different between ending vs hiragana

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??

Etymology 1

From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ?eendung (“ending”), equivalent to end +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

Noun

ending (plural endings)

1. A termination or conclusion.
2. The last part of something.
3. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

Synonyms

• (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
• (last part of something): end, finale
• (grammar): termination, suffix

Derived terms

• bad ending
• good ending

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andij?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andij?n? (“to end”), equivalent to end +? -ing.

Verb

ending

1. present participle of end

Anagrams

• Ningde, ginned

Icelandic

Etymology

From enda (“to end”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nti?k/

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

1. end, ending
2. durability
3. (grammar) ending, suffix

Declension

Middle English

Noun

ending

1. Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ende +? -ing

Noun

ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

Synonyms

• endelse

References

• “ending” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende +? -ing

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References

• “ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Japanese ?(??)?(?)?(?) (hiragana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?.????æ.n?/, /?h?.??????.n?/
• Rhymes: -æn?, -??n?

Noun

hiragana (plural hiraganas or hiragana)

1. (uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.
2. A letter of this syllabary.

Related terms

• hentaigana
• katakana
• man'y?gana

Translations

See also

• Index:Japanese Kana

Finnish

Noun

hiragana

1. hiragana (syllabary)
2. hiragana (letter of the syllabary)

Declension

Anagrams

• hangaari

Japanese

Romanization

hiragana

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (hiragana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?i.ra??a.na/

Noun

hiragana f

1. hiragana

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

hiragana m (uncountable)

1. hiragana (Japanese syllabary)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (hiragana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xira??na/
• Hyphenation: hi?ra?ga?na

Noun

hiragàna f (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. hiragana

Declension