ending

English edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

ending (plural endings)

A termination or conclusion.
The last part of something.
The book has a happy ending.

The film has an unexpected ending.
(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.

Synonyms edit

(termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
(last part of something): end, finale
(grammar): termination, suffix

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

termination or conclusion

Armenian: ավարտ (hy) (avart), վախճան (hy) (vaxčan)
Belarusian: заканчэ́нне n (zakančénnje)
Bulgarian: край (bg) m (kraj), завършване (bg) n (zavǎršvane)
Catalan: fi (ca) f, final (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 結束／结束 (zh) (jiéshù)
Danish: slutning c, afslutning (da) c
Dutch: beëindiging (nl) f
Finnish: loppu (fi), loppuminen (fi), päätös (fi)
French: fin (fr) f
German: Ende (de) n, Ablauf (de) m, Beendigung (de) f
Ido: konkluzo (io)
Italian: terminazione (it) f, cessazione (it) f, fine (it) f, chiusura (it) f
Japanese: 終わり (ja) (おわり, owari), 結末 (ja) (けつまつ, ketsumatsu), 結び (ja) (むすび, musubi)
Korean: 종결(終結) (ko) (jonggyeol)
Latin: exitus n, finis (la) m or f, exitus m, terminus (la) m, extremum n, peractio f, extremus m
Macedonian: крај m (kraj), завр́шеток m (zavŕšetok), до́кажок m (dókažok)
Maori: porotutukitanga
Norman: finnissement m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avslutning (no) m or f, ending m or f, endelse m, slutt m

Nynorsk: avslutning
Occitan: fin (oc) f, final (oc) m
Portuguese: fim (pt) m, final (pt) m, término (pt) m, conclusão (pt) f, finalização (pt) f, terminação (pt) f
Romanian: sfârșit (ro) n, încheiere (ro) f, final (ro) n
Russian: заверше́ние (ru) n (zaveršénije), оконча́ние (ru) n (okončánije), коне́ц (ru) m (konéc)
Spanish: finalización (es) f
Ukrainian: заве́ршення n (zavéršennja), закі́нчення n (zakínčennja)
Walloon: fén (wa) f, finixhmint (wa) m

last part of something

Armenian: վերջ (hy) (verǰ)
Belarusian: канча́так m (kančátak), кане́ц m (kanjéc)
Catalan: final (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 結局／结局 (zh) (jiéjú)
Danish: ende (da) c
Finnish: loppu (fi), loppuosa
German: Ende (de) n
Greek: κατάληξη (el) f (katálixi), πέρας (el) n (péras)
Italian: termine (it) m, finale (it) m
Ladino: fin f
Latin: finis (la) m or f, terminus (la) m, extremus m, exitus m, extremum n, peractio f
Maori: poronga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ending m or f, endelse m, ende (no) m
Portuguese: fim (pt) m, final (pt) m
Romanian: sfârșit (ro)
Russian: оконча́ние (ru) n (okončánije), коне́ц (ru) m (konéc)
Spanish: final (es) m
Ukrainian: закі́нчення n (zakínčennja), кіне́ць (uk) m (kinécʹ)
Walloon: dibout (wa) m, coron (wa) m
Yiddish: סוף m (sof)

grammar: last morpheme of a word — see termination

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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დასასრული (dasasruli)

Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

ending

present participle and gerund of end

Anagrams edit

Ningde, ginned

Chinese edit

Etymology edit

From English ending.

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹ ding²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: en¹ ding²
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: en¹ ding²
  - Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ tɪŋ³⁵/

Noun edit

ending

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

References edit

English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From enda (“to end”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛntiŋk/

Noun edit

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

Declension edit

declension of ending

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

Middle English edit

Noun edit

ending

Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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

the act of ending; finishing
Synonym: endelse
(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.)
(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

References edit

“ending” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“ending” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From ende +‎ -ing.

Noun edit

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

(grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References edit

“ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.