fighting

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/, [ˈfaɪ.ɾɪŋ] (Canadian raising) IPA(key): /ˈfʌɪ.tɪŋ/, [ˈfʌɪ.ɾɪŋ] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɑɪ.tɪŋ/, [ˈfɑɪ.ɾɪŋ] === Etymology 1 === From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight +‎ -ing. ==== Adjective ==== fighting Engaged in war or other conflict. Apt to provoke a fight. 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26: It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains. 1947, Hold That Lion! (film): Them's fighting words in my country! ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fighting present participle and gerund of fight === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== fighting (countable and uncountable, plural fightings) The act or process of contending; violence or conflict. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Korean: 파이팅 (paiting) → Korean: 화이팅 (hwaiting), 홧팅 (hwat'ting) — clipping, ㅎㅇㅌ — chat abbreviation→ Chinese: fighting→ Japanese: ファイティン (faitin) → Russian: фа́йтинг (fájting) ===== Translations ===== == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Korean 화이팅 (hwaiting) or 파이팅 (paiting), from English fighting. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === fighting (slang) go for it (to put maximum effort into achieving something) 附中六年，套路滿滿，一定帶著喜訊回來！附中人fighting！ [MSC, trad.]附中六年，套路满满，一定带着喜讯回来！附中人fighting！ [MSC, simp.]From: 2016, 关晓彤晒高中最后一课 抬腿贴黑板摆拍, 新浪娱乐Fùzhōng liù nián, tàolù mǎnmǎn, yīdìng dài zhe xǐxùn huílái! Fùzhōngrén fighting! [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this usage example) 運動會使整個人精神起來！正在衝向馬甲線寶寶們的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, trad.]运动会使整个人精神起来！正在冲向马甲线宝宝们的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, simp.]From: 2016, 赵本山女儿晒健身照 短发清爽欲练马甲线, 新浪娱乐Yùndònghuì shǐ zhěnggè rén jīngshén qǐlái! Zhèngzài chōng xiàng mǎjiǎxiàn bǎobaomen de hángliè zhōng! Fighting! [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this usage example) 大喬fighting！ [MSC, trad.]大乔fighting！ [MSC, simp.]From: 2018, 《脱身》玩转粉色幽默 陈坤万茜“放飞自我”, 网易娱乐Dà Qiáo fighting! [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this usage example)