sting

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• /ˈstɪŋ/
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From Middle English styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old English sting, stincg (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stingaz; possibly also from Old English stynġ, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz.

From Middle English stingen, from Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Swedish and Icelandic stinga.

241 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: steekplek — bump on skin
• Albanian: pickim — bump on skin
• Albanian: thumim (gheg) — bump on skin
• Bulgarian: ожилване (ožilvane) — bump on skin
• Catalan: fiblada — bump on skin
• Catalan: picada — bump on skin
• Czech: bodnutí — bump on skin
• Czech: píchnutí — bump on skin
• Finnish: pisto — bump on skin
• Finnish: purema — bump on skin
• French: piqûre — bump on skin
• German: Stich — bump on skin
• Ancient Greek: δῆγμα (dêgma) — bump on skin
• Hindi: दंश (dañś) — bump on skin
• Hindi: डंक (ḍaṅk) — bump on skin
• Hungarian: csípés — bump on skin
• Italian: bozzo — bump on skin
• Italian: gonfiore — bump on skin
• Italian: escrescenza — bump on skin
• Italian: protuberanza — bump on skin
• Italian: rigonfiamento — bump on skin
• Japanese: 刺し傷 (sashi-kizu) — bump on skin
• Japanese: 刺傷 (shishō) — bump on skin
• Norwegian: stikk — bump on skin
• Polish: ukąszenie — bump on skin
• Russian: быть ужаленным (bytʹ užalennym) — bump on skin
• Spanish: picadura — bump on skin
• Welsh: pigiad — bump on skin
• Afrikaans: steek — puncture
• Armenian: խայթոց (xaytʻocʻ) — puncture
• Bulgarian: ожилване (ožilvane) — puncture
• Chinese Mandarin: 叮咬 (dīngyǎo) — puncture
• Czech: bodnutí — puncture
• Czech: píchnutí — puncture
• Esperanto: piko — puncture
• Finnish: pisto — puncture
• Finnish: purema — puncture
• French: piqûre — puncture
• German: Stich — puncture
• German: Biss — puncture
• German: Insektenstich — puncture
• German: Insektenbiss — puncture
• German: Bienenstich — puncture
• German: Wespenstich — puncture
• German: (scorpion) Skorpionstich — puncture
• Ancient Greek: δῆγμα (dêgma) — puncture
• Hebrew: עֲקִיצָה — puncture
• Hindi: डंक (ḍaṅk) — puncture
• Hungarian: csípés — puncture
• Ingrian: panekki — puncture
• Irish: cealg — puncture
• Italian: puntura — puncture
• Japanese: 虫刺され (mushi sasare) — puncture
• Japanese: 虫さされ (mushi sasare) — puncture
• Malay: sengatan — puncture
• Norwegian: stikk — puncture
• Persian: گزش (gazeš) — puncture
• Polish: ukąszenie — puncture
• Polish: użądlenie — puncture
• Portuguese: ferroada — puncture
• Portuguese: picada — puncture
• Romanian: înțepătură — puncture
• Russian: уку́с насеко́мого (ukús nasekómovo) — puncture
• Spanish: picadura — puncture
• Telugu: కుట్టు (kuṭṭu) — puncture
• Thai: กัด (gàt) — puncture
• Thai: ต่อย (dtɔ̀i) — puncture
• Turkish: sokma — puncture
• Volapük: stegül — puncture
• Volapük: näsäkastegül — puncture
• Volapük: bienastegül — puncture
• Volapük: flibastegül — puncture
• Volapük: (scorpion) skorpionastegül — puncture
• Welsh: pigiad — puncture
• Afrikaans: prik — sharp, localised pain in epidermis
• Finnish: pisto — sharp, localised pain in epidermis
• Spanish: punzada — sharp, localised pain in epidermis
• Telugu: కుట్టు (kuṭṭu) — sharp, localised pain in epidermis
• Finnish: poltinkarva — stinging hair of a plant
• Welsh: blew pigog — stinging hair of a plant
• Finnish: pisto — thrust of a sting into the flesh
• Czech: zátah — police operation
• Czech: léčka — police operation
• Finnish: soluttautuminen — police operation
• German: verdeckte Operation — police operation
• Japanese: 囮捜査 (otorisōsa) — police operation
• Spanish: trampa — police operation
• Spanish: operación encubierta — police operation
• Finnish: koukku — harmful or painful part of something
• Finnish: piikki — concluding point of a sarcastic saying
• Afrikaans: steek — to hurt
• Albanian: pickoj — to hurt
• Arabic: طَعَنَ (ṭaʕana) — to hurt
• Bashkir: сағыу (sağıw) — to hurt
• Czech: bodnout — to hurt
• Czech: kousnout — to hurt
• Czech: píchnout — to hurt
• Esperanto: piki — to hurt
• Finnish: pistää — to hurt
• Finnish: purra — to hurt
• Galician: aferretar — to hurt
• German: stechen — to hurt
• Greek: τσιμπάω (tsimpáo) — to hurt
• Latin: pungō — to hurt
• Latvian: dzelt — to hurt
• Māori: nanamu — to hurt
• Norman: pitchi — to hurt
• Polish: żądlić — to hurt
• Polish: użądlić — to hurt
• Quechua: wach'iy — to hurt
• Romanian: împunge — to hurt
• Russian: причиня́ть боль (pričinjátʹ bolʹ) — to hurt
• Russian: чу́вствовать боль (čúvstvovatʹ bolʹ) — to hurt
• Russian: испы́тывать боль (ispýtyvatʹ bolʹ) — to hurt
• Russian: боле́ть (bolétʹ) — to hurt
• Spanish: picar — to hurt
• Spanish: pinchar — to hurt
• Spanish: arder — to hurt
• Tagalog: nasakitan — to hurt
• Turkish: ısırmak — to hurt
• Turkish: sokmak — to hurt
• Ottoman Turkish: صوقمق (sokmak) — to hurt
• Afrikaans: steek — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Albanian: pickoj — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Albanian: n'ze (gheg) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Arabic: لَسَعَ (lasaʕa) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Arabic: قرص (ʔaraṣ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Arabic: قرص (qraṣ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Arabic: عض (ʕaḍḍ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Armenian: կծել (kcel) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Armenian: խայթել (xaytʻel) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Bashkir: сағыу (sağıw) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Simalungun Batak: sorod — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Belarusian: джа́ліць (džálicʹ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Belarusian: куса́ць (kusácʹ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Belarusian: джгаць (džhacʹ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Bulgarian: жиля (žilja) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Catalan: picar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Catalan: fiblar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Cebuano: gipaak — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Cebuano: napaak — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜇 (zhē) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Chinese Mandarin: 叮 (dīng) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Chinese Mandarin: 螫 (shì) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺 (cì) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺痛 (cìtòng) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Czech: bodnout — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Czech: píchnout — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Egyptian: p:z-H-bH-A2 (pzḥ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Esperanto: piki — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Finnish: pistää — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Finnish: purra — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• French: piquer — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Friulian: sponzi — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Friulian: spongi — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Galician: picar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Galician: aferretar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• German: stechen — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Greek: κεντρίζω (kentrízo) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Greek: τσιμπάω (tsimpáo) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ancient Greek: κεντέω (kentéō) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Hindi: डसना (ḍasnā) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Hungarian: szúr — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Hungarian: csíp — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ingrian: pistää — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Irish: cealg — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Italian: pungere — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Japanese: 食う (kuu) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Japanese: 刺す (sasu) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Korean: 물다 (mulda) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Korean: 찌르다 (jjireuda) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Korean: 쏘다 (ssoda) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Central Kurdish: پێوەدان (pêwedan) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ladin: sponjer — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ladin: sponje — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Latin: īcō — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Latvian: dzelt — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Lithuanian: gelti — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Macedonian: боцнува (bocnuva) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Macedonian: боцне (bocne) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Malay: sengat — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Brunei Malay: sangat — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Malayalam: കുത്തുക (kuttuka) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Māori: kakati — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Māori: wero — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Mirandese: aferronar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Mirandese: ferronar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Mirandese: picar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Norwegian: stikke — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Occitan: picar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Oromo: hidduu — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Persian: گزیدن (gazidan) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Polish: żądlić — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Polish: użądlić — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Polish: kąsać — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Polish: ukąsić — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Portuguese: ferroar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Portuguese: picar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Portuguese: morder — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Quechua: kaniy — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Romanian: înțepa — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Romanian: pișca — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Russian: жа́лить (žálitʹ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Russian: ужа́лить (užálitʹ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Russian: куса́ть (kusátʹ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Russian: укуси́ть (ukusítʹ) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Serbo-Croatian: уба́дати — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀бости — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Serbo-Croatian: ubádati — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Serbo-Croatian: ùbosti — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Slovak: bodnúť — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Slovak: pichnúť — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Slovene: pičiti — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Spanish: picar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Spanish: aguijonear — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Spanish: aguijar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Swedish: stinga — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Swedish: sticka — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Tagalog: kinagat — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Telugu: కుట్టు (kuṭṭu) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Thai: กัด (gàt) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Thai: ต่อย (dtɔ̀i) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Turkish: sokmak — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ottoman Turkish: صوقمق (sokmak) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ukrainian: жа́лити (žályty) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ukrainian: ужа́лити (užályty) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ukrainian: куса́ти (kusáty) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ukrainian: укуси́ти (ukusýty) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ukrainian: жига́ти (žyháty) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Ukrainian: джигну́ти (džyhnúty) — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Venetan: sponzer — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Venetan: spunciar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Venetan: ponzer — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Venetan: ponxer — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Venetan: ponzar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Venetan: ponxar — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Vietnamese: đốt — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Vietnamese: chích — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Volapük: stegülön — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Walloon: hagnî — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger
• Walloon: piker — of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger