different between ling vs ding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Middle English lenge, lienge. Probably related to long.

Noun

ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)

1. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
2. The common ling, Molva molva.

Derived terms

• blue ling (Molva dypterygia)
• common ling (Molva molva)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.

Noun

ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)

1. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
   1. Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

ling (uncountable)

1. (informal) Clipping of linguistics.

Anagrams

• lign-

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *linga, from Proto-Indo-European *leig-. Compare English lark (“to frolic”), Lithuanian láigyti (“to run around wildly”), Ancient Greek ??????? (elelíz?, “to whirl around”).

Noun

ling m (definite singular lingu)

1. quick gait, trot
2. hurry, haste, rush

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lingid.

Verb

ling (present analytic lingeann, future analytic lingfidh, verbal noun lingeadh, past participle lingthe) (transitive, intransitive)

1. (literary) leap, spring
2. jump at, attack
3. start back, shrink away from (with ó (“from”))

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• "ling" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “ling” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Mandarin

Romanization

ling

1. Nonstandard spelling of l?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of líng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of l?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lìng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???

Noun

ling m

1. leg, foot

See also

• pî

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li??]

Verb

ling

1. first-person singular present indicative of linge
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of linge
3. third-person plural present indicative of linge

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dingwan? (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?en- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English dengan (“to ding, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijan? (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwan?. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).

Noun

ding (plural dings)

1. (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
   • 2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014:

     If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles.

2. (colloquial) A rejection.

Translations

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past dinged or (obsolete) dang, past participle dinged or (obsolete) dung)

1. (transitive) To hit or strike.
2. To dash; to throw violently.
3. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
   • 2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014:

     If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board.

4. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.

5. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
6. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).

Derived terms

• ding up

Translations

See also

• dingbat

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

Noun

ding (plural dings)

1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
2. (colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.

Translations

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past and past participle dinged)

1. (intransitive) To make high-pitched sound like a bell.

   • The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes.

2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
   • 1884, Oswald Crawfurd, English comic dramatists

     If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so.

3. (intransitive, colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) To level up.

See also

• ding dong
• ding, ding, ding, we have a winner

Etymology 3

Romanized from Mandarin ? (d?ng).

Alternative forms

• ting

Noun

ding (plural dings or ding)

1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ding, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Noun

ding (plural dinge)

1. thing

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-Germanic *þing? (“appointment; meeting; matter”). Cognate with German Ding, English thing.

Noun

ding n (plural dingar, diminutive dingale)

1. (Sette Comuni) thing, object

Declension

Usage notes

Most often used in the diminutive.

References

• “ding” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Hyphenation: ding
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dinc, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Noun

ding n (plural dingen, diminutive dingetje n)

1. matter, thing

Derived terms

• dinges
• onding

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ding

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ding

1. first-person singular present indicative of dingen
2. imperative of dingen

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???/, /d????/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ding (“wedge”).

Noun

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

1. wedge
2. thickset person

Declension

Alternative forms

• ging (Ulster)
• ginn (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dingid (“press, force”), from Proto-Celtic *dingeti (“knead, form, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?iné??ti, nasal infix present of *d?ey??- (“to knead, form”).

Verb

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

1. (transitive) wedge; pack tightly, stuff
2. (transitive) make compact; knit, knead

Conjugation

Derived terms

• dingire m (“wedging implement; light hammer”)

Related terms

• dingireacht f (“wedge-driving; tapping”)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

1. dint

Declension

Verb

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

1. (transitive) dint

Conjugation

Mutation

Further reading

• "ding" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ding”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese ? (MC te?).

Noun

ding 

1. nail

Mandarin

Romanization

ding

1. Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of díng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of dìng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

ding

1. Alternative form of dingen

Etymology 2

Adjective

ding

1. Alternative form of digne

Scots

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse dengja (“to beat, thrash”). Cognate with Swedish dänga, Danish dænge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/

Verb

ding (third-person singular present dings, present participle dingin, past dang, past participle dung)

1. to beat, hit, strike
2. to beat, excel, defeat
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.3:

     ‘Gude help him!—twa lines o' Davie Lindsay would ding a' he ever clerkit.’

Swedish

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani dinalo, dingalo (“crazy”), from Romani dinelo (“stupid, crazy”). Related to Sanskrit ??? (d?na, “weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

ding (comparative mer ding, superlative mest ding)

1. (colloquial) mad, crazy

Usage notes

• The neuter form is usually avoided, compare rädd.

Declension

References

• ding in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• “ding” in Gerd Carling, Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, 2005, ?ISBN, page 78.

Anagrams

• gnid