ending

== 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) A termination or conclusion. The last part of something. (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 ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Cantonese: ending → Japanese: エンディング (endingu) → Korean: 엔딩 (ending) ===== 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 present participle and gerund of end === Anagrams === Ningde, ginned == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ending. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ending (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending (end) (Classifier: 個／个 c) (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending theme; end title sequence (Classifier: 首 c) === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == Icelandic == === Etymology === From enda +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛn.tiŋk/ Rhymes: -ɛntiŋk === Noun === ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar) durability (grammar) ending, suffix ==== Declension ==== === References === “ending” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Middle English == === Noun === ending alternative form of endynge == 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) the act of ending; finishing Synonym: endelse (grammar) an ending (the last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form) Synonym: endelse (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) (grammar) ending (last part of a word) === References === “ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.