weeping

English

Etymology

From Middle English wepynge.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wēpʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈwiːpɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ

Verb

weeping

1. present participle and gerund of weep

Noun

weeping (countable and uncountable, plural weepings)

1. Action of the verb to weep.

   Their constant weepings kept us awake.

   • 2013, Peter McAra, A World Apart, page 14:

     For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.

Translations

the act of shedding tears

• Arabic: بُكَاء (ar) m (bukāʔ)
• Bulgarian: плач (bg) m (plač)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κλαυθμός m (klauthmós)

• Hungarian: sírás (hu)
• Latin: flētus m
• Macedonian: липање n (lipanje)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: آغلامه (ağlama)

Derived terms

• come home by weeping cross
• weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth
• weeping angel
• weeping ash (Fraxinus excelsior var.)
• weeping birch (Betula pendula var.)
• weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)
• weeping rock
• weeping snow gum (Eucalyptus lacrimans)
• weeping spring
• weeping spruce (Picea breweriana)
• weeping tile
• weeping tree
• weeping willow (Salix spp., vars.)