[fəˈtiːɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness
(e.g: he was nearly dead with fatigue)

- weakness in metal or other materials caused by repeated variations of stress
(e.g: metal fatigue)

- menial non-military tasks performed by a soldier, sometimes as a punishment
(e.g: we're on cookhouse fatigues, sir)

- loose clothing, typically khaki, olive drab, or camouflaged, of a sort worn by soldiers on active duty
(e.g: battle fatigues)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘task that causes weariness’): from French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (verb), from Latin fatigare ‘tire out’, from ad fatim, affatim ‘to satiety or surfeit’

[fəˈtiːɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (someone) to feel exhausted
(e.g: they were fatigued by their journey)

- weaken (a metal or other material) by repeated variations of stress
(e.g: the nails have become rusted through or fatigued)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘task that causes weariness’): from French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (verb), from Latin fatigare ‘tire out’, from ad fatim, affatim ‘to satiety or surfeit’