ending

English Online Dictionary. What means ending‎? What does ending mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛndɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

Noun

ending (plural endings)

1. A termination or conclusion.
2. The last part of something.

3. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").

Synonyms

• (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
• (last part of something): end, finale
• (grammar): termination, suffix

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From 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

ending

1. present participle and gerund of end

Anagrams

• Ningde, ginned

Chinese

Etymology

From English ending.

Pronunciation

Noun

ending

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending (end) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending theme; end title sequence (Classifier: 首 c)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Icelandic

Etymology

From enda (“to end”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛntiŋk/

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

1. end, ending
2. durability
3. (grammar) ending, suffix

Declension

Middle English

Noun

ending

1. Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

ende +‎ -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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnːɪŋ/, /ˈɛndɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ
• Hyphenation: end‧ing

Noun

ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

1. the act of ending; finishing

   Synonym: endelse

2. (grammar) an ending (the last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form)

   Synonym: endelse
3. (poetry) the last syllable in a verse line

References

• “ending” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ending” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende +‎ -ing.

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References

• “ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.