covering

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/

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Etymology 1

Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) +‎ -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).

Verb

covering

1. present participle of cover

Etymology 2

From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) +‎ -ing.

Noun

covering (countable and uncountable, plural coverings)

1. (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
2. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.

Translations

that which covers something

• Armenian: պատյան (hy) (patyan), ծածկոց (hy) (cackocʻ), շապիկ (hy) (šapik)
• Bulgarian: покривка (bg) f (pokrivka), облицовка (bg) f (oblicovka)
• Finnish: peite (fi)
• German: Abdeckung (de), f
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκέπασμα n (sképasma)

• Hebrew: כיסוי m (kisui), עֲטִיפָה f ('atifá)
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• Hungarian: burkolat (hu), borítás (hu)
• Latin: integumentum n, operculum n, tegimen n, tegumentum n
• Manx: coodagh m
• Maori: tūpuni
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile f, pùball m