piling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ

Noun

piling (plural pilings)

1. A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
2. The act of heaping up.
3. (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.

Derived terms

• piling on
• piling rig
• sheet piling

 

Translations

A structural support

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桩子 (zh) (zhuāngzi)

• Finnish: paalut, paalutus (fi), paalurakennelma
• German: Spundwand (de) f

The act of heaping up

• Finnish: kasaaminen (fi), pinoaminen (fi), latominen (fi), kokoonkasaaminen

Verb

piling

1. present participle and gerund of pile

Anagrams

• Gilpin, Pingli

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈlɪŋɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡ

Noun

piling m

1. tiger

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiliŋ/, [ˈpi.lɪŋ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧ling

Noun

piling (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. side

   Synonyms: tabi, siping, bingit, dais, palibot, tangwa

2. (obsolete) seashore

   Synonyms: tabing-dagat, dalampasigan, pampang, baybayin

3. shaking of one's head in anger

   Synonyms: iling, taling

Derived terms

• himiling
• ipiling
• kapiling
• magpiling
• makapiling
• piling-piling
• pilingan
• pumiling

 

See also

• gilid
• piying

 

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /piˈliŋ/, [pɪˈliŋ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧ling

Noun

pilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. bunch or cluster of fruits

   Synonym: kumpol

Derived terms

• kapiling
• magpiling
• pilingan
• pilingin

 

See also

• buwig
• sapad

 

References

• “piling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier