handling

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhændlɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ændl̩ɪŋ, -ændlɪŋ Hyphenation: hand‧ling === Etymology 1 === From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”). ==== Noun ==== handling (countable and uncountable, plural handlings) A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c. (obsolete) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something. (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From handle. ==== Verb ==== handling present participle and gerund of handle == Danish == === Etymology === From handle +‎ -ing. === Noun === handling c (singular definite handlingen, plural indefinite handlinger) action, act Coordinate term: gerning the plot, storyline (of a movie etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “handling” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From handle +‎ -ing. === Noun === handling f or m (definite singular handlinga or handlingen, indefinite plural handlinger, definite plural handlingene) an act, deed action the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction shopping; the action of visiting shops ==== Derived terms ==== terrorhandling voldshandling === References === “handling” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From handle +‎ -ing. === Noun === handling f (definite singular handlinga, indefinite plural handlingar, definite plural handlingane) an act, deed action the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction shopping; the action of visiting shops ==== Derived terms ==== terrorhandling valdshandling === References === “handling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English handling. === Noun === handling n (uncountable) baggage handling in the airport ==== Declension ==== === References === handling in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Swedish == === Etymology === handla +‎ -ing === Pronunciation === === Noun === handling c an act, a deed an act, a document action the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction shopping; the action of visiting shops ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== terrorhandling