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==English==
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===Etymology===
{{surf|en|print|-ing}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpɹɪntɪŋ/}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|process or business of producing printed matter}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[process]] or [[business]] of producing [[print]]ed [[material]] by means of [[ink]]ed [[type]] and a printing [[press]] or similar [[technology]].
#: {{syn|en|imprintery<qq:obsolete>}}
#: {{ux|en|In those days, '''printing''' was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.}}
# {{senseid|en|printed matter}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{syn of|en|printed matter}}.
#: {{ux|en|They delivered a huge batch of '''printing''' yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.}}
# {{senseid|en|print run}} {{lb|en|countable}} {{syn of|en|print run|gloss=all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch}}.
#: {{ux|en|She owns a copy of the first '''printing''', which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.}}
# {{senseid|en|non-cursive handwriting}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[handwritten|Handwritten]] [[character]]s that are not joined up.
#: {{ux|en|The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest '''printing''' that his hand could muster.}}
#: {{ant|en|cursive#Noun}}
#: {{hyper|en|handwriting}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en|collapse=n|3D printing|lenticular printing|block printing|carbon printing|nature printing|non-printing|offset printing|pad printing|printing form|printing frame|printing house|printing in|printing ink|printing out|printing press|printing roll|printing shop|printing-house|rat printing office|relief printing|rotary printing press|screen printing|silk-screen printing|skip printing|stretch printing|viscosity printing|woodblock printing}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top-also|the process or business of producing printed material|typography}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|طِبَاعَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տպագրություն}}, {{t+|hy|տպում}}, {{t+|hy|գրատպություն}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|друкава́нне|n}}, {{t|be|друк|m}}, {{t|be|друка́рства|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|печа́тарство|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|impressió|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|印刷|tr=yìnshuā}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|tisk|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|boekdrukkunst|f}}, {{t+|nl|drukkunst|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kirjapainotaito}}
* French: {{t+|fr|imprimerie|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Drucken|n}}, {{t+|de|Druck|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τυπογραφία|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t+|gu|છાપકામ}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|clódóireacht|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|印刷|tr=いんさつ, insatsu}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|인쇄}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|мөөр}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|печатење|n}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|pencetakan}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|باصمه|tr=basma}}, {{t|ota|طبع|tr=tabʼ}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|چاپ|tr=čâp}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|drukarstwo|n}}, {{t+|pl|druk|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|impressão}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tipar}}, {{t|ro|tipografiere}}, {{t+|ro|imprimerie}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|печа́тание|n}}, {{t+|ru|печа́ть|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|tiskanje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|impresión|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|uchapaji}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|друкува́ння|n}}, {{t|uk|друк|m}}, {{t|uk|друка́рство|n}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|in ấn}}
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{{trans-top|material that has been printed}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|cetakan}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|باصمه|tr=basma}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tipăritură}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|друк|m}}
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{{trans-top|all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|тираж|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|oplag|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|oplage|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|painos}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tirage|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Auflage|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tiratura|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|тира́ж|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|opplag}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tiragem|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tirada|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|upplaga|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|наклад|m}}, {{t|uk|тираж|m}}
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{{trans-top|written characters not joined up}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|відбиток|m}}
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===Verb===
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|print||ing-form}}
# {{rfc-sense|en}} To inadequately carry a concealed weapon such that its silhouette is visible on the person wearing it.

{{c|en|Printing}}