meeting

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtɪŋ/, [ˈmiːɾɪŋ]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
• Homophone: meting

Verb

meeting

1. Present participle of meet.

Noun

meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (uncountable) The action of the verb to meet.
2. A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

   We need to have a meeting about that soon.

3. The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

   What has the meeting decided.

4. An encounter between people, even accidental.

   They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.

5. A place or instance of junction or intersection.

   Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

Derived terms

Terms derived from meeting (noun)

meetinghouse meeting of the minds

meeting place meeting room

race meeting Sunday-go-to-meeting

Synonyms

• assembly
• convocation
• gathering

Translations

action noun of the verb to meet

• Finnish: kohtaaminen, tapaaminen

gathering for a purpose

• Arabic: اِجْتِماع (ar) m (ijtimaa3), مَجْلِس m (majlis)

  Egyptian Arabic: إجتماع m (ʔgtemaaʕ), ميتينج m (miiting)

• Armenian: հավաքույթ (havakʿuytʿ), ժողով (žołov)
• Breton: bodadeg (br) f
• Bulgarian: събрание (bg) n (sǎbranie)
• Catalan: reunió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會議, 会议 (zh) (huìyì)

• Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
• Danish: møde (da) n
• Dutch: bijeenkomst (nl) f, beraad (nl) n, overleg (nl) n, ontmoeting (nl), samenkomst (nl), vergadering (nl) f, zitting (nl) f, treffen (nl) n
• Esperanto: kunveno
• Finnish: kokous (fi), palaveri (fi)
• French: réunion (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Versammlung (de) f, Besprechung (de) m, Sitzung (de), Beratung (de), Zusammenkunft (de) f
• Hindi: बैठक (baiṭhak), सभा f (sabhā)
• Hungarian: találkozó (hu), megbeszélés (hu), tárgyalás (hu)
• Indonesian: pertemuan (id)
• Italian: riunione (it) f

• Japanese: 会合 (かいごう, kaigō), ミーティング (mītingu)
• Jèrriais: rêunion f
• Korean: 회합 (ko) (hoehap)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کۆبوونه‌وه‌ (kobunewe)

• Latin: congregatio f, contio f
• Macedonian: собир m (sóbir), состанок m (sóstanok)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møte (no) n

  Nynorsk: møte n

• Persian: نشست (fa) (nešast), همایش (fa) (hamâyeš)
• Polish: spotkanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
• Romanian: ședință (ro)
• Russian: собрание (ru) n (sobránije), встреча (ru) f (vstréča), совещание (ru) n (soveščánije), заседание (ru) n (zasedánije)
• Sanskrit: सभा (sabhā)
• Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh f
• Serbo-Croatian: sret m, sretaj m, susret m
• Spanish: reunión (es) f
• Swahili: mkutano (sw)
• Swedish: möte (sv) n
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: جلسه (jalasa)

• Urdu: بیٹھک (baiṭhak), سبھا (sabhā)

people at such a gathering

• Czech: shromáždění (cs) n, účastníci (cs) pl, m
• Dutch: vergadering (nl) f
• Finnish: kokous (fi)
• German: Versammlung (de) f, Teilnehmer (de) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئه‌نجومه‌ن (ancumen)

• Persian: انجمن (fa) (anjoman)

encounter between people

• Czech: setkání n
• Dutch: vergadering (nl) f, bijeenkomst (nl) f, ontmoeting (nl) f
• Finnish: tapaaminen (fi)
• French: rencontre (fr) f
• German: Treffen (de) n, Zusammenkunft (de) f
• Hebrew: פגישה f (pgishá)
• Hindi: मिलन (milan)
• Hungarian: találkozás (hu)
• Indonesian: pertemuan (id)
• Interlingua: incontro
• Italian: incontro (it)
• Japanese: 会 (ja) (かい, kai)

• Latin: occursus m
• Macedonian: средба f (srédba)
• Persian: برخورد (fa) (barxord), دیدار (fa) (didâr)
• Portuguese: encontro (pt) m
• Russian: встреча (ru) f (vstréča)
• Sanskrit: मिलन (milana)
• Scottish Gaelic: coinneachadh m
• Slovene: srečanje n
• Spanish: encuentro (es) m
• Telugu: సమావేశం (samaavesham)
• Volapük: kolköm (vo)

place or instance of junction or intersection

• Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
• Dutch: samenkomst (nl) f, ontmoetingsplaats f, raakpunt (nl) n, raakvlak (nl) n
• Finnish: sauma (fi), yhtymäkohta, risteyskohta (place)
• German: Treffpunkt (de) m

• Hungarian: találkozás (hu)
• Italian: incrocio (it)
• Macedonian: меѓа f (méǵa)
• Russian: стык (ru) m (styk), пересечение (ru) n (peresečénije)

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
• Dutch: afspraak (nl)
• German: Treffen (de) n
• Hebrew: פגישה f (pgishá), ישיבה (he) f (yeshivá)
• Interlingua: reunion
• Italian: riunione (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کۆبونه‌وه‌ (kobunewe)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møte (no) n

  Nynorsk: møte n

• Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
• Romanian: ședință (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh f
• Slovene: sestanek m, srečanje n
• Spanish: reunión (es) f
• Telugu: సమావేశం (samaavesham)
• Volapük: kobükam (vo)

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: schůze (cs) n, shromáždění (cs) n, zasedání (cs) n
• Dutch: vergadering (nl) f
• French: réunion (fr) f
• German: Sitzung (de) f, Besprechung (de) f
• Hebrew: פגישה f (pgishá), ישיבה (he) f (yeshivá)
• Hungarian: tárgyalás (hu)
• Indonesian: rapat (id)
• Interlingua: meeting
• Italian: riunione (it) f
• Japanese: 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi), ミーティング (mītingu)

• Jèrriais: rêunion f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کۆبونه‌وه‌

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møte (no) n

  Nynorsk: møte n

• Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
• Russian: совещание (ru) n (soveščánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh f
• Slovene: sestanek m
• Spanish: reunión (es) f, mitin (es) m, mítin m (Latin America), junta (es) f
• Telugu: సమావేశం (samaavesham)
• Volapük: büsidakolköm

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Translations to be checked

• Azeri: görüş (az)
• Mandarin: 會議 (huìyì), 会议 (zh) (huìyì)

• Thai: ประชุม (bpràchoom), การสังสรรค์ (gaan săngsăn)
• Welsh: cyfarfod (cy)

Descendants

• Crimean Tatar: miting (borrowed)
• French: meeting (borrowed)
• Russian: митинг (míting) (borrowed)

• Serbo-Croatian: miting/митинг (borrowed)
• Tagalog: miting (borrowed)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: physical · spring · troops · #897: meeting · corner · spite · built

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

Borrowing from English.

Noun

meeting m (plural meetings)

1. meeting, meet

   un meeting aérien

   an air show