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ling
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)
- Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
- 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)
- Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
- Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
ling (uncountable)
- (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)
- quick gait, trot
- 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)
- (literary) leap, spring
- jump at, attack
- 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
- Nonstandard spelling of l?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of líng.
- Nonstandard spelling of l?ng.
- 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
- leg, foot
See also
- pî
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [li??]
Verb
ling
- first-person singular present indicative of linge
- first-person singular present subjunctive of linge
- third-person plural present indicative of linge
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ging
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (“a troop, privy, company, retinue”), from Proto-Germanic *gangij? (“pace, walk”). Cognate with Middle Low German gink (“a going, turn, way”), Old Norse gengi (“accompaniment, entourage, help”), Icelandic gengi (“rate”). Related to Old English gengan (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gangijan? (“to go”). More at gang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
Noun
ging (plural gings)
- (obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.
- (dated) A slingshot
Etymology 2
From ginger
Pronunciation
Noun
ging (plural gings)
- (informal) A redhead, a ginger-haired person
Anagrams
- GIGN
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
ging
- singular past indicative of gaan
Garo
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Noun
ging
- nose, snot, mucus
Derived terms
- gingkol
- gingnabak
- gingriking
- gingsep
- gingsi
- gingsika
- gingti
- gingting
References
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan
- Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
- Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong
German
Alternative forms
- gieng (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Verb
ging
- first/third-person singular preterite of gehen
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Noun
ging f (genitive singular ginge, nominative plural gingeacha)
- Ulster form of ding (“wedge”)
Declension
Middle English
Adjective
ging
- Alternative form of yong
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