Russian: горе́ть жела́нием (gorétʹ želánijem) — to want or desire
• Swedish: klia i fingrarna — to want or desire
• Walloon: djéryî — to want or desire
• Walloon: schôpyî — to want or desire
• Greek: φαγουρίζω (fagourízo) — (transitive) to cause to feel an itch
• Persian: خاراندن (xārāndan) — (transitive) to cause to feel an itch