different between tinger vs linger

English

Etymology

tinge +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd??(?)

Noun

tinger (plural tingers)

1. One who, or that which, tinges.

Anagrams

• Ginter, Tengri, Tigner, engirt, erting

English

Etymology

From Middle English lenger, lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to tarry”), from Old Norse lengja (“to lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijan? (compare Dutch lengen, German längen), related to the root of long.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l????/
• Rhymes: -????(?)
• Hyphenation: lin?ger

Verb

linger (third-person singular simple present lingers, present participle lingering, simple past and past participle lingered)

1. (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

   Synonyms: abide, loiter, tarry; see also Thesaurus:tarry
2. (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
3. (intransitive, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ringel, Ringle

French

Etymology

linge +? -ier (with elision of -i- after palatal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??.?e/

Noun

linger m (plural lingers, feminine lingère)

1. linenkeeper

Further reading

• “linger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ligner