English Online Dictionary. What means living? What does living mean?
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, live + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪvɪŋ
Verb
living
- present participle and gerund of live
Adjective
living (not comparable)
- Having life; alive.
- In use or existing.
- True to life.
- Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- Continually updated; not static
- Used as an intensifier.
Synonyms
- (having life): extant, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
- (existing): extant; See also Thesaurus:existent
- (representing life): lifey, lifelike, limned, lively, naturalistic
- (intensifier): blasted, doggone, stinking; see also Thesaurus:damned
Antonyms
- dead
- nonliving
Hyponyms
- long-living
- longest-living
Derived terms
Related terms
- live, life
- alive
Translations
Noun
living (countable and uncountable, plural livings)
- (uncountable) The state of being alive.
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- A style of life.
- (with "the") Those who are alive: living people.
- Synonym: (archaic) quick
- Antonyms: dead; (polite) deceased, departed
- (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
Derived terms
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French living or, less plausibly, an independent truncated borrowing from English living room.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.vɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪvɪŋ
- Hyphenation: li‧ving
Noun
living m (plural livings)
- (Belgium) living room
- Synonyms: huiskamer, woonkamer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English living (room).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.viŋ/
Noun
living m (plural livings)
- living room
Further reading
- “living”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping of English living room.
Noun
living m
- living room
- Synonym: soggiorno
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English living-room.
Noun
living n (plural livinguri)
- living room
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English living (room).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlibin/ [ˈli.β̞ĩn]
- Rhymes: -ibin
Noun
living m (plural livings)
- (Rioplatense, Chile) living room
- Synonym: sala de estar
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “living”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10