ting
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĭng; IPA(key): /tʰɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) enPR: tēng; IPA(key): /ti(ː)ŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ
Etymology 1 edit
Interjection edit
ting
- 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 edit
ting (plural tings)
- 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 edit
Verb edit
ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)
- 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 edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng) Wade-Giles romanization: ting³.[1]
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
ting (plural tings or ting)
- An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
References edit
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], 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 edit
From thing.
Noun edit
ting (plural tings)
- (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 edit
References edit
- “ting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
ting c (singular definite tingen, plural indefinite ting)
- thing (an individual object)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
ting n (singular definite tinget, plural indefinite ting)
- assembly, parliament (a judicial or legislative assembly)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- alting (“Icelandic parliament”)
- folketing (“parliament”) (Folketinget (“Danish parliament”))
- lagting (“regional parliament”) (Lagtinget (“Faroese parliament”))
- landsting (“regional parliament”) (Landstinget (“Greenlandic parliament”))
- på tinge (“in parliament”)
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ting n (genitive singular tings, plural ting)
Declension edit
Declension of ting | ||||
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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 edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- "ting" at Sprotin.fo
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)
Etymology 2 edit
From Hokkien 燈/灯 (teng, “light; lamp; lantern”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)
Further reading edit
- “ting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
ting
- Nonstandard spelling of tīng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tíng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tǐng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tìng.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ting
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Noun edit
ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)
- a thing
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)
References edit
- “ting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Doublet of dings and tingest. Akin to English thing.
Noun edit
ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- allting
- biting
- bruksting
- einskildting
- filleting
- forbruksting
- fornting
- ingenting
- luksusting
- mellomting
- nytteting
- småting
- tingallmuge
- tingbok
- tingbolk
- tingdag
- tingen i seg sjølv
- tingfred
- tinghus
- tingkvinne
- tinglag
- tingleg
- tinglesa
- tinglese
- tinglysa
- tinglyse
- tinglysing
- tingmann
- tingmøte
- tingrepresentant
- tingrett
- tingrettsdomar
- tingrettsdommar
- tingsete
- tingsrett
- tingstad
- tingstove
- tingstue
- tingsvitne
- tingvoll
- tingålmuge
- uting
- utstillingsting
Related terms edit
Noun edit
ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
ting
- imperative of tinga
References edit
- “ting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Tupi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tiŋ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tˀiŋ.[1][2]
Adjective edit
ting
Usage notes edit
- ting is a irregular adjective. It absorbs the dummy pronoun i when used predicatively.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text) | ||||||
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Nouns | piranga/pyranga | îuba | oby obyeté |
tinga | una | tingaíba, pytanga |
Adjectives | pirang/pyrang | îub | ting | un | tingaíb, pytang |
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
ting
Declension edit
Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
Adjectival forms | ||||||
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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 edit
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas[2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ 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[3], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tinga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[4] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 477–478
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Interjection edit
ting
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish þing, from Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Noun edit
ting n
- a thing, an individual object
- Synonym: sak
- a thing, a court of law; a judicial or legislative assembly
Declension edit
Declension of ting | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ting | tinget | ting | tingen |
Genitive | tings | tingets | tings | tingens |
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
Tok Pisin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
ting