"Carling" meaning in English

See Carling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Carlings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Carling (countable and uncountable, plural Carlings)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Carling-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Canada, Townships in Ontario, Canada Related terms: Carlin
    Sense id: en-Carling-en-name-3iuHMu85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 48 37 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 47 36 13
  3. A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in France, Places in Grand Est, France, Places in Moselle, France
    Sense id: en-Carling-en-name-EVhuAAGw Categories (other): Communes of Moselle, France, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 35 49 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Carlings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Carlingusbor. English Carling From Medieval Latin Carlingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Carl + -ing. Cognate with Middle High German Kärling, Middle French Carlinge. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la-med:Carlingus|id=descendant of Charles Martel|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Carlingusbor. English Carling, {{bor|en|la-med|Carlingus}} Medieval Latin Carlingus, {{der|en|frk|-}} Frankish, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*karil}} Proto-West Germanic *karil, {{surf|en|Carl|-ing<id:diminutive>}} By surface analysis, Carl + -ing, {{cog|gmh|Kärling}} Middle High German Kärling, {{cog|frm|Carlinge}} Middle French Carlinge Head templates: {{en-noun}} Carling (plural Carlings)
  1. Alternative form of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Caroling (extra: a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian) Derived forms: Carlingian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːlɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Carling"
}

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