happening

See also: Happening

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæpɪnɪŋ/, /ˈhæpnɪŋ/, [hæpnɪn]

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Etymology 1

From Middle English *happenynge, *happnynge, equivalent to happen +‎ -ing.

Verb

happening

1. present participle of happen
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

Adjective

happening (comparative more happening, superlative most happening)

1. (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
   • 2005, Wendy Lawton, Less is More, page 13,

     “ […] San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.”

   • 2006, Eliot Greenspan, Neil E. Schlecht, Frommer's Cuba, page 165,

     When the show ends, the circular, sunken floor is one of the more happening dance clubs in town.

   • 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012, page 157,

     They're a little noisy if you open your balcony door but otherwise offer a glimpse of one of Disney World's more happening places.

2. (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
   • 1987 November 16, Steve Gibson, Desktop Publishing, 386-Based Machines, ‘Happening’ Trends at Comdex, InfoWorld, page 42,

     Every show has its hottest, most happening trends. If I were to isolate just one for hardware and one for software, this year's hot hardware would be the 386 machines, and the happening software would be desktop publishing.

   • 2009, Nicola Williams, Oliver Berry, Steve Fallon, France, Lonely Planet, page 883,

     Going strong since 2006, this ephemeral nightclub (it's open only for 50 nights each year, in July and August) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals.

   • 2011, Nicholas Gill, Christie Pashby, Kristina Schreck, Frommer's Chile & Easter Island, unnumbered page,

     San Antonio is the newest, tiniest, and most “happening” wine appellation in Chile, with just four boutique wineries that focus on quality, not quantity, producing fine pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, and syrah.

Translations

of a place: busy, lively

• Finnish: tapahtuva (fi)

of a person: trendy, up-to-the-minute

• Finnish: muodikas (fi), trendikäs (fi)
• Japanese: おしゃれ (ja) (oshare)

Etymology 2

From Middle English happenyng, equivalent to happen +‎ -ing.

Noun

happening (plural happenings)

1. Something that happens.
2. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

Translations

something that happens

• Bulgarian: събитие (bg) n (sǎbitie), случка (bg) f (slučka)
• Finnish: tapahtuma (fi)
• Latvian: notikums m
• Lithuanian: įvykis (lt) m, atsitikimas m
• Plautdietsch: Väafaul m
• Polish: zdarzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: acontecimento (pt) m
• Romanian: întâmplare (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas m
• Slovene: dogodek (sl) m
• Swedish: händelse (sv)
• Tocharian B: wäntare

a spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation

• Finnish: improvisoitu esitys
• French: happening (fr)
• German: Happening (de) n
• Polish: happening (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas m

See also

• happening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English happening

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæpeniŋ/, [ˈhæpe̞niŋ]

Noun

happening

1. (informal) happening (event)

Declension

Inflection of happening (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		happening	happeningit
genitive		happeningin	happeningien
partitive		happeningia	happeningeja
illative		happeningiin	happeningeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		happening	happeningit
accusative	nom.	happening	happeningit
	gen.	happeningin
genitive		happeningin	happeningien
partitive		happeningia	happeningeja
inessive		happeningissa	happeningeissa
elative		happeningista	happeningeista
illative		happeningiin	happeningeihin
adessive		happeningilla	happeningeilla
ablative		happeningilta	happeningeilta
allative		happeningille	happeningeille
essive		happeningina	happeningeina
translative		happeningiksi	happeningeiksi
instructive		—	happeningein
abessive		happeningitta	happeningeitta
comitative		—	happeningeineen

Possessive forms of happening (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	happeningini	happeningimme
2nd person	happeningisi	happeninginne
3rd person	happeninginsa

Related terms

• häppeninki

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.niŋ/

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Noun

happening m (plural happenings)

1. happening

Further reading

• “happening”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English happening, from Middle English *happenynge, *happnynge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.pɛ.ɲiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲiŋk
• Syllabification: ha‧ppe‧ning

Noun

happening m inan

1. happening (spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation)

Declension

Declension of happening

	singular	plural
nominative	happening	happeningi
genitive	happeningu	happeningów
dative	happeningowi	happeningom
accusative	happening	happeningi
instrumental	happeningiem	happeningami
locative	happeningu	happeningach
vocative	happeningu	happeningi

Derived terms

adjective

• happeningowy

 

Related terms

nouns

• happener
• happenerka

 

Further reading

• happening in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• happening in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Noun

happening m (plural happenings)

1. happening