fainting

English

Etymology

From Middle English feinting, equivalent to faint +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪntɪŋ

Verb

fainting

1. present participle and gerund of faint

Noun

fainting (plural faintings)

1. An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.

Translations

an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness

• Catalan: desmai (ca)
• Cebuano: kuyap, lipong
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 昏暈／昏晕 (zh) (hūnyùn)

• Czech: mdloba f, omdlení n
• Finnish: pyörtyminen (fi), pökertyminen
• French: syncope (fr), évanouissement (fr)
• Galician: trastavai m, testabau m, agavante m, dada m, desvano m, esvaimento m
• German: Ohnmacht (de)
• Greek: λιποθυμία (el) f (lipothymía)
• Hungarian: ájulás (hu)
• Indonesian: pingsan (id)
• Interlingua: syncope
• Italian: svenimento (it)
• Japanese: 失神 (ja) (しっしん, shisshin)
• Kapampangan: liping
• Malay: pengsan
• Portuguese: desmaio (pt), síncope (pt)
• Russian: о́бморок (ru) m (óbmorok)
• Scottish Gaelic: fannachadh m
• Spanish: desmayo (es)
• Tagalog: himatay
• Telugu: మూర్ఛ (te) (mūrcha)