different between dinge vs linge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Etymology 1

From dingy.

Noun

dinge (plural dinges)

1. Dinginess.
2. (US slang, dated) A black person.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010 p. 3:

     ‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’

   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 46:

     ‘You made a hit with the dinge,’ Bob was saying.

Derived terms

• dinge queen

Etymology 2

From Middle English dengen, from Old English den?an, den??an, from Proto-Germanic *dangijan? (“to beat, hit”).

Verb

dinge (third-person singular simple present dinges, present participle dingeing, simple past and past participle dinged)

1. to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
2. to flog, as in penance

Derived terms

• dinged-up

Anagrams

• Edgin, deign, digne, gnide, nidge

Afrikaans

Noun

dinge

1. plural of ding

Dutch

Verb

dinge

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dingen

Irish

Noun

dinge f

1. genitive singular of ding (“wedge; thickset person”)

Noun

dinge f

1. genitive singular of ding (“dint”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijan? (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.

Verb

linge (third-person singular simple present linges, present participle linging, simple past and past participle linged)

1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard.

Related terms

• lingy

Anagrams

• Elgin, Elgin., Eling, Ingle, Nigel, ingle

French

Etymology

From a substantivation of Old French linge, from Latin l?neus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???/

Noun

linge m (plural linges)

1. linen
2. cloth
3. laundry
4. (Switzerland) towel
5. (Quebec, invariable) clothing

Derived terms

• blanc comme un linge
• sèche-linge (“tumble drier”)
• corde à linge (“clothesline”)
• laver son linge sale en public
• linge de corps
• lingerie (“linen room, lingerie”)

Related terms

• ligne

Further reading

• “linge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ligne, ligné

Irish

Verb

linge

1. present subjunctive analytic of ling

Latin

Verb

linge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ling?

Occitan

Noun

linge m (plural linges)

1. laundry

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lingere, present active infinitive of ling?, from Proto-Indo-European *ley??-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lind?e]

Verb

a linge (third-person singular present linge, past participle lins) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to lick

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ling?ri
• ling?u
• lingu?i
• lingere
• prelinge