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[edit] Etymology
say + -ing
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈseɪɪŋ/
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- Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
- Hyphenation: say‧ing
saying
- Present participle of say.
saying (plural sayings)
- A proverb or maxim; something often said.
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[edit] Translations
proverb or maxim
- Armenian: առած (hy) (aṙaç)
- Catalan: dita f., proverbi m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 說法 (cmn), 说法 (cmn) (shuōfǎ), 諺語 (cmn), 谚语 (cmn) (yànyǔ)
- Czech: rčení n., přísloví n.
- Dutch: gezegde (nl) n., spreekwoord (nl) n.
- Finnish: sanonta (fi)
- French: dicton (fr) m.
- German: Sprichwort (de) n., Ausspruch (de) m.
- Greek: απόφθεγμα (el) (apóftheɣma) n., παροιμία (el) (parimía) f.
- Hungarian: mondás (hu), közmondás (hu), szólásmondás (hu)
- Indonesian: pepatah (id)
- Interlingua: dicto, proverbio
- Italian: proverbio (it) m.
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- Latin: dictio (la)
- Macedonian: поговорка (mk) (pogóvorka) f., изрека (mk) (ízreka) f., пословица (mk) (poslóvica) f.
- Polish: powiedzenie
- Portuguese: ditado (pt) m., provérbio (pt) m.
- Romanian: zicală f., proverb
- Russian: пoслoвицa (ru) (poslóvica) f., пoгoвoркa (ru) (pogovórka) f.
- Serbian: poslovica, izreka f.
- Slovak: rčenie (sk) pl., príslovie (sk) n.
- Spanish: dicho (es) m., proverbio (es) m., refrán (es) m.
- Swahili: misemo (sw), msemo (sw)
- Swedish: ordspråk (sv) n., ordstäv (sv) n. (dated)
- Tagalog: kasabihan (tl)
- Welsh: dywediad (cy) m.
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