different between merking vs marking

English

Etymology

From mer- +? king.

Noun

merking (plural merkings)

1. A mermaid king; the king of the merfolk.
   • 2002, Sarah Hines Stephen, Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid: And Other Stories:

     The merking's castle stood in the very deepest spot. The palace walls were made of coral. The roof was oyster shells. And the windows stood open to let the fish swim in and out.

Icelandic

Etymology

From merkja +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?r?ci?k/
• Rhymes: -?r?ci?k

Noun

merking f (genitive singular merkingar, nominative plural merkingar)

1. meaning, sense
2. (uncountable) marking, labelling

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k??

Verb

marking

1. present participle of mark

Noun

marking (countable and uncountable, plural markings)

1. The action of marking.
2. A mark.
3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4. (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

Derived terms

• marking blue
• marking error
• marking fire
• marking out
• price marking
• submarking