ling
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Middle English lenge, lienge. Probably related to long.
Noun[edit]
ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)
- Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
- A common ling (Molva molva).
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva
Molva molva — see common ling
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.
Noun[edit]
ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)
- Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
- Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 28:
- I was sitting by a path on a tussock between some bushes, whence I could overlook the path and a little valley to which it led down, and where nothing but ling and heather grew.
- Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Translations[edit]
Any of various varieties of heather or broom
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
ling (uncountable)
- (informal) Clipping of linguistics.
Anagrams[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *linga, from Proto-Indo-European *leig-. Compare English lark (“to frolic”), Lithuanian láigyti (“to run around wildly”), Ancient Greek ἐλελίζω (elelízō, “to whirl around”).
Noun[edit]
ling m (definite singular lingu)
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
ling (present analytic lingeann, future analytic lingfidh, verbal noun lingeadh, past participle lingthe) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation[edit]
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
Derived terms[edit]
- lingchlár (“springboard; spring balance”)
- lingeach (“springy”, adjective)
- lingeacht (“springiness”)
- lingeán (“spring”, noun)
- lingmheatán (“spring balance”)
References[edit]
- "ling" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “ling” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ling
- Nonstandard spelling of līng.
- Nonstandard spelling of líng.
- Nonstandard spelling of lǐng.
- Nonstandard spelling of lìng.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Northern Kurdish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪŋɡ
Noun[edit]
ling m
See also[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ling
- inflection of linge:
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