wording

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ

Noun

wording (countable and uncountable, plural wordings)

1. A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

   Synonyms: phrasing; see also Thesaurus:wording

   • 1955 December, “Notes and News: An Old Midland Railway Bridge Notice”, in Railway Magazine, page 877:

     It is highly improbable that the drafter of the notice ever visualised the form that heavy vehicles of the future would take, but the comprehensive wording still covers modern types.

Translations

choice of words

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: фармулёўка f (farmuljówka), фармуліроўка f (farmulirówka)
• Bulgarian: формулиро́вка (bg) f (formuliróvka), подбор на думи (podbor na dumi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提法 (zh) (tífǎ), 說法 / 说法 (zh) (shuōfǎ), 措詞 / 措词 (zh) (cuòcí)

• Danish: formulering c
• Dutch: woordkeuze (nl), verwoording (nl) f, formulering (nl) f, bewoording (nl) f
• Faroese: orðing f, orðalag n
• Finnish: sanavalinta, sanamuoto (fi)
• French: formulation (fr) f, choix de mots
• German: Formulierung (de) f, Wortlaut (de) m, Wortwahl (de) f, Ausdrucksweise (de) f
• Greek: διατύπωση (el) f (diatýposi), επιλογή των λέξεων f (epilogí ton léxeon)
• Irish: foclaíocht f
• Italian: dicitura (it) f
• Japanese: 言葉遣い (ja) (ことばづかい, kotobazukai), 言い回し (ja) (いいまわし, iimawashi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ordlyd (no) m

  Nynorsk: ordlyd m

• Polish: sformułowanie (pl) n, brzmienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: fraseado (pt) m
• Romanian: formulare (ro) f
• Russian: формулиро́вка (ru) f (formuliróvka)
• Scottish Gaelic: briathran m pl
• Slovak: formulácia f
• Swedish: formulering (sv)
• Turkish: üslup (tr), biçem (tr)

Verb

wording

1. present participle and gerund of word

Dutch

Etymology

From worden +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔrdɪŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

wording f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. the act of becoming
2. the moment of becoming; genesis