telling

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

telling

1. present participle and gerund of tell

Adjective

telling (comparative more telling, superlative most telling)

2. Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.

4. Revealing information; bearing significance.
6. Serving to convince.

Translations

Derived terms

• tellingly
• tellingness

Etymology 2

Gerund from the verb tell, from tell +‎ -ing.

Noun

telling (countable and uncountable, plural tellings)

1. The act of narration.
2. The disclosure of information.
3. (archaic) Counting, numbering.
4. (chiefly in the negative) Ability to determine.

Synonyms

• (counting, numbering): enumeration; see also Thesaurus:counting

Derived terms

Anagrams

• gillnet, gill net

Dutch

Etymology

From tellen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tel‧ling

Noun

telling f (plural tellingen, diminutive tellinkje n)

1. counting, count

Derived terms

• jaartelling

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From telle +‎ -ing.

Noun

telling f or m (definite singular tellinga or tellingen, indefinite plural tellinger, definite plural tellingene)

1. counting, a count (act of counting)

Derived terms

• folketelling
• nedtelling

See also

• teljing (Nynorsk)

References

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

West Frisian

Etymology

From telle +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlɪŋ/

Noun

telling c (plural tellingen)

1. counting, count

Derived terms

• jiertelling

Further reading

• “telling”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011