-ing

Signification (Anglais)

1. Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
2. Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
3. Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.

Concepts

en train de

morphème lié

-ment

-ant

Synonymes

-ly

when

-ed

-ful

-ment

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: -ing

Hérité de ancien anglais: -ing

Appartenant à saterlandais: -enge

Appartenant à frison occidental: -ing

Appartenant à néerlandais: -ing

Appartenant à bas-allemand: -ing

Appartenant à allemand: -ung

Appartenant à danois: -ing

Appartenant à suédois: -ing

Appartenant à islandais: -ing

Hérité de ancien anglais: -ende

Appartenant à frison occidental: -end

Appartenant à néerlandais: -end

Appartenant à allemand: -end

Appartenant à suédois: -and

Appartenant à islandais: -andi

Appartenant à gotique: -𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃

Appartenant à latin: -ans

Appartenant à grec ancien: -ων

Appartenant à sanskrit: -अन्त्

Appartenant à vieux norrois: -ingr

In summary

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Inherited from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, -ung (“-ing”, suffix forming nouns from verbs), from Proto-West Germanic *-ingu, *-ungu, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -enge (“-ing”), West Frisian -ing (“-ing”), Dutch -ing (“-ing”), Low German -ing, -ink (“-ing”), German -ung (“-ing”), Danish -ing (“-ing”), Swedish -ing (“-ing”), Icelandic -ing (“-ing”).