"scaffolding" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskæfəldɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈskæˌfoʊldɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaffolding.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scaffoldings [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English scaffaldyng, skaffaldyng, equivalent to scaffold + -ing. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|scaffaldyng|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English scaffaldyng, {{inh+|en|enm|scaffaldyng}} Inherited from Middle English scaffaldyng, {{m|enm|skaffaldyng}} skaffaldyng, {{af|en|scaffold|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} scaffold + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} scaffolding (usually uncountable, plural scaffoldings)
  1. A temporary modular system of tubes (or formerly wood) forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (system of tubes or poles used to support people and material): ἴκρια (íkria) [neuter, plural] (Ancient Greek), سِقَالَات (siqālāt) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), سَقَّالَات (saʔʔalāt) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine, plural] (Arabic), سِقَالة (sigāla) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), փայտամած (pʻaytamac) (Armenian), լաստակ (lastak) (Armenian), баҫма (baśma) (Bashkir), bastida [feminine] (Catalan), 腳手架 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚手架 (jiǎoshǒujià) (Chinese Mandarin), lešení [neuter] (Czech), steiger [common-gender] (Dutch), skafaldo (Esperanto), tellingud [plural] (Estonian), rakennusteline (Finnish), échafaudage [masculine] (French), ხარაჩო (xaračo) (Georgian), Baugerüst [neuter] (German), Gerüst [neuter] (German), σκαλωσιά (skalosiá) [feminine] (Greek), ικρίωμα (ikríoma) [neuter] (Greek), פיגום [masculine] (Hebrew), állványzat (Hungarian), állvány (Hungarian), eshafodo (Ido), scafalra [masculine] (Irish), ponteggio [masculine] (Italian), impalcatura [feminine] (Italian), 足場 (ashiba) (alt: あしば) (Japanese), құрылыс сатылары (qūrylys satylary) (Kazakh), 비계 (bigye) (alt: 飛階) (Korean), scammalt [masculine] (Manx), rangitupu (Maori), tīrewa (Maori), stillas [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), stillas [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rusztowanie [neuter] (Polish), andaime [masculine] (Portuguese), eşafodaj [neuter] (Romanian), леса́ (lesá) [plural] (Russian), скеле [Cyrillic, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), skele [Roman, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), puntiju (Sicilian), andamiaje (Spanish), andamio (Spanish), byggnadsställning [common-gender] (Swedish), นั่งร้าน (nâng-ráan) (Thai), iskele (Turkish), риштува́ння (ryštuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), giàn (Vietnamese), sgaffaldiau [plural] (Welsh), רישטעוואַניע (rishtevanye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-scaffolding-en-noun-M1lBMmax Disambiguation of 'system of tubes or poles used to support people and material': 93 3 4
  2. (programming) Source code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-scaffolding-en-noun-BESWSWNo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 38 12 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 45 15 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 21 49 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  3. (figurative) Any framework or support. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-scaffolding-en-noun-eTnd3EjA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 38 12 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scaffolding tower Related terms: scaffold, scaffolder
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskæfəldɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈskæˌfoʊldɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaffolding.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From scaffold + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|scaffold|-ing|id2=participial}} scaffold + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scaffolding
  1. present participle and gerund of scaffold Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: scaffold Categories (topical): Construction
    Sense id: en-scaffolding-en-verb-FsOaG06y Disambiguation of Construction: 23 29 12 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 38 12 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 12 27 17 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "rakennusteline"
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          "word": "ponteggio"
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          "alt": "あしば",
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          "word": "足場"
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          "word": "құрылыс сатылары"
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          "alt": "飛階",
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          "word": "비계"
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          "word": "rangitupu"
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          "word": "tīrewa"
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          "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
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          "word": "rusztowanie"
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          "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
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          "word": "eşafodaj"
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          "word": "леса́"
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          "word": "นั่งร้าน"
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          "word": "iskele"
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      "roman": "nâng-ráan",
      "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
      "word": "นั่งร้าน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
      "word": "iskele"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ryštuvánnja",
      "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "риштува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
      "word": "giàn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sgaffaldiau"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rishtevanye",
      "sense": "system of tubes or poles used to support people and material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רישטעוואַניע"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "scaffolding"
  ],
  "word": "scaffolding"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing (participial)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verb forms",
    "en:Construction"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scaffold",
        "3": "-ing",
        "id2": "participial"
      },
      "expansion": "scaffold + -ing",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From scaffold + -ing.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "scaffolding",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "scaffold"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of scaffold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scaffold",
          "scaffold#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæfəldɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæˌfoʊldɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaffolding.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scaffolding.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scaffolding.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scaffolding.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scaffolding.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "scaffolding"
  ],
  "word": "scaffolding"
}

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