ending

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛndɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
  • Audio (CA)(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

Noun

ending (plural endings)

  1. A termination or conclusion.
  2. The last part of something.
    The book has a happy ending.
    The film has an unexpected ending.
  3. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
    Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
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Translations
grammar: last morpheme of a word — see termination
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Etymology 2

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end +‎ -ing.

Verb

ending

  1. present participle and gerund of end

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From English ending.

Pronunciation

Noun

ending

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending (end) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending theme; end title sequence (Classifier: 首 c)

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From enda (“to end”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

  1. end, ending
  2. durability
  3. (grammar) ending, suffix

Declension

declension of ending
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ending endingin endingar endingarnar
accusative endingu endinguna endingar endingarnar
dative endingu endingunni endingum endingunum
genitive endingar endingarinnar endinga endinganna

Middle English

Noun

ending

  1. Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

ende +‎ -ing, first part from Old Norse endi, endir (“end, conclusion”), from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front, forehead”), from *h₂ent- (“face, forehead, front”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛnːɪŋ/, /ˈɛndɪŋ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: end‧ing

Noun

ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

  1. the act of ending; finishing
    Synonym: endelse
  2. (grammar) an ending (the last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form)
    Synonym: endelse
    • 1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 137:
      modernisasjon (bortkastelsen av de mange endinger etc.)
      modernization (the removal of the many endings, etc.)
  3. (poetry) the last syllable in a verse line
    • 2008, Kurt Sweeney, Kjegler:
      sensibilitetens øks styrer diktene – med makt tvinger den fram mannlig, trykksterk ending i hver linje
      the ax of sensibility controls the poems - with force it forces a masculine, powerful ending in each line

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende +‎ -ing.

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

  1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References

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