feeling

See also: Feeling

English

Etymology

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlɪŋ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfilɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
• Hyphenation: feel‧ing

Adjective

feeling (comparative more feeling, superlative most feeling)

1. Emotionally sensitive.

   Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.

2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.

   He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

Translations

emotionally sensitive

• Afrikaans: gevoelig, sensitief
• Catalan: sentimental (ca)
• Dutch: gevoelig (nl)
• Esperanto: sentema
• Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), herkkä (fi)
• French: sentimental (fr)
• Galician: sentimental m or f
• German: einfühlsam (de), gefühlvoll (de)
• Hebrew: רָגִישׁ m (ragísh), רְגִישָׁה f (regisha)
• Hungarian: érző (hu), együttérző (hu)
• Japanese: 敏感な (ja) (びんかんな, binkan na)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھۆشە (hoşe)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følsom (no)

• Portuguese: sentimental (pt) m or f, emotivo (pt), sensível (pt) m or f
• Romanian: sentimental (ro)
• Russian: чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: sentimental (es)
• Swedish: känslig (sv) c, känsligt (sv) n
• Turkish: duygusal (tr), duyarlı (tr), hassas (tr), dokunaklı (tr) (sense 2nd.)

Noun

feeling (plural feelings)

1. Sensation, particularly through the skin.

   The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.

2. Emotion; impression.

   The house gave me a feeling of dread.

   • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:

     Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.

3. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.

   You really hurt my feelings when you said that.

4. (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.

   Many people still have feelings for their first love.

5. Intuition.

   He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.

   I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.

   • 1987, “Fairytale of New York”, performed by The Pogues:

     Got on a lucky one / Came in eighteen to one / I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you

6. An opinion, an attitude.
   • 1972, George J. W. Goodman (Adam Smith), Supermoney, page 156:

     When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.

Derived terms

• feeling in one's waters
• fellow-feeling, fellow feeling
• floating feeling
• gut feeling
• hard feelings
• hurt feelings
• ill feeling
• mixed feelings
• no sense no feeling
• race feeling
• self-feeling
• sinking feeling
• that tired feeling
• where there's no sense there's no feeling

 

Descendants

• → French: feeling
• → German: Feeling
• → Japanese: フィーリング
• → Italian: feeling
• → Spanish: feeling

Translations

sensation

• Afrikaans: gevoel, sensasie
• Albanian: ndjenjë (sq) f
• Arabic: شُعُور pl (šuʕūr)
• Armenian: զգացում (hy) (zgacʿum)
• Azerbaijani: duyğu (az), hiss (az)
• Bashkir: тойғо (toyğo)
• Bavarian: Gfui
• Belarusian: пачуццё (be) n (pačuccjó)
• Bengali: আবেগ (bn) (abeg)
• Bulgarian: чу́вство (bg) n (čúvstvo), усе́щане (bg) n (uséštane), осеза́ние (bg) n (osezánie)
• Burmese: ဝေဒနာ (my) (weda.na)
• Catalan: sensació (ca) f
• Central Franconian: Jeföhl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 感覺／感觉 (gam² gok³)

  Mandarin: 感覺／感觉 (zh) (gǎnjué)

• Czech: pocit (cs) m
• Danish: følelse (da) c
• Dutch: gevoel (nl) n
• Esperanto: sento
• Estonian: tunne
• Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi), tuntu (fi), olo (fi)
• French: sensation (fr) f
• Galician: sensación (gl) f
• Georgian: გრძნობა (grʒnoba)
• German: Gefühl (de) n

  Alemannic German: Gfüül n

• Greek: αίσθηση (el) f (aísthisi)
• Hebrew: הַרְגָּשָׁה f (hargashá)
• Hindi: एहसास m (ehsās)
• Hungarian: érzés (hu), érzékelés (hu)
• Icelandic: tilfinning (is) f
• Indonesian: perasaan (id)
• Ingrian: tuntu
• Italian: senso (it) m, sensazione (it) f
• Japanese: 感覚 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku)
• Javanese: rasa (jv)
• Kazakh: сезім (kk) (sezım)
• Khmer: អារម្មណ៍ (km) (ʼaarɑm)
• Korean: 감각(感覺) (ko) (gamgak), 느낌 (ko) (neukkim)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھەست (ckb) (hest)

  Northern Kurdish: hes (ku), his (ku)

• Kyrgyz: сезим (ky) (sezim)
• Lao: ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ (lo) (khuām hū sưk)
• Latgalian: pajautys
• Latvian: sajūta f, jūtas
• Lithuanian: pojūtis m, jutimas m
• Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n
• Macedonian: чувство n (čuvstvo)
• Malay: perasaan (ms)
• Moksha: ёжа (joža)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: мэдрэмж (mn) (medremž)

• Northern Altai: мэјрээмј (meǰreemǰ), сезим (sezim)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelse (no) m

  Nynorsk: følelse m

• Old English: ġefrēdnes f
• Pali: vedanā f
• Pashto: احساس (ps) m (ehsās)
• Persian: اِحساس (fa) (ehsâs), حِس (fa) (hes)
• Plautdietsch: Jefeel n
• Polish: uczucie (pl) n
• Portuguese: sensação (pt) f
• Romanian: sentiment (ro) n, sentimente n pl, simțământ (ro) n
• Russian: ощуще́ние (ru) n (oščuščénije), чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏сећа̄ј m, о̏сјећа̄ј m

  Roman: ȍsećāj m, ȍsjećāj m

• Slovak: pocit m
• Slovene: občutek (sl) m
• Somali: dareen (so)
• Southern Altai: сезим (sezim), туйук (tuyuk), хис (his)
• Spanish: sensación (es)
• Swedish: sensation (sv) c, känsla (sv) c
• Tagalog: pakiramdam
• Tajik: ҳис (his), эҳсос (ehsos)
• Tatar: хис (tt) (xis)
• Telugu: అనుభూతి (te) (anubhūti)
• Turkish: duygu (tr), hissetme (tr)
• Turkmen: duýgy
• Ukrainian: почуття́ (uk) n (počuttjá)
• Urdu: اِحْساس m (ehsās)
• Uyghur: تۇيغۇ (tuyghu)
• Uzbek: sezgi (uz), his (uz), tuygʻu (uz)
• Vietnamese: cảm giác (vi)
• Welsh: teimlad (cy) m
• Yiddish: געפֿיל n (gefil)

emotion

• Afrikaans: emosie, gevoel
• Arabic: عَاطِفَة f (ʕāṭifa), إِحْسَاس (ar) m (ʔiḥsās)
• Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʿmunkʿ)
• Azerbaijani: duyğu (az), hiss (az)
• Bashkir: тойғо (toyğo), хис (xis)
• Belarusian: пачуццё (be) n (pačuccjó), эмо́цыя f (emócyja)
• Bulgarian: чу́вство (bg) n (čúvstvo), емо́ция (bg) f (emócija)
• Catalan: sentiment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 感情 (gam² cing⁴)

  Mandarin: 感情 (zh) (gǎnqíng)

• Czech: cit (cs) m
• Dutch: gevoel (nl) n, emotie (nl) f
• Esperanto: sento, emocio, impreso, opinio
• Estonian: meeleolu
• Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi)
• French: sentiment (fr) m, émotion (fr) f
• Galician: emoción (gl) f
• German: Gefühl (de) n, Emotion (de) f
• Greek: συναίσθημα (el) n (synaísthima)

  Ancient: πάθος n (páthos)

• Haitian Creole: santiman
• Hebrew: הַרְגָּשָׁה f (hargashá)
• Hindi: जज़्बात m pl (jazbāt), भावना (hi) f (bhāvnā)
• Hungarian: érzelem (hu), érzés (hu)
• Ingrian: cuvstva
• Italian: sentimento (it) m, emozione (it) f
• Japanese: 感情 (ja) (かんじょう, kanjō)
• Kapampangan: kapanamdaman, kepanamdaman
• Khmer: អារម្មណ៍ (km) (ʼaarɑm)
• Korean: 감정(感情) (ko) (gamjeong)
• Lao: ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ (lo) (khuām hū sưk), ອາລົມ (ʼā lom)
• Latvian: jūtas pl, emocija f
• Lithuanian: jausmas m, emocija f
• Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n, Emotioun f
• Malay: hati (ms)
• Maori: kōhengihengi, kōhengi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelse (no) m

  Nynorsk: følelse m

• Old English: ġefrēdnes f
• Persian: اِحساس (fa) (ehsâs)
• Plautdietsch: Jefeel n
• Polish: uczucie (pl) n
• Portuguese: emoção (pt) f, impressão (pt) f, sentimento (pt)
• Romanian: sentiment (ro) n, sentimente n pl
• Russian: чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo), эмо́ция (ru) f (emócija)
• Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏сећа̄ј m, о̏сјећа̄ј m

  Roman: ȍsećāj m, ȍsjećāj m

• Slovene: občutek (sl) m, čustvo (sl) n
• Spanish: sentimiento (es) m, emoción (es) f
• Swedish: känsla (sv) c
• Tajik: эҳсос (ehsos)
• Tatar: хис (tt) (xis)
• Telugu: భావం (te) (bhāvaṁ)
• Thai: ความรู้สึก (th) (kwaam-rúu-sʉ̀k), อารมณ์ (th) (aa-rom)
• Tocharian B: eṅkäl
• Turkish: duygu (tr), his (tr)
• Ukrainian: почуття́ (uk) n (počuttjá), емо́ція f (emócija)
• Vietnamese: cảm xúc (vi)
• Welsh: teimlad (cy) m
• Yiddish: געפֿיל n (gefil)

in plural: emotional state or well-being

• Afrikaans: emosies, gevoelens
• Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʿmunkʿ)
• Bulgarian: чу́вства (bg) n pl (čúvstva)
• Czech: city (cs) m
• Dutch: gevoelens (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: sentoj (eo), emocioj
• Estonian: tunne
• Finnish: tunteet (fi) pl
• French: sentiments (fr) m pl
• Galician: sentimentos m pl
• German: Gefühle (de) n pl
• Greek: συναίσθημα (el) n (synaísthima)
• Hebrew: רֶגֶשׁ (he) m (régesh), רְגָשׁוֹת m pl (r'gashót)
• Hungarian: érzések (hu)
• Icelandic: tilfinningar f
• Italian: urtare la suscettibiltà, ferire i sentimenti
• Japanese: 気 (ja) (き, ki)
• Korean: 기(氣) (ko) (gi)
• Luxembourgish: Gefiller n pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelser pl

  Nynorsk: følelsar pl

• Polish: uczucie (pl) n, uczucia pl
• Portuguese: sentimentos (pt) m pl
• Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ), самолю́бие (ru) n (samoljúbije)
• Spanish: sentimientos (es) m
• Swedish: känslor (sv) c pl
• Welsh: teimladau (cy)

in plural: emotional attraction or desire

• Afrikaans: gevoelens
• Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʿmunkʿ)
• Bulgarian: чу́вства (bg) n pl (čúvstva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戀／恋 (zh) (liàn)

• Dutch: gevoelens (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: amsento
• Finnish: tunteet (fi) pl
• French: sentiments (fr) m pl
• Galician: sentimentos m pl
• German: Gefühle (de) n pl
• Hebrew: רֶגֶשׁ (he) m (régesh), רְגָשׁוֹת m pl (r'gashót)
• Hungarian: érzelmek (hu)
• Icelandic: tilfinningar f
• Italian: emozioni (it), sensazioni (it)
• Japanese: 恋 (ja) (こい, koi)
• Korean: 연(戀) (ko) (yeon), 련(戀) (ko) (ryeon) (North Korea)
• Luxembourgish: Gefiller n pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelser pl

  Nynorsk: følelsar pl

• Portuguese: sentimentos (pt) m pl por...
• Russian: симпа́тия (ru) f (simpátija), чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo)
• Spanish: sentimientos (es)
• Swedish: känslor (sv) c pl
• Welsh: teimladau (cy)

intuition

• Afrikaans: intuïsie, voorgevoel
• Armenian: զգացում (hy) (zgacʿum)
• Bulgarian: усе́щане (bg) n (uséštane)
• Catalan: intuïció (ca) f, pressentiment (ca) m
• Czech: pocit (cs)
• Dutch: voorgevoel (nl) n
• Esperanto: sentemeco, natura talento
• Finnish: tunne (fi)
• French: sentiment (fr) m, intuition (fr) f, impression (fr) f
• Galician: intuición (gl) f
• German: Gefühl (de) n
• Hebrew: הַרְגָּשָׁה f (hargasha)
• Hindi: ख़याल m (xayāl)
• Hungarian: megérzés (hu), intuíció (hu)
• Italian: intuito (it) m, tatto (it)
• Japanese: 直感 (ja) (ちょっかん, chokkan)
• Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n, Intuitioun f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelse (no) m

  Nynorsk: følelse m

• Old English: ġefrēdnes f
• Portuguese: intuição (pt) f, idéia (pt) f, pressentimento (pt) m
• Russian: предчу́вствие (ru) n (predčúvstvije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏сећа̄ј m, о̏сјећа̄ј m

  Roman: ȍsećāj m, ȍsjećāj m

• Slovene: občutek (sl) m
• Spanish: intuición (es), presentimiento (es) m, corazonada (es) f
• Swedish: känsla (sv) c
• Telugu: అంతర్వాణి (te) (antarvāṇi)
• Urdu: خَیال m (xayāl)
• Welsh: teimlad (cy), greddf

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• Slovak: (1,2,5) ^{(please verify)} pocit m

Verb

feeling

1. present participle and gerund of feel

Derived terms

• feeling no pain

Anagrams

• fine leg, fleeing, flingee

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English feeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.liŋ/

Noun

feeling m (plural feelings)

1. instinct, hunch

Anagrams

• églefin

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English feeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.linɡ/, /ˈfi.lin/
• Rhymes: -ilinɡ, -ilin

Noun

feeling m (invariable)

1. an intense and immediate current of likability that is established between two people; feeling

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English feeling.

Noun

feeling n (plural feelinguri)

1. feeling

Declension

Declension of feeling

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) feeling	feelingul	(niște) feelinguri	feelingurile
genitive/dative	(unui) feeling	feelingului	(unor) feelinguri	feelingurilor
vocative	feelingule		feelingurilor

References

• feeling in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• filing

Noun

feeling m

1. feeling, hunch

   Synonym: osjećaj

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English feeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilin/ [ˈfi.lĩn]
• Rhymes: -ilin

Noun

feeling m (plural feelings)

1. feeling, hunch
2. spark; attraction; feeling

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.