timing

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/ Rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ === Noun === timing (countable and uncountable, plural timings) (countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event. (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events. (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens. (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. (countable) An instance of recording the time of something. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === timing present participle and gerund of time === Anagrams === miting == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ti‧ming === Noun === timing a type of fish trap === Anagrams === miting == Chinese == === Etymology === From English timing. === Pronunciation === === Noun === timing (Hong Kong Cantonese) timing (the time when something happens) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English timing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯.mɪŋ/ Hyphenation: ti‧ming === Noun === timing m (plural timings, no diminutive) timing (synchronisation; regulation of pace or time) ==== Related terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English timing. === Noun === timing m (plural timings) synchronization pace timing === Further reading === “timing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English timing. === Pronunciation === === Noun === timing m (uncountable) timing (time when something happens) === Further reading === “timing”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “timing”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English timing. === Noun === timing n (plural timinguri) timing ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English timing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaimin/ [ˈt̪ai̯.mĩn] Rhymes: -aimin === Noun === timing m (uncountable) timing (time when something happens) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.