ail
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /eɪl/
ail (ails, present participle ailing; past and past participle ailed)
- (transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
- Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
- Bible, Genesis xxi. 17
- What aileth thee, Hagar?
- 2011, "Connubial bliss in America", The Economist:
- Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?
- (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
- When he ails ever so little […] he is so peevish.
- French: manquer, faillir
- German: weh tun, plagen
- Portuguese: afligir
- Russian: трево́жить
- Spanish: aquejar, afligir
- French: être malade, souffrir
- German: kränklich sein, leiden, krank sein, kränkeln
- Portuguese: estar doente/aflito
- Russian: боле́ть
- Spanish: padecer, adolecer
ail (plural ails)
Translations- German: Krankheit, Leiden
- Spanish: enfermedad
ail (comparative ailer, superlative ailest)
- (obsolete) Painful; troublesome.
ail (plural ails)
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