belonging

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋɪŋ
• Hyphenation: be‧long‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English belonginge, belanging, belangand, equivalent to belong +‎ -ing.

Verb

belonging

1. present participle of belong

Etymology 2

From belong +‎ -ing.

Noun

belonging (countable and uncountable, plural belongings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to belong.

   I have a feeling of belonging in London.

   A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.

2. (countable) (almost always used in the plural) Something physical that is owned.
   • Shakespeare

     Thyself and thy belongings.

   Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.

3. (colloquial, dated) family; relations; household
   • Thackeray

     Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.

Synonyms

• (something physical that is owned): possession, thing

Translations

the action of the verb to belong

• French: appartenance (fr) f
• Portuguese: pertencimento m
• Russian: принадле́жность (ru) f (prinadléžnostʹ)

• Spanish: pertenencia (es) f
• Swedish: tillhörighet (sv) c

something physical that is owned

• French: affaire (fr) f, possession (fr) f, bien (fr) m
• German: Sache (de) f, Eigentum (de) n
• Ngazidja Comorian: hindru class 7/8

• Russian: со́бственность (ru) f (sóbstvennostʹ)
• Spanish: pertenencias (es) f pl ; (colloquial or jocular usages) cachachá m (Venezuela), chivas (es) m pl (Mexico), macundales m pl (Venezuela), maritates (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua)
• Swedish: tillhörighet (sv) c

Anagrams

• englobing