sigh

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• homophone: sie
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• homophone: sai
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• homophone: psi
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• homophone: xi
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• homophone: scye
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• homophone: Si
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• homophone: Sy
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From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see ).

From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykw- (“to pour out”).

269 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 唉 (āi) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Dutch: zucht — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Finnish: ohhoijaa — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Finnish: huoh — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Japanese: やれやれ (yareyare) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Polish: ech — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Russian: ох (ox) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Russian: эх (ex) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Russian: ах (ax) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Swedish: suck — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Tagalog: hay — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Tamil: ஷப்பா (ṣappā) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Tamil: யப்பா (yappā) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Ukrainian: ох (ox) — expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like
• Abkhaz: аԥсыԥ алагара (apsəp alagara) — act of sighing
• Afrikaans: sug — act of sighing
• Albanian: psherėtimė — act of sighing
• Arabic: تَنَهُّد (tanahhud) — act of sighing
• Armenian: հոգոց (hogocʻ) — act of sighing
• Armenian: հառաչանք (haṙačʻankʻ) — act of sighing
• Aromanian: suschir — act of sighing
• Avar: хӏухьел цӏай (ḥrux̂el cʼaj) — act of sighing
• Azerbaijani: ah çəkmə — act of sighing
• Azerbaijani: köksünü ötürmə — act of sighing
• Bashkir: көрһөнөү (körhönöw) — act of sighing
• Belarusian: узды́х (uzdýx) — act of sighing
• Bulgarian: възди́шка (vǎzdíška) — act of sighing
• Catalan: sospir — act of sighing
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘆息 /叹息 (tànxī) — act of sighing
• Czech: vzdech — act of sighing
• Danish: suk — act of sighing
• Dutch: zucht — act of sighing
• Esperanto: suspiro — act of sighing
• Estonian: ohe — act of sighing
• Finnish: huokaus — act of sighing
• Finnish: huokaisu — act of sighing
• Finnish: huoahdus — act of sighing
• French: soupir — act of sighing
• Old French: sopir — act of sighing
• Old French: sospir — act of sighing
• Georgian: სუნთქვა (suntkva) — act of sighing
• German: Seufzen — act of sighing
• German: Seufzer — act of sighing
• Greek: αναστεναγμός (anastenagmós) — act of sighing
• Gujarati: નિસાસો (nisāso) — act of sighing
• Hebrew: אֲנָחָה (anakhá) — act of sighing
• Hindi: आह (āh) — act of sighing
• Hungarian: sóhaj — act of sighing
• Hungarian: sóhajtás — act of sighing
• Icelandic: stuna — act of sighing
• Ingrian: ohhaus — act of sighing
• Irish: cuach — act of sighing
• Irish: ochlán — act of sighing
• Old Irish: osnad — act of sighing
• Italian: sospiro — act of sighing
• Italian: sbuffo — act of sighing
• Japanese: 嘆息 (tansoku) — act of sighing
• Japanese: ため息 (tameiki) — act of sighing
• Japanese: 吐息 (toiki) — act of sighing
• Kazakh: дем (dem) — act of sighing
• Kazakh: дем алу (dem alu) — act of sighing
• Korean: 한숨 (hansum) — act of sighing
• Latin: suspīrium — act of sighing
• Latvian: nopūta — act of sighing
• Lithuanian: atodūsis — act of sighing
• Macedonian: воздишка (vozdiška) — act of sighing
• Malay: mengeluh — act of sighing
• Marathi: सुस्कारा (suskārā) — act of sighing
• Mongolian: шүүрс (šüürs) — act of sighing
• Norwegian Bokmål: sukk — act of sighing
• Ossetian: сулӕфт (sulæft) — act of sighing
• Persian: آه (âh) — act of sighing
• Polish: westchnięcie — act of sighing
• Polish: westchnienie — act of sighing
• Portuguese: suspiro — act of sighing
• Romanian: suspin — act of sighing
• Romanian: oftat — act of sighing
• Romansh: suspir — act of sighing
• Romansh: suspeir — act of sighing
• Russian: вздох (vzdox) — act of sighing
• Scots: sich — act of sighing
• Scottish Gaelic: osna — act of sighing
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏зда̄х — act of sighing
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕzdāh — act of sighing
• Slovak: vzdych — act of sighing
• Slovak: povzdych — act of sighing
• Slovak: výdych — act of sighing
• Slovene: vzdih — act of sighing
• Spanish: suspiro — act of sighing
• Swedish: suck — act of sighing
• Tagalog: buntong-hininga — act of sighing
• Tagalog: hay — act of sighing
• Tagalog: hayahay — act of sighing
• Tajik: ох (ox) — act of sighing
• Tajik: нафас (nafas) — act of sighing
• Tamil: பெருமூச்சு (perumūccu) — act of sighing
• Tamil: நெட்டுயிர்ப்பு (neṭṭuyirppu) — act of sighing
• Telugu: నిట్టూర్పు (niṭṭūrpu) — act of sighing
• Ukrainian: зітха́ння (zitxánnja) — act of sighing
• Ukrainian: по́дих (pódyx) — act of sighing
• Uzbek: nafas — act of sighing
• Uzbek: dam — act of sighing
• Venetan: sospiro — act of sighing
• Vietnamese: thở dài — act of sighing
• Welsh: ochenaid — act of sighing
• Dutch: verzuchting — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Dutch: klacht — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Finnish: huokaus — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Macedonian: воздишка (vozdiška) — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Portuguese: suspiro — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Romanian: geamăt — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Russian: вздох (vzdox) — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Spanish: suspiro — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Tamil: புலம்பல் (pulampal) — manifestation of grief; a lament
• Abkhaz: аԥсыԥ алагара (apsəp alagara) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Afrikaans: sug — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Albanian: psherėtij — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Arabic: تَنَهَّدَ (tanahhada) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Armenian: հառաչել (haṙačʻel) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Armenian: հոգոց հանել (hogocʻ hanel) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Aromanian: suschir — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Avar: хӏухьел цӏазе (ḥrux̂el cʼaze) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Azerbaijani: nəfəs almaq — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Azerbaijani: ah çəkmək — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Azerbaijani: köks ötürmək — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Belarusian: уздыха́ць (uzdyxácʹ) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Belarusian: уздыхну́ць (uzdyxnúcʹ) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Bulgarian: възди́шам (vǎzdíšam) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Bulgarian: въздъ́хвам (vǎzdǎ́hvam) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Bulgarian: въздъ́хна (vǎzdǎ́hna) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Burmese: ဟင်းချ့ (hang:hkya.) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Catalan: sospirar — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘆氣 /叹气 (tànqì) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘆息 /叹息 (tànxī, tànxí) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Czech: vzdychat — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Czech: vzdychnout — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Danish: sukke — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Dutch: zuchten — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Esperanto: suspiri — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Estonian: ohkama — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Finnish: huokaista — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Finnish: huoata — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• French: soupirer — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Old French: souspirer — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Friulian: suspirâ — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Friulian: sustâ — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Georgian: ამოსუნთქვა (amosuntkva) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• German: seufzen — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaswōgjan) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Greek: αναστενάζω (anastenázo) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ancient Greek: ἄζω (ázō) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ancient Greek: στενάζω (stenázō) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Hebrew: נאנח (ne'enakh) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Hindi: आह भरना (āh bharnā) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Hungarian: sóhajt — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Icelandic: dæsa — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ingrian: hoovvata — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ingrian: ohkaa — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ingrian: ohkia — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Irish: osna a ligean — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Italian: sospirare — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Japanese: 嘆く (nageku) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Japanese: 嘆息する (tansoku suru) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Japanese: ため息をつく (tameiki o tsuku) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Kazakh: күрсіну (kürsınu) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Korean: 한숨짓다 (hansumjitda) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Korean: 한숨을 쉬다 (hansum-eul swida) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Central Kurdish: ئاخ ھەڵکێشان (ax hellkêşan) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Kyrgyz: күрсүнүү (kürsünüü) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Lao: ຖອນໃຈ (thǭn chai) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Latin: suspiro — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Latvian: nopūsties — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Lithuanian: atsidusti — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Macedonian: воздивнува (vozdivnuva) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Macedonian: воздивне (vozdivne) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Manchu: ᠰᡝᠵᡳᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (sejilembi) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Māori: pūhoto — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Māori: harapuka — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Marathi: सुस्कारा टाकणे (suskārā ṭākṇe) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Mongolian: шүүрс алдах (šüürs aldax) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Norman: soupither — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Norwegian Bokmål: sukke — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Old English: sīcan — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ossetian: улӕфын (ulæfyn) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Persian: آه کشیدن (âh kašidan) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Polish: wzdychać — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Polish: westchnąć — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Portuguese: suspirar — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Romanian: suspina — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Romansh: suspirar — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Romansh: suspirer — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Romansh: suspürar — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Russian: вздыха́ть (vzdyxátʹ) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Russian: вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀здисати — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Serbo-Croatian: узда̀хнути — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Serbo-Croatian: ùzdisati — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Serbo-Croatian: uzdàhnuti — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Slovak: vzdychať — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Slovak: vzdychnúť — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Slovene: vzdihovati — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Slovene: vzdihniti — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Spanish: suspirar — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Swedish: sucka — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Tajik: оҳ кашидан (oh kašidan) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Tajik: нафас кашидан (nafas kašidan) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Tamil: பெருமூச்சுவிடு (perumūccuviṭu) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Telugu: నిట్టూర్చు (niṭṭūrcu) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Thai: ถอนใจ (tɔ̌ɔn-jai) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Turkish: of çekmek — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Turkish: ah etmek — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ukrainian: зітха́ти (zitxáty) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ukrainian: зітхну́ти (zitxnúty) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ukrainian: здиха́ти (zdyxáty) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Ukrainian: здихну́ти (zdyxnúty) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Urdu: آہ بھرنا (āh bharnā) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Uzbek: nafas olmoq — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Uzbek: xoʻrsinmoq — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Venetan: sospirar — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Vietnamese: thở dài — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Welsh: ochneidio — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Yiddish: זיפֿצן (ziftsn) — to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it
• Czech: vzdychat — to lament; to grieve
• Czech: vzdychnout — to lament; to grieve
• Finnish: huoata — to lament; to grieve
• French: soupirer — to lament; to grieve
• French: lamenter — to lament; to grieve
• Central Kurdish: ئاخ ھەڵکێشان (ax hellkêşan) — to lament; to grieve
• Māori: harapuka — to lament; to grieve
• Māori: kutare — to lament; to grieve
• Polish: lamentować — to lament; to grieve
• Russian: вздыха́ть (vzdyxátʹ) — to lament; to grieve
• Russian: вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ) — to lament; to grieve
• Tamil: புலம்பு (pulampu) — to lament; to grieve
• Ukrainian: зітха́ти (zitxáty) — to lament; to grieve
• Bulgarian: възди́шам (vǎzdíšam) — to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
• Bulgarian: въздъ́хвам (vǎzdǎ́hvam) — to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
• Bulgarian: въздъ́хна (vǎzdǎ́hna) — to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
• Finnish: huokailla — to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
• Polish: wzdychać — to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
• Polish: westchnąć — to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
• Finnish: huoata — to experience an emotion associated with sighing
• Finnish: huokaista — to experience an emotion associated with sighing
• Czech: vzdychat — to make a sound like sighing
• Czech: vzdychnout — to make a sound like sighing
• Finnish: huoata — to make a sound like sighing
• Finnish: huokaista — to make a sound like sighing
• German: seufzen — to make a sound like sighing
• Central Kurdish: ئاخ ھەڵکێشان (ax hellkêşan) — to make a sound like sighing
• Māori: nguru — to make a sound like sighing
• Norwegian: sukke — to make a sound like sighing
• Portuguese: suspirar — to make a sound like sighing
• Russian: вздыха́ть (vzdyxátʹ) — to make a sound like sighing
• Russian: вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ) — to make a sound like sighing
• Turkish: ahlamak — to make a sound like sighing
• Finnish: huokailla — to exhale in sighs
• Central Kurdish: ئاخ ھەڵکێشان (ax hellkêşan) — to exhale in sighs
• Macedonian: воздивнува (vozdivnuva) — to exhale in sighs
• Norwegian: sukke — to exhale in sighs
• Portuguese: suspirar — to exhale in sighs
• Russian: вздыха́ть (vzdyxátʹ) — to exhale in sighs
• Russian: вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ) — to exhale in sighs
• Tamil: பெருமூச்சுவிடு (perumūccuviṭu) — to exhale in sighs
• Turkish: iç çekmek — to exhale in sighs
• Finnish: huokailla — to express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs
• Central Kurdish: ئاخ ھەڵکێشان (ax hellkêşan) — to express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs
• Norwegian: sukke — to express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs
• Russian: вздыха́ть (vzdyxátʹ) — to express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs
• Russian: вздохну́ть (vzdoxnútʹ) — to express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs