bowling
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Bowling (sense 1)
See also: Bowling
English
Pronunciation
Verb
bowling
- present participle and gerund of bowl
Noun
bowling (uncountable)
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: bólingue
Translations
a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
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several similar games
(cricket) propelling the ball towards the batsman
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a walking style
action of the verb “to bowl”
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English bowling.
Pronunciation
Noun
bowling c (singular definite bowlingen, not used in plural form)
Declension
Declension of bowling
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bowling | bowlingen |
| genitive | bowlings | bowlingens |
Further reading
- “bowling” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English bowling.
Pronunciation
Noun
bowling m (plural bowlings)
- bowling
- Elle adore jouer au bowling. ― She loves to play bowling.
- a place where one can play bowling
Further reading
- “bowling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. In the sense "bowling alley", a Pseudo-anglicism.
Noun
bowling m (invariable)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.
Pronunciation
Noun
bowling m inan
Declension
Declension of bowling
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | bowling |
| genitive | bowlingu |
| dative | bowlingowi |
| accusative | bowling |
| instrumental | bowlingiem |
| locative | bowlingu |
| vocative | bowlingu |
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- bowling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bowling in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.
Noun
bowling m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of bólingue
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.
Noun
bowling n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of bowling (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) bowling | bowlingul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) bowling | bowlingului |
| vocative | bowlingule | |
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English.
Pronunciation
Noun
bowling m (plural bowlings)
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. Attested since 1925.
Noun
bowling c
- bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Declension
| Declension of bowling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | bowling | bowlingen | — | — |
| Genitive | bowlings | bowlingens | — | — |
Related terms
- kägla (“bowling pin”)
See also
- bowlinghall (“bowling alley”)
- bowlingklot (“bowling ball”)
- bowlingsko (“bowling shoe”)