calling

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ

Etymology

from call

Verb

calling

1. Present participle of call.

Noun

calling (plural callings)

1. A strong urge to become religious.
2. A job or occupation.

Synonyms

• vocation

Translations

A strong urge to become religious

• Bulgarian: влечение (bg) (vlečenie) n
• Finnish: kutsumus (fi)

• Swahili: wito (sw)

occupation

• Bulgarian: професия (bg) (profesija) f, призвание (bg) (prizvanie) n
• Chinese:

• Mandarin: trad. 職業, simpl. 职业 (pinyin: zhíyè)

• Czech: povolání (cs) n
• Finnish: ammatti (fi)