ouch

interj.
Used to express sudden pain or displeasure.


ouch² (ouch)
n.

1. A setting for a precious stone.
2. A brooch or buckle set with jewels.
3. Obsolete. A clasp; a brooch.

[Middle English ouche, from Anglo-Norman (une) ouche, alteration of (une) nouch, (a) brooch, of Germanic origin.]

or ouche

(ouch)

noun
A brooch or buckle set with precious stones.

Etymology
From the misdivision of the phrase "a nouche" as "an ouche", from Anglo-Norman ouche (brooch). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ned- (to bind) that is also the source of node, noose, annex, and connect

Usage
"No store of well-drilled needles, nor ouches of amber pale; No new-cut tongues of the bison, nor meat of the stranded whale." — Rudyard Kipling; The Story of Ung; 1896.

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IN BRIEF: Used to express pain.

"Ouch!" she cried, as the bowling ball slipped and fell on her toe.

Dansk (Danish)
int. - av!

Français (French)
int. - aïe!

Deutsch (German)
int. - autsch!

Ελληνική (Greek)
int. - (επιφ. πόνου) ωχ!

Italiano (Italian)
ahi!

Português (Portuguese)
int. - Ai!, Ui!

Русский (Russian)
ай!, ой!

Español (Spanish)
int. - ¡ay!

Svenska (Swedish)
int. - aj!, oj!

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
痛!

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
int. - 痛!

한국어 (Korean)
int. - 아야!

日本語 (Japanese)
int. - あいた
n. - 装飾用留め金, 宝石の台座

עברית (Hebrew)
int. - ‮איי! אח! (קריאת כאב)‬

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