headache

English

Etymology

From Middle English hevedeche, from Old English hēafodeċe (“pain in the head, headache”), equivalent to head +‎ ache.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdeɪk/
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Noun

A person with a headache.

headache (plural headaches)

A pain or ache in the head.
(figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.
The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.

Synonyms

(physical pain): cephalalgia
(annoyance): bother, pain in the neck

Hyponyms

Translations

pain or ache in the head

Albanian: dhembje koke
Arabic: صُدَاع‎ m (ṣudāʿ)
Egyptian Arabic: صداع‎ m (ṣudāʿ)
Armenian: գլխացավ (hy) (glxacʿav)
Assamese: মূৰৰ বিষ (muror bix)
Bashkir: баш ауыртыу (baš awïrtïw)
Belarusian: галаўны́ боль m (halaŭný bolʹ)
Bulgarian: главобо́лие (bg) n (glavobólie)
Catalan: mal de cap m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 頭痛, 头痛 (tau⁴ tung³), 頭赤, 头赤 (tau⁴ cek³)

Hakka: 頭那痛, 头那痛 (thèu-nà-thung)

Mandarin: 頭疼 (zh), 头疼 (zh) (tóuténg) (verb; "to have a headache"), 頭痛 (zh), 头痛 (zh) (tóutòng)

Min Nan: 頭疼 (zh-min-nan), 头疼 (thâu-thiàⁿ), 頭殼疼, 头壳疼 (thâu-khak-thiàⁿ)
Czech: bolest hlavy f, cefalea f, cefalgie f
Danish: hovedpine (da) c
Dutch: hoofdpijn (nl) m, koppijn (nl) m (informal)
Elfdalian: sårskollan
Esperanto: kapdoloro
Estonian: peavalu
Faroese: høvuðpína f, høvuðverkur m
Finnish: päänsärky (fi)
French: mal de tête (fr) m
Galician: dor de cabeza f
Georgian: თავის ტკივილი (tavis ṭḳivili)
German: Kopfschmerzen (de) m pl, Kopfweh (de) n
Greek: πονοκέφαλος (el) m (ponokéfalos), κεφαλαλγία (el) (kefalalgía)
Gujarati: માથાનો દુખાવો (māthāno dukhāvo)
Hebrew: כאב ראש‎ (he) m (ke'év rosh)
Hindi: सिरदर्द (hi) m (sirdard), सरदर्द (hi) m (sardard)
Hungarian: fejfájás (hu)
Icelandic: höfuðverkur (is) m, hausverkur (is) m (informal)
Ido: kapodoloro (io)
Indonesian: sakit kepala
Irish: tinneas cinn m
Italian: mal di testa m

Japanese: 頭痛 (ja) (ずつう, zutsū)
Khmer: ជំងឺឈឺក្បាល (chumŋɨɨ cʰɨɨ kbaal)
Korean: 두통 (ko) (dutong) (頭痛 (ko))
Kurdish:
Sorani: سه‌رێشه‌‎ (ku) (saraesha)
Macedonian: главоболка f (glavobolka)
Maori: mōngurunguru, ngāhoahoa, pāhoahoa, kotiuru
Marathi: डोकेदुखी (ḍokedukhī)
Nepali: टाउको दुखाइ (ṭāuko dukhāi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hodepine (no) m or f
Okinawan: 頭病ん (ちぶるやん, chiburuyan)
Persian: سردرد‎ (fa) (sar-dard)
Polish: ból głowy m
Portuguese: dor de cabeça (pt) f, enxaqueca (pt) f
Romanian: durere de cap
Russian: головна́я боль (ru) f (golovnája bolʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: glavobolja (sh) f, главобоља f
Sinhalese: හිසරදය (hisaradaya)
Slovak: bolesť hlavy f
Slovene: glavobol (sl) f
Spanish: dolor de cabeza (es) m, cefalea (es) f, jaqueca (es) f
Swedish: huvudvärk (sv) c
Tagalog: sakit ng ulo
Tahitian: hoa
Tamil: தலைவலி (ta) (talaivali)
Telugu: తలనొప్పి (te) (talanoppi)
Thai: ปวดหัว (puad-hua)
Turkish: baş ağrısı (tr)
Ukrainian: головни́й біль m (holovnýj bilʹ)
Urdu: سر درد‎ m (sar dard, sir dard)
Vietnamese: chứng nhức đầu
Volapük: kapadol
Yucatec Maya: k'iinam
Zulu: ikhanda (zu) class 5/6, ubuhlungu bekhanda class 14

nuisance or unpleasant problem

Albanian: kokëçarje (sq) f
Armenian: գլխացավանք (hy) (glxacʿavankʿ)
Bashkir: мәшәҡәт (mäšäqät)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭疼 (zh), 头疼 (zh) (tóuténg) (verb; "to have a headache")
Danish: hovedpine (da) c
Dutch: hoofdbreker m, kopzorg (nl)
Finnish: päänsärky (fi), päänvaiva (fi)
German: Kopfschmerzen (de) m pl

Greek: πονοκέφαλος (el) m (ponokéfalos), μπελάς (el) m (belás), βάσανο (el) n (vásano)
Hungarian: fejfájás (hu), gond (hu), bosszúság (hu), nyűg (hu)
Icelandic: höfuðverkur (is) m
Polish: zmartwienie (pl) n, problem (pl) m
Portuguese: dor de cabeça (pt) f, problemão m
Russian: головна́я боль (ru) f (golovnája bolʹ)
Spanish: dolor de cabeza (es) m
Swedish: huvudvärk (sv) c
Tagalog: sakit ng ulo

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