ouch

English

Etymology 1

Natural exclamation [from 17th c.].[1]

Alternatively, a borrowing from Pennsylvania German outch (“cry of pain”) [from 1837?], from German autsch, of ultimately onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtʃ/
Rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Audio (US-Inland North) (file)

Interjection

ouch

An expression of one's own physical pain.
Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!
An expression in sympathy at another's pain.
Ouch! Her sunburn looks awful.
A reply to an insult (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).
Ouch. How could you say that?
An expression of disappointment.
Ouch, I really wanted to do that.
(slang) Expressing surprise at the high price of something.
Ouch, one hundred thousand dollars for a car! I could never afford that!

Synonyms

(in all of the above senses): ow, owie, youch, yow, yowch

Translations

expression of one's own physical pain

Afrikaans: eina (af)
Arabic: حِلْيَة‎ (ḥilya)
Hijazi Arabic: أي‎ (ay), أح‎ (aḥ), آخ‎ (āḵ)
Armenian: ախ (hy) (ax), վախ (hy) (vax)
Breton: aiou (br)
Bulgarian: ох (oh)
Catalan: au (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏲ (ayo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哎喲 (zh), 哎哟 (zh) (āiyō), 哎呀 (zh) (āiyā)
Czech: au (cs)
Danish: av (da)
Deg Xinag: Aiiau de
Dutch: au (nl)
Esperanto: aj, uj
Finnish: ai (fi), au (fi), auts (fi), auh!, aijai
French: aïe (fr), ouille (fr)
German: au (de), aua (de), autsch (de)
Ghotuo: ouxh a
Greek: αχ (el) (ach), ωχ (el) (och)
Hebrew: אח‎ (he)
Hungarian: jaj (hu)
Ido: aye (io)
Indonesian: aduh (id)
Italian: ahi, ahia
Japanese: 痛い (ja) (itai), いて (ite), いてて (itete)

Kimaragang: odoi
Korean: 아야 (ko) (aya)
Lakota: yúŋ
Latin: au (la)
Malay:
Jawi: ادوه‎

Rumi: aduh (ms)
Maori: taukahore
Navajo: ayáo, ayáh
Norwegian: au (no)
Ojibwe: iyoo
Pashto: وخ‎ (wax), وئ‎ (wëy)
Persian: آخ‎ (fa) (âx), آی‎ (fa) (ây)
Polish: aua (pl), au (pl), auć (pl)
Portuguese: ai (pt), au (pt)
Romanian: ai (ro), au (ro), ah (ro), vai (ro), aoleu (ro)
Russian: ой (ru) (oj), ай (ru) (aj), ох (ru) (ox), а́уч (áuč) (neologism)
Serbo-Croatian: au (sh), auć, joj (sh), jao (sh)
Spanish: ay (es), uy (es)
Swedish: aj (sv)
Tagalog: aray, aruy, aguy, ay (tl)
Tamil: ஐயோ (ta) (aiyō)
Telugu: అభా (abhā)
Thai: อุ๊ย (th) (úi), อุ๊ยตาย (úi-dtaai), โอ๊ย (th) (ói)
Uokha: ouxh
Vietnamese: úi da, ai da, ui da, úi chà (vi), ối chà (vi), đau (vi)
Yup'ik: akekataki

expression in sympathy at another’s pain

Finnish: auts (fi), auh, oi voi, oijoi, voi voi
French: aïe (fr)
Greek: αχ (el) (ach)
Malay:
Jawi: ادوه‎ / ادوي‎ / وادوه‎

Rumi: aduh (ms) / adoi / waduh

Norwegian: au da, uff da
Pashto: وخ‎ (wax), وئ‎ (wëy)
Swedish: aj (sv), aj aj aj, aj då

reply to an insult

Ahirani: Ay, aÿe
Finnish: auts (fi), auh
French: aïe (fr)
Malay:
Jawi: ادوه‎ / ادوي‎ / وادوه‎

Rumi: aduh (ms) / adoi / waduh

Pashto: وخ‎ (wax), وئ‎ (wëy)
Swedish: aj (sv)

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

ouch (plural ouches)

Alternative form of ouche

Anagrams

Chou, Chūō, chou

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uʃ/

Interjection

ouch

interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch!

Synonyms

(expression of pain): aïe, ahi, ouille, ayoye (Quebec)

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