bowling

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/, [ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ] (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊlɪŋ/ Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ === Verb === bowling present participle and gerund of bowl === Noun === bowling (uncountable) A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling (New England) Candlepin bowling. Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors. (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture. (gerund) The action of the verb bowl. (Ireland) Road bowling. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: bowling → Dutch: bowling → French: bowling → German: Bowling → Indonesian: boling → Italian: bowling → Latin: bowling → Malay: boling → Norwegian: bowling → Portuguese: bólingue → Swedish: bowling → Tagalog: boling → Vietnamese: bowling ==== Translations ==== === See also === boules bowls crown green bowling lawn bowls ninepins skittles 🎳 (emoji) === Anagrams === blowing == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bowling. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔwleŋ/, [ˈb̥ɒwleŋ] === Noun === bowling c (singular definite bowlingen, not used in plural form) bowling ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bowling” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bowling. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboː.lɪŋ/ Hyphenation: bow‧ling Rhymes: -oːlɪŋ === Noun === bowling c (uncountable, no diminutive) bowling; tenpin bowling === Noun === bowling c (plural bowlings, no diminutive) bowling alley Synonyms: bowlinghal, bowlingbaan, bowlingcentrum ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bowling. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.liŋ/, /bo.liŋ/ === Noun === bowling m (plural bowlings) bowling Elle adore jouer au bowling. ― She loves to play bowling. a place where one can play bowling === Further reading === “bowling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. In the sense "bowling alley", a Pseudo-anglicism. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bowling m (invariable) ten-pin bowling bowling alley == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔw.liŋk/ Rhymes: -ɔwliŋk Syllabification: bow‧ling === Noun === bowling m inan tenpin bowling ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === bowling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN bowling in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. === Noun === bowling m (invariable) alternative spelling of bólingue === Further reading === “bowling”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. === Noun === bowling n (uncountable) bowling ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboulin/ [ˈbou̯.lĩn] Rhymes: -oulin === Noun === bowling m (plural bowlings) bowling alley bowling === Further reading === “bowling”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. Attested since 1925. === Noun === bowling c bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== kägla (“bowling pin”) ==== See also ==== bowlinghall (“bowling alley”) bowlingklot (“bowling ball”) bowlingsko (“bowling shoe”) === References === “bowling”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bowling”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)