ting

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ting

  1. Used to represent the sound of a small bell.
    • 1839, Charles Dickens, “The Private Theatricals”, in Sketches by Boz:
      Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.
    • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      “Aah, Miss Zoe!” proclaimed Raj, as she opened the door to his shop. The bell rang as she entered. TING.

Noun

ting (plural tings)

  1. A high-pitched ringing sound, as made when a small bell is struck.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xxiii. 307:
      Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the "ting" of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.
    • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 36:
      At the same moment the ting of a bell sounded sharply.
Translations

Verb

ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)

  1. To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
    When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.
    • 1942 February, “A Railway Day in New England”, in Railway Magazine, page 38:
      It was built by Alco—the American Locomotive Company—and looked fairly new; it was carried on two 4-wheel bogies, and had a funny bell that tinged continuously somewhere inside.
Translations

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Etymology 2

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng) Wade-Giles romanization: ting³.

Alternative forms

Noun

ting (plural tings or ting)

  1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

References

  1. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 485: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] ting (ding) vessel 鼎”

Etymology 3

From thing.

Noun

ting (plural tings)

  1. (Caribbean creoles, MLE, MTE) thing, person (often referring to a attractive female or a relation with one or engagements in criminal schemes or otherwise potentially disreputable connections).
    • 2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave:
      Inter, two man in Milan, heard one of my tings datin' P. Diddy / Need twenty percent of whatever she bags
Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þing n (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą, cognate with Icelandic þing (“assembly, parliament”), Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål ting (“thing”), English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding.

Pronunciation

Noun

ting c (singular definite tingen, plural indefinite ting)

  1. thing (an individual object)

Declension

Declension of ting
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ting tingen ting tingene
genitive tings tingens tings tingenes

Derived terms

Noun

ting n (singular definite tinget, plural indefinite ting)

  1. assembly, parliament (a judicial or legislative assembly)

Declension

Declension of ting
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ting tinget ting tingene
genitive tings tingets tings tingenes

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ting n (genitive singular tings, plural ting)

  1. parliament
  2. thing

Declension

Declension of ting
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ting tingið ting tingini
accusative ting tingið ting tingini
dative tingi tinginum tingum tingunum
genitive tings tingsins tinga tinganna

Hyponyms

Related terms

Further reading

  • "ting" at Sprotin.fo

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)

  1. The sound made when a small bell is struck.

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 燈／灯 (teng, “light; lamp; lantern”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ting

Noun

ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)

  1. lantern
    Synonyms: lentera, tanglung

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

ting

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tīng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tíng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǐng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tìng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English thing.

Noun

ting

  1. thing

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

  1. a thing

Derived terms

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

  1. court, assembly

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Doublet of dings and tingest. Akin to English thing.

Noun

ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

  1. a thing
  2. an issue
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms

Noun

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

  1. court, assembly
Derived terms

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

  1. a living thing
    Synonym: kvikende
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ting

  1. imperative of tinga

References

Anagrams

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tiŋ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tˀiŋ.

Adjective

ting

  1. white
    Synonym: moroting
  2. light (pale in colour)
Usage notes
  • ting is a irregular adjective. It absorbs the dummy pronoun i when used predicatively.
Derived terms
See also
Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns      piranga／pyranga      îuba              oby
     obyeté 		     tinga      una              tingaíba, pytanga
Adjectives      pirang／pyrang      îub      ting      un              tingaíb, pytang

Etymology 2

Adjective

ting

  1. nauseous; causing nausea
Declension
    Declension of ting (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe ting nde ting i ting oré ting îandé ting pe ting
Imperative
Permissive ta xe ting ta nde ting t'i ting t'oré ting t'îandé ting ta pe ting
Negative indicative na xe tingi na nde tingi n'i tingi n'oré tingi n'îandé tingi na pe tingi
Negative imperative nde ting umẽ pe ting umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe ting umẽ ta nde ting umẽ t'i ting umẽ t'oré ting umẽ t'îandé ting umẽ ta pe ting umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe tingamo nde tingamo o tingamo oré tingamo îandé tingamo pe tingamo
Negative xe tinge'ymamo nde tinge'ymamo o tinge'ymamo oré tinge'ymamo îandé tinge'ymamo pe tinge'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative tinga
Negative tinge'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe tingamo o tingamo oré tingamo îandé tingamo
xe tingi1 i tingi1 oré tingi1 îandé tingi1
Negative xe tinge'ymamo o tinge'ymamo oré tinge'ymamo îandé tinge'ymamo
xe tinge'ymi1 i tinge'ymi1 oré tinge'ymi1 îandé tinge'ymi1
1North Tupi

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí‎, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ting

  1. ding

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þing, from Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Pronunciation

Noun

ting n

  1. a thing, an individual object
    Synonym: sak
  2. a thing, a court of law; a judicial or legislative assembly

Declension

Declension of ting 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ting tinget ting tingen
Genitive tings tingets tings tingens

Related terms

object
assembly

See also

References

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English think.

Verb

ting

  1. think
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