-LING

Meaning of -LING in English

/ lɪŋ; NAmE / suffix

(in nouns) (sometimes disapproving ) small; not important :

duckling

princeling

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LING — (fish) molve; (bot.) erica
English interlingue dictionary
LING — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ~, Old English lang long Date: 13th century any of various …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LING — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Ding Ling Ting Ling Chang Tao ling
Английский словарь Британика
LING — I. ˈliŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English linge, lenge; akin to Dutch leng ling, German länge, Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LING — I. liŋ, lēŋ noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -ling, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LING — (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as …
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish …
Английский словарь Webster
LING — ( n. ) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-LING — -ling 1 a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with ( hireling; underling ), or diminutive ( princeling; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ling 1 /ling/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) ling , ( esp. referring to two or more …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — n. long edible fish found in the seas of northern Europe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LING — I. ˈliŋ noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ling, Old English lang long Date: 13th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-LING — I. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English -ing 1. : one connected with or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LING — adj the burbot of lake ontario. 2. ling ·noun heather (calluna vulgaris). 3. ling ·adj an american hake of the …
Webster English vocab
-LING — an adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling. 2. -ling ·- a noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; …
Webster English vocab
LING — ~ 1 ■ noun a long-bodied edible marine fish of the cod family. [ Molva molva (E. Atlantic) and other …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LING — [ling] abbreviation linguistics
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-LING — [-ling] n suffix [ME, fr. OE; akin to OE -ing] 1: one connected with or having the quality of "hireling" …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LING — (Molva molva), in zoology, commercially valuable marine fish of the cod family (Gadidae), found in deep northern waters near Iceland, …
Britannica English vocabulary
LING — ling, Ling BrE AmE lɪŋ ▷ lings lɪŋz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LING — n. Ding Ling Ting Ling Chang Tao ling
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LING — I сущ.; зоол. морская щука II сущ.; бот. вереск обыкновенный (ботаника) вереск обыкновенный (Calluna vulgaris) (ботаника) камыш (Scirpus gen.) (ботаника) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LING — 1) американский нитепёрый налим (Urophycis) 2) ихт. чёрный конгрио (Genypterus blacodes) 3) ихт. лотелла (Lotella) 4) ихт. кобия, нигрита (Rachycentron canadum) 5) чилим, водяной …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LING — 1) американский нитепёрый налим ( Urophycis ) 2) ихт. чёрный конгрио ( Genypterus blacodes ) 3) ихт. лотелла ( Lotella …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LING — I сущ.; зоол. морская щука II сущ.; бот. вереск обыкновенный (ботаника) вереск обыкновенный (Calluna vulgaris) (ботаника) камыш (Scirpus gen.) (ботаника) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
-LING — I. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English -ing one connected with or having the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-LING — () An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Английский словарь Webster
-LING — () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
Английский словарь Webster
-LING — An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-LING — A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING. — linguistics.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — n. ding a ling Soong Ai ling Soong Ch'ing ling Soong Mei ling Nan Ling
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LING — n. Variant: or -lings Function: adverb suffix Etymology: Middle English -ling (fr. OE), -linges (fr. -ling + -es -s); akin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LING — n. Function: noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English -ing 1 : one connected with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LING — n. Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse lyng Date: 13th century : a heath plant especially : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LING — n. Pronunciation: ' li ŋ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ling, Old English lang longitude Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
-LING — ■ suffix 1》 forming nouns from nouns (e.g. hireling ). 2》 forming nouns from adjectives and adverbs (e.g. underling ). …
Concise Oxford English vocab
-LING — -ling BrE AmE lɪŋ ▷ — underling ˈʌnd ə lɪŋ AmE \ - ə r-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LING — / lɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] a low plant that is a type of heather and that grows …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-LING — -ling /lɪŋ/ BrE AmE suffix [in nouns] [ Language: Old English ] a small, young, or less important type of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LING — n. any of various heathers, esp. Calluna vulgaris. øølingy adj. [ME f. ON lyng]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LING — n. a long slender marine fish, Molva molva, of N. Europe, used as food. [ME leng(e), prob. f. MDu, rel. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-LING — suffix forming adverbs and adjectives (darkling; grovelling) (cf. -LONG). [OE f. Gmc]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-LING — suffix 1 denoting a person or thing: a connected with (hireling; sapling). b having the property of being (weakling; underling) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LING — n. any of various heathers, esp. Calluna vulgaris. lingy adj. [ ME f. ON lyng ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LING — n. a long slender marine fish, Molva molva, of n. Europe, used as food. [ ME leng(e), prob. f. MDu, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LING — 1. n. a long slender marine fish, Molva molva, of N. Europe, used as food. Etymology: ME leng(e), prob. f. …
Oxford English vocab
-LING — 1. suffix. 1. denoting a person or thing: a connected with (hireling; sapling). b having the property of being (weakling; …
Oxford English vocab
-LING — suffix EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Prussian princelings
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
-LING — встречается в существительных, обозначающих человека, животное или растение по образу действия, по положению - hireling наемник - underling подчиненный, мелкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LING — Обыкновенный вереск
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LING — Морская щука
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LING — _I lıŋ n бот. 1. вереск обыкновенный ( Calluna vulgaris ) 2. камыш ( Scirpus gen. ) 3. осока ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
-LING — _I -lıŋ suff 1. встречается в существительных, обозначающих человека, животное или растение по образу действия, по положению : hireling - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LING — I сущ.; зоол.морская щука II. сущ.; бот.вереск обыкновенный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LING — (n) вереск обыкновенный; водяной орех; камыш; морская щука; осока
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LING — (a) морской налим
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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