swimming

English

A freestyle swimming stroke animation.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪmɪŋ

Verb

swimming

1. Present participle of swim.

Noun

swimming (uncountable)

1. The action of the verb "to swim".
2. The activity of moving oneself through water using one's arms and legs while buoyed up by the water, carried out by humans for amusement, exercise, sport or entertainment.

Translations

human activity of moving oneself through water

• Arabic: سباحة (ar) (sibāḥa) f
• Belarusian: плаванне (be) (plávanne) n
• Catalan: natació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 游泳 (cmn) (yóuyǒng)

• Czech: plavání (cs) n
• Dutch: zwemmen (nl)
• Finnish: uinti (fi), uiminen (fi)
• French: natation (fr) f
• German: Schwimmen (de) n
• Hebrew: שחיה (he) (s'chiyah) f
• Italian: nuoto (it) m
• Japanese: 水泳 (ja) (すいえい, suiei)

• Jèrriais: nagegie f
• Korean: 수영 (ko) (suyeong) (水泳 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: مه‌له‌وانی

• Ngarrindjeri: wrukun
• Polish: pływactwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: natação (pt) f
• Russian: плавание (ru) (plávanije) n
• Spanish: natación (es) f
• Swedish: simning (sv) c
• Turkish: yüzme (tr)
• Ukrainian: плавання (uk) (plávannja) n
• Vietnamese: sự bơi (vi)

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• Welsh: nofio m

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