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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ling1 (ling),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) ling, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) lings. - Fishan elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- Fishthe burbot.
- Fishany of various other elongated food fishes.
- 1250–1300; Middle English ling, lenge; cognate with Dutch leng; akin to long1, Old Norse langa
- Plant Biologythe heather, Calluna vulgaris.
- Old Norse lyng
- Middle English lyng 1325–75
, - a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling;
underling), or diminutive (princeling;
duckling).
- Middle English, Old English; cognate with German -ling, Old Norse -lingr, Gothic -lings; see -le, -ing1
, - an adverbial suffix expressing direction, position, state, etc.:darkling; sideling.
- adverb, adverbial use of gradational variant lang long1 Middle English, Old English
: - Linguisticslinguistics.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ling /lɪŋ/ n ( pl ling, lings)- any of several gadoid food fishes of the northern coastal genus Molva, esp M. molva, having an elongated body with long fins
- another name for burbot
Etymology: 13th Century: probably from Low German; related to long1 ling /lɪŋ/ n - another name for heather
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse lyng -ling,1 suffix. - -ling is used to form a noun that indicates a feeling of distaste or disgust for the person or thing named:hire + -ling → hireling (= someone hired to do menial or distasteful tasks);under + -ling → underling.
- -ling is also used to form a noun that is a smaller version or example of the base word:prince + -ling → princeling;duck + -ling → duckling.
-ling-, root. - -ling- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "tongue.'' This meaning is found in such words as: bilingual, language, lingo, linguine, linguistic/s, monolingual.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ling suffix forming nouns - often derogatory a person or thing belonging to or associated with the group, activity, or quality specified: nestling, underling
- used as a diminutive: duckling
Etymology: Old English -ling, of Germanic origin; related to Icelandic -lingr, Gothic -lings -ling suffix forming adverbs - in a specified condition, manner, or direction: darkling, sideling
Etymology: Old English -ling, adverbial suffix Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ling. abbreviation for - linguistics
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