waning

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

present participle and gerund of wane

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Becoming weaker or smaller.
2. (not-comparable) Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.

Noun

1. The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
2. The fact or act of becoming smaller.

wane

• Noun
• Verb

Lees meer

Sinonieme

decline

downhill

decadence

declining

diminishing

ebb tide

weakening

decay

dying

ebbing

decadency

flagging

lessening

littleness

old moon

tapering

thinness

decrease

descent

burning low

Vertalings

minguante

décroissance

menguante

debilitament

abnehmend

Abstieg

abflauend

Neigung

Niedergang

Rückgang

schwindend

Verfall

Nachlassen

Nachlassen der Popularität

Degeneration

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: waninge

Geërf van Old English: waniende

Geërf van Middle English: waning

Geërf van Old English: wanung

In summary

From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.