flooring

English

Etymology

From Middle English floring.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ

Noun

flooring (countable and uncountable, plural floorings)

1. A floor.
   • 2008 May/Jun, Erin Barnes, “Glossed Over”, in E: The Environmental Magazine, volume 19, number 3, page 21:

     Every day we are exposed to low doses of phthalates in food containers, perfumes, hairsprays, floorings, paints, toys and medical devices.

2. A material used to make floors.
   • 1994 April 14, Susannah Vesey, “Investment Conference”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta:

     Now that it owns the best-known brand names in residential carpet, don't be surprised if Mohawk Industries sails into new waters - tile, resilient or even wood floorings - Chairman David Kolb hinted Wednesday.

3. (sports) The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.

Derived terms

• flooring nailer
• laminate flooring

 

Translations

floor

• Arabic: أَرْضِيَّة (ar) f (ʔarḍiyya)
• Finnish: lattia (fi)
• German: Fußboden (de) m, Boden (de) m
• Indonesian: bahan untuk lantai
• Ingrian: silta
• Italian: tavolato (it) m
• Latin: tabulātum n
• Macedonian: под m (pod), патос m (patos)
• Malay: alas lantai
• Portuguese: tablado m
• Romanian: pardoseală (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: патос m, под m

  Roman: patos (sh) m, pod (sh) m

• Spanish: solería (es) f

material

• Bulgarian: подова настилка f (podova nastilka)
• Finnish: lattiamateriaali
• German: Bodenbelag (de) m
• Irish: urlárlach m

knockdown

• Finnish: pudottaminen (fi), tyrmäys (fi)

Verb

flooring

1. present participle and gerund of floor