titling

== English == === Etymology 1 === See title. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtaɪtl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈtaɪtlɪŋ/ ==== Verb ==== titling present participle and gerund of title ==== Noun ==== titling (plural titlings) The act of giving something a title, or of impressing the title on the back of a book. (law) A legal right to a property; holding a title. === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. Superficially tit (“a small bird”) +‎ -ling (“small”). Attested from the 16th century. Probably from Icelandic titlingr (“tit sparrow”), Old Norse titlingr (“sparrow”). Compare Old Norse tittr (“titmouse”). Also see Middle English titmose (“titmouse”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɪtlɪŋ/ ==== Noun ==== titling (plural titlings) The hedge sparrow, dunnock, titlene, Prunella modularis. The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). (obsolete, in customhouses) Stockfish. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “titling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “tit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “titling2”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === Tlingit, litting, tilting