feeling

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From feel +‎ -ing.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

AdjectiveEdit

feeling (comparative more feeling, superlative most feeling)

1. Emotionally sensitive.

   Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.

2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.

   He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

TranslationsEdit

emotionally sensitive

• Afrikaans: gevoelig, sensitief
• Dutch: gevoelig (nl)
• Esperanto: sentema
• Finnish: tunteellinen
• French: sentimental (fr)
• Galician: sentimental m, f
• German: einfühlsam (de), gefühlvoll (de)
• Hebrew: רגיש‏‎ m (ragish), רגישה‏‎ f (regisha)
• Hungarian: érző (hu), együttérző (hu)
• Japanese: 敏感 (ja) (binkan)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هۆشه‏‎ (hosha)

• Norwegian: følsom (no)
• Portuguese: sentimental (pt) m, f, emotivo, sensível (pt) m, f
• Romanian: sentimental (ro)
• Russian: чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: sentimental (es)
• Swedish: känslig (sv) c, känsligt (sv) n
• Turkish: duygusal (tr), duyarlı (tr), hassas (tr)

NounEdit

feeling (plural feelings)

1. Sensation, particularly through the skin.

   The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.

2. Emotion; impression.

   The house gave me a feeling of dread.

3. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.

   You really hurt my feelings when you said that.

4. (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.

   Many people still have feelings for their first love.

5. Intuition.

   He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.

   I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.

   • 1987, The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

     Got on a lucky one

     Came in eighteen to one

     I've got a feeling

     This year's for me and you

6. An opinion, an attitude.
   • 1972, George J. W. Goodman (Adam Smith), Supermoney, page 156:

     When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from the noun feeling

• fellow feeling

• hard feelings

• hurt feelings

TranslationsEdit

sensation

• Afrikaans: gevoel, sensasie
• Albanian: ndjenjë (sq) f
• Arabic: شُعُور‏‎ pl (šuʿūr)
• Armenian: զգացում (hy) (zgacʿum)
• Azeri: hiss (az)
• Belarusian: пачуццё (be) n (pačuccjó)
• Bengali: আবেগ (abega)
• Bulgarian: осеза́ние (bg) n (osezánie), чу́вство (bg) n (čúvstvo), усещане (bg) n (useštane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感覺 (zh), 感觉 (zh) (gǎnjué)

• Czech: pocit (cs) m
• Danish: følelse (da)
• Dutch: gevoel (nl) n
• Esperanto: sento
• Estonian: tunne
• Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi)
• French: sensation (fr) f
• Georgian: გრძნობა (grʒnoba)
• German: Gefühl (de) n

  Alemannic German: Gfüül n

• Hebrew: הרגשה‏‎ f (hargasha)
• Hindi: एहसास (ehsās)
• Hungarian: érzés (hu), érzékelés (hu)
• Icelandic: tilfinning (is) f
• Indonesian: perasaan (id)
• Italian: senso (it) m, sensazione (it) f
• Japanese: 感覚 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku)
• Kazakh: сезім (kk) (sezim)
• Khmer: អារម្មណ៍ (km) (aarɑm)
• Korean: 감각 (ko) (gamgak)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هه‌ست‏‎ (ku) (hast)

• Kyrgyz: сезим (ky) (sezim)

• Lao: ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ (lo) (khuām hū sưk)
• Latgalian: pajautys
• Latvian: sajūta f, jūtas
• Lithuanian: pojūtis m, jutimas m
• Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n
• Macedonian: чувство n (čuvstvo)
• Malay: perasaan
• Mongolian: мэдрэмж (mn) (medremž)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelse (no) m

  Nynorsk: følelse m

• Persian: احساس‏‎ (fa) (ehsâs), حس‏‎ (fa) (hes)
• Polish: uczucie (pl) n
• Portuguese: sensação (pt) f
• Romanian: sentiment (ro) n, sentimente n pl, simțământ (ro) n
• Russian: ощуще́ние (ru) n (oščuščénije), чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo) (pronounced "čústvo")
• Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn f
• Serbo-Croatian: осећај m, osećaj m, osjećaj (sh) m, ocjeћaj m
• Slovak: pocit m
• Slovene: občutek (sl) m
• Spanish: sensación (es)
• Swedish: sensation (sv) c, känsla (sv) c
• Tagalog: pakiramdam
• Tajik: ҳис (his)
• Telugu: అనుభూతి (te) (anubhūti)
• Thai: ความรู้สึก (th) (kwaam róo sèuk)
• Turkish: duygu (tr), hissetme (tr)
• Turkmen: duýgy
• Ukrainian: почуття́ (uk) n (počuttjá)
• Uzbek: sezgi (uz), his (uz), tuygʻu (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự rờ mó (vi), cảm giác (vi)
• Welsh: teimlad (cy) m
• Yiddish: געפֿיל‏‎ n (gefil)

emotion

• Afrikaans: emosie, gevoel
• Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʿmunkʿ)
• Bulgarian: чувство (bg) n (čuvstvo), емоция (bg) f (emocija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感情 (zh) (gǎnqíng)

• Czech: cit (cs) m
• Dutch: gevoel (nl) n, emotie (nl) f
• Esperanto: sento, emocio, impreso, opinio
• Estonian: meeleolu
• Finnish: tunne (fi)
• French: sentiment (fr) m, émotion (fr) f
• German: Gefühl (de) n, Emotion (de) f
• Greek: συναίσθημα (el) n (synaísthima)
• Haitian Creole: santiman
• Hebrew: הרגשה‏‎ f (hargasha)
• Hindi: जज़्बात (jazbāt), भावना (hi) f (bhāvnā)
• Hungarian: érzelem (hu), érzés (hu)
• Italian: sentimento (it) m, emozione (it) f
• Japanese: 感情 (ja) (かんじょう, kanjō)
• Latvian: jūtas pl, emocija f

• Lithuanian: jausmas m, emocija f
• Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n, Emotioun f
• Malay: hati
• Maori: kōhengihengi, kōhengi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelse (no) m

  Nynorsk: følelse m

• Polish: uczucie (pl) n
• Portuguese: emoção (pt) f, impressão (pt) f, sentimento (pt)
• Romanian: sentiment (ro) n, sentimente n pl
• Russian: чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo), эмо́ция (ru) f (emócija)
• Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn f
• Serbo-Croatian: osjećaj (sh) m, ocjeћaj m
• Spanish: sentimiento (es) m, emoción (es) f
• Swedish: känsla (sv) c
• Telugu: భావం (te) (bhāvaṃ)
• Turkish: duygu (tr), his (tr)
• Vietnamese: cảm xúc (vi)
• Welsh: teimlad (cy) m
• Yiddish: געפֿיל‏‎ n (gefil)

in plural: emotional state or well-being

• Afrikaans: emosies, gevoelens
• Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʿmunkʿ)
• Bulgarian: чувства (bg) pl (čuvstva)
• Czech: city (cs) m
• Dutch: gevoelens (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: sentoj (eo), emocioj
• Estonian: tunne
• Finnish: tunteet (fi) pl
• French: sentiments (fr) m pl
• German: Gefühle (de) n pl
• Greek: συναίσθημα (el) n (synaísthima)
• Hebrew: רגש‏‎ (he) m (regesh), רגשות‏‎ m pl (regashot)
• Hungarian: érzések (hu)

• Icelandic: tilfinningar f
• Italian: urtare la suscettibiltà, ferire i sentimenti
• Japanese: 気 (ja) (き, ki)
• Luxembourgish: Gefiller n pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelser pl

  Nynorsk: følelsar pl

• Polish: uczucie (pl) n, uczucia pl
• Portuguese: sentimentos (pt) m pl
• Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ), самолю́бие (ru) n (samoljúbije)
• Spanish: sentimientos (es) m
• Swedish: känslor (sv) c pl
• Welsh: teimladau (cy)

in plural: emotional attraction or desire

• Afrikaans: gevoelens
• Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʿmunkʿ)
• Bulgarian: чувства (bg) pl (čuvstva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戀 (zh), 恋 (zh) (liàn)

• Dutch: gevoelens (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: amsento
• Finnish: tunteet (fi) pl
• French: sentiments (fr) m pl
• German: Gefühle (de) n pl
• Hebrew: רגש‏‎ (he) m (regesh), רגשות‏‎ m pl (regashot)
• Hungarian: érzelmek (hu)

• Icelandic: tilfinningar f
• Italian: emozioni (it), sensazioni (it)
• Japanese: 恋 (ja) (こい, koi)
• Luxembourgish: Gefiller n pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelser pl

  Nynorsk: følelsar pl

• Portuguese: sentimentos (pt) m pl por...
• Russian: симпа́тия (ru) f (simpátija), чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo)
• Spanish: sentimientos (es)
• Swedish: känslor (sv) c pl
• Welsh: teimladau (cy)

intuition

• Afrikaans: intuïsie, voorgevoel
• Armenian: զգացում (hy) (zgacʿum)
• Bulgarian: усещане (bg) n (useštane)
• Czech: pocit (cs)
• Dutch: voorgevoel (nl) n
• Esperanto: sentemeco, natura talento
• Finnish: tunne (fi)
• French: sentiment (fr) m, intuition (fr) f, impression (fr) f
• German: Gefühl (de) n
• Hebrew: הרגשה‏‎ f (hargasha)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} ख़याल (khayāl)
• Hungarian: megérzés (hu), intuíció (hu)
• Italian: intuito (it) m, tatto (it)

• Japanese: 直感 (ja) (chokkan)
• Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n, Intuitioun f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følelse (no) m

  Nynorsk: følelse m

• Portuguese: intuição (pt) f, idéia (pt) f, pressentimento (pt) m
• Russian: предчу́вствие (ru) n (predčúvstvije)
• Serbo-Croatian: osjećaj (sh) m, ocjeћaj m
• Slovene: občutek (sl) m
• Spanish: intuición (es), presentimiento (es) m, corazonada (es) f
• Swedish: känsla (sv) c
• Telugu: అంతర్వాణి (te) (aṃtarvāṇi)
• Welsh: teimlad (cy), greddf

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovak: (1,2,5) ^{(please verify)} pocit m

VerbEdit

feeling

1. present participle of feel

Derived termsEdit

• feeling no pain

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: line · added · toward · #486: feeling · later · beyond · rose

AnagramsEdit

• fine leg, fleeing

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English feeling.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fi.liŋ/

NounEdit

feeling m (plural feelings)

1. instinct, hunch

AnagramsEdit

• églefin

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• filing

NounEdit

feeling m (Cyrillic spelling феелинг)

1. feeling, hunch

SynonymsEdit

• osjećaj

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English feeling.

NounEdit

feeling m (plural feelings)

1. feeling, hunch