swelling

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛl.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

Noun

swelling (countable and uncountable, plural swellings)

1. The state of being swollen.
   • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."‎^[1], London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:

     Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

2. Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
3. (figuratively) A rising, as of passion or anger.

Translations

the state of being swollen

• Armenian: այտուցվածություն (hy) (aytucʿvacutʿyun)
• Bashkir: шеш (şeş), шешеү (şeşew)
• Bulgarian: издуване (izduvane)
• Finnish: ajetus, turvotus (fi), pöhötys (fi), paisuminen (fi)
• French: gonflement (fr) m
• Galician: inchazo m, inchazón f
• German: Anschwellen n, Anschwellung f
• Greek: πρήξιμο (el) n (príximo), διόγκωση (el) f (diógkosi), οίδημα (el) n (oídima)
• Irish: at m
• Italian: gonfiore (it)
• Japanese: はれ (ja) (hare), ふくれ (fukure)
• Latin: tumor m
• Pashto: غومبه‎ f (γumba), پړسوب‎ (ps) m (parrsob)
• Polish: opuchlizna (pl) f, obrzęk (pl) m
• Portuguese: inchaço (pt) m, inchação (pt) f
• Romanian: umflare (ro) f
• Russian: опуха́ние (ru) n (opuxánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: atadh m
• Spanish: inflamación (es) f, hinchazón (es) f
• Swedish: svullnad (sv) c
• Tamil: தடிப்பு (ta) (taṭippu)
• Telugu: వాచుట (te) (vācuṭa)

anything swollen

• Armenian: ուռուցք (hy) (uṙucʿkʿ), այտուց (hy) (aytucʿ)
• Bashkir: шеш (şeş)
• Bulgarian: изпъкналост (bg) f (izpǎknalost), подутина (bg) f (podutina)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腫脹 (zh), 肿胀 (zh) (zhǒngzhàng)

• Czech: otok (cs) m
• Finnish: ajettuma, pöhö (fi), pöhöttymä, turvotus (fi)
• Galician: inchazo m, inchazón m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schwellung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: οἴδημα n (oídēma), οἶδος n (oîdos)

• Irish: at m
• Italian: gonfiore (it) m, gnocco (it) m
• Japanese: はれもの (ja) (haremono)
• Khmer: ហើម (km) (haəm)
• Latin: tumor m, tumiditās f, tumentia f
• Maori: uruhumu, pauku, uruhua, uruumu
• Ottoman Turkish: شیش‎ (şiş)
• Pashto: غومبه‎ f (γumba)
• Plautdietsch: Schwolst n
• Portuguese: inchaço (pt) m
• Romanian: umflătură (ro) f
• Russian: о́пухоль (ru) f (ópuxolʹ), припу́хлость (ru) f (pripúxlostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: atadh m
• Spanish: hinchazón (es) f
• Swedish: svullnad (sv) c
• Telugu: వాపు (te) (vāpu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: སྐྲང་ཀོ (skrang ko)
• Tocharian B: yweru
• Welsh: chwydd m
• Westrobothnian: sullne m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} התנפחות‎ (hitnapkhût)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} bólga (is) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} hinchazón (es) f
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వాపు (te) (vāpu) (1, 2)

Verb

swelling

1. present participle of swell

See also

• edema

Anagrams

• Wellings, wellings

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Middle English

Noun

swelling

1. Alternative form of swellynge