ending
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
Noun
editending (plural endings)
- A termination or conclusion.
- The last part of something.
- The book has a happy ending.
- The film has an unexpected ending.
- (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
- Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
Synonyms
edit- (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
- (last part of something): end, finale
- (grammar): termination, suffix
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Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end + -ing.
Verb
editending
- present participle and gerund of end
Anagrams
editChinese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editending
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending (end) (Classifier: 個/个 c)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending theme; end title sequence (Classifier: 首 c)
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editIcelandic
editEtymology
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editNoun
editending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)
Declension
editf-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ending | endingin | endingar | endingarnar |
accusative | endingu | endinguna | endingar | endingarnar |
dative | endingu | endingunni | endingum | endingunum |
genitive | endingar | endingarinnar | endinga | endinganna |
References
edit- “ending” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Middle English
editNoun
editending
- Alternative form of endyng
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editende + -ing, first part from Old Norse endi, endir (“end, conclusion”), from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front, forehead”), from *h₂ent- (“face, forehead, front”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)
- the act of ending; finishing
- Synonym: endelse
- (grammar) an ending (the last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form)
- Synonym: endelse
- 1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 137:
- modernisasjon (bortkastelsen av de mange endinger etc.)
- modernization (the removal of the many endings, etc.)
- (poetry) the last syllable in a verse line
- 2008, Kurt Sweeney, Kjegler:
- sensibilitetens øks styrer diktene – med makt tvinger den fram mannlig, trykksterk ending i hver linje
- the ax of sensibility controls the poems - with force it forces a masculine, powerful ending in each line
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)
References
edit- “ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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