travelling

English

Alternative forms

• traveling (US)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæv.ə.lɪŋ/

Verb

travelling

1. present participle and gerund of travel

Noun

travelling (countable and uncountable, plural travellings)

1. The act of one who travels; a journey.

Derived terms

• time-travelling

Translations

action of travelling

• Bulgarian: пътуване (bg) n (pǎtuvane)
• Esperanto: vojaĝado
• Finnish: matkustaminen (fi)
• French: travelling (fr)
• Georgian: მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba)
• Hungarian: utazás (hu)
• Ingrian: kulkemus
• Italian: carrellata f
• Mongolian: аялал (mn) (ajalal)
• Polish: podróżowanie (pl) n
• Russian: путеше́ствие (ru) n (putešéstvije)
• Scottish Gaelic: siubhal m
• Spanish: travelín m
• Swedish: resande (sv) n
• Turkish: seyahat etme

Adjective

travelling (not comparable)

1. That travels (with one).

   a travelling companion

2. That travels habitually.

   a travelling funfair

Derived terms

• travelling bag
• travelling carriage
• travelling crane
• travelling dress
• travelling post office
• travelling salesman
• travelling salesman problem
• travelling-salesman problem
• travelling wave
• travelling wave tube
• travelling-wave tube

 

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from English travel +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.vliŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

travelling m (plural travellings)

1. (cinematography) dolly, camera dolly (a specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted)
2. (cinematography) travelling shot

Further reading

• “travelling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Noun

travelling m (plural travellings)

1. Alternative form of trávelin