legging

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English

A woman wearing black leggings

Alternative forms

Etymology

From leg +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

legging (plural leggings)

  1. A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
  2. Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.
  3. One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
    Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
  4. The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
    • 2000, Michael Williams, Amy Hoffman, Fundamentals of Options Market, McGraw Hill Professional, page 128:
      As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.

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Verb

legging

  1. present participle and gerund of leg

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From leggen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ging

Noun

legging f (plural leggingen, diminutive legginkje n)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) act of placing

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English legging.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɡɪŋ/, /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ging

Noun

legging m (plural leggings, diminutive legginkje n)

  1. legging (leg covering)

Icelandic

Etymology

From leggja +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

legging f (genitive singular leggingar, nominative plural leggingar)

  1. frill, ruffle (decorative strip of material)

Declension

Declension of legging (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative legging leggingin leggingar leggingarnar
accusative leggingu legginguna leggingar leggingarnar
dative leggingu leggingunni leggingum leggingunum
genitive leggingar leggingarinnar legginga legginganna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From leggje +‎ -ing.

Noun

legging f (definite singular legginga, indefinite plural leggingar, definite plural leggingane)

  1. laying
  2. the act of going to bed one self or putting to bed someone else

References

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Calça legging

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English legging.

Pronunciation

Noun

legging f (plural leggings)

  1. legging (a covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle)
    • 2024, Beatriz Oliveira, Paixão e Segredos‎, →ISBN:
      Ela estava com os cabelos presos em um rabo de cavalo, usava uma legging e uma blusa enorme, que chegava quase aos seus joelhos, e parecia cansada.
      She had her hair tied up in a ponytail, was wearing leggings and an oversized blouse that almost reached her knees, and she looked tired.

Further reading

  • “legging”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  • “legging”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
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