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ting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
ting
- Used to represent the sound of a small bell.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, "The Private Theatricals", in Sketches by Boz
- Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, "The Private Theatricals", in Sketches by Boz
Noun
ting (plural tings)
- The sound made when a small bell is struck.
Translations
Verb
ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)
- To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
Translations
See also
- ding
- ding dong
- tintinnabulation
Etymology 2
From Chinese ? (d?ng).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Alternative forms
- ding
Noun
ting (plural tings or tings)
- An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
- The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
Etymology 3
From English thing.
Noun
ting (plural tings)
- (Caribbean creoles, MLE) Thing, person.
Derived terms
- peng ting
Anagrams
- GTIN, gnit
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þing n (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?, cognate with Icelandic þing (“assembly, parliament”), Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål ting (“thing”), English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ten??/, [?t?e??]
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun 1
ting c (singular definite tingen, plural indefinite ting)
- thing (an individual object)
Inflection
Derived terms
- alting (“everything”)
- ingenting (“nothing”)
- tingslig (“regarding things”)
Noun 2
ting n (singular definite tinget, plural indefinite ting)
- assembly, parliament (a judicial or legislative assembly)
Inflection
Derived terms
- alting (“Icelandic parliament”)
- folketing (“parliament”) (Folketinget (“Danish parliament”))
- landsting (“regional parliament”) (Landstinget (“Greenlandic parliament”))
- på tinge (“in parliament”)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.
Noun
ting n (genitive singular tings, plural ting)
- parliament
- thing
Declension
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??]
- Hyphenation: ting
Noun
ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)
- The sound made when a small bell is struck.
Etymology 2
From Sinitic ??? (Min Nan teng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??]
- Hyphenation: ting
Noun
ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)
- lantern.
- Synonyms: lentera, tanglung
Further reading
- “ting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Mandarin
Romanization
ting
- Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tíng.
- Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tìng.
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.
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English thing.
Noun
ting
- thing
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.
Noun
ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)
- a thing
Derived terms
Noun
ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)
- court, assembly
References
- “ting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?. Doublet of dings and tingest. Akin to English thing.
Noun
ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
- a thing
- an issue
Synonyms
- (an object): gjenstand, greie, sak
- (an issue): sak
Derived terms
Related terms
- tinga, tinge
Noun
ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
- court, assembly
Derived terms
Noun
ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
- a living thing
- Synonym: kvikende
Derived terms
- armodsting
- uting
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
ting
- imperative of tinga and tinge
References
- “ting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- gint, gnit
Old Tupi
Adjective
ting
- white
References
- NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish þing, from Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.
Pronunciation
Noun
ting n
- a thing, an individual object
- Synonym: sak
- a thing, a court of law; a judicial or legislative assembly
Declension
Related terms
See also
- tinga
References
- ting in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Tok Pisin
Alternative forms
- tingting
Etymology
From English think.
Verb
ting
- think
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?i??/, /t??????/
- Rhymes: -í??
Noun
ting n (definite tingjä)
- court session
- (indeclinable) thing
Derived terms
- tingeli
- tingt
Etymology 2
From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?. Confer tingt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²t?i??/, /²t??????/
- Rhymes: -ì??
Verb
ting (preterite tingä)
- to order (goods)
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English
Alternative forms
- x-ing, Xing, X-ing
Etymology
From crossing, using X as abbreviation for cross.
Noun
xing (plural xings)
- (US) Abbreviation of crossing.
- Railroad xing 200 feet ahead.
Usage notes
Primarily used on road signs – see road crossing. Compare with crossbuck symbol.
Mandarin
Romanization
- Nonstandard spelling of x?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of xíng.
- Nonstandard spelling of x?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of xìng.
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.
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