🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

두통

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dutong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Headache/ˈhɛd.eɪk/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"나는 두통이 있어요."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A continuous pain in the head.

    "After a long day at work, she felt a headache coming on."
  2. 2

    A situation or problem that causes worry or difficulty.

    "The new project turned out to be a headache for the entire team."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'headache' is derived from the Old English 'heafod' meaning 'head' and 'ac' meaning 'ache'. The term has evolved through Middle English, maintaining its core meaning related to pain in the head since the early 14th century.

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