different between smocking vs smoking
smocking
English
Etymology
From smock +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sm?k??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sm?k??/
- Rhymes: -?k??
- Hyphenation: smock?ing
Noun
smocking (countable and uncountable, plural smockings)
- (sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.
Related terms
- smock
- smocker
Translations
Verb
smocking
- present participle of smock
Notes
References
Further reading
- smocking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- mockings
smocking From the web:
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smoking
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sm??k??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?smo?k??/
- Rhymes: -??k??
Etymology 1
From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smuk?ndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke +? -ing.
Verb
smoking
- present participle of smoke
Adjective
smoking (comparative more smoking, superlative most smoking)
- Giving off smoke.
- (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
- (slang) Showing great skill or talent.
Derived terms
- non-smoking, nonsmoking
- smoking gun
- smoking hot
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke +? -ing.
Noun
smoking (countable and uncountable, plural smokings)
- The act or process of emitting smoke.
- The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
- 2012, Montgomery J. Granger, Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior
- He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings.
- 2012, Montgomery J. Granger, Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior
- (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
- The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke
- (slang, obsolete) A bantering; teasing; mockery.
Derived terms
- no smoking
- smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment
- smoking jacket
- smoking room
Translations
Czech
Alternative forms
- smokink
Etymology
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m
- dinner jacket, tuxedo
Declension
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smo?ken?/, [?smo?k?e?], /smovken?/, [?sm?wk?e?]
Noun
smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)
- black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?smo?.k??/
- Hyphenation: smo?king
Noun
smoking m (plural smokings, diminutive smokinkje n)
- smoking jacket, black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo [from late 19th c.]
French
Etymology
From English smoking jacket, pseudo-anglicism.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sm?.ki?/
Noun
smoking m (plural smokings)
- tuxedo, dinner jacket
Further reading
- “smoking” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m (invariable)
- tuxedo, dinner jacket
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English smoking jacket
Noun
smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokinger, definite plural smokingene)
- tuxedo
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English smoking jacket
Noun
smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokingar, definite plural smokingane)
- tuxedo
Polish
Etymology
From French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sm?.k?ink/
Noun
smoking m inan
- tuxedo, dinner jacket
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m (plural smokings)
- tuxedo (formal suit)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sm?kin?/
- Hyphenation: smo?king
Noun
smòking m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- tuxedo, dinner jacket
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Noun
smoking m (plural smoking)
- Obsolete spelling of esmoquin
Swedish
Etymology
Ellipsis of English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?smo?k??/
- Rhymes: -o?k??
Noun
smoking c
- tuxedo, dinner jacket
Declension
References
- smoking in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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