"fainting" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fainting.ogg [US] Forms: faintings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English feinting, equivalent to faint + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feinting}} Middle English feinting, {{suffix|en|faint|ing}} faint + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} fainting (plural faintings)
  1. An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness. Translations (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness): desmai (Catalan), kuyap (Cebuano), lipong (Cebuano), 昏暈 (Chinese Mandarin), 昏晕 (hūnyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), mdloba [feminine] (Czech), omdlení [neuter] (Czech), pyörtyminen (Finnish), pökertyminen (Finnish), syncope (French), évanouissement (French), trastavai [masculine] (Galician), testabau [masculine] (Galician), agavante [masculine] (Galician), dada [masculine] (Galician), desvano [masculine] (Galician), esvaimento [masculine] (Galician), Ohnmacht (German), λιποθυμία (lipothymía) [feminine] (Greek), ájulás (Hungarian), pingsan (Indonesian), syncope (Interlingua), svenimento (Italian), 失神 (shisshin) (alt: しっしん) (Japanese), liping (Kapampangan), pengsan (Malay), desmaio (Portuguese), síncope (Portuguese), о́бморок (óbmorok) [masculine] (Russian), fannachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), desmayo (Spanish), himatay (Tagalog), మూర్ఛ (mūrcha) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-fainting-en-noun-aTURAzYX

Verb

IPA: /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fainting.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English feinting, equivalent to faint + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feinting}} Middle English feinting, {{suffix|en|faint|ing}} faint + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fainting
  1. present participle and gerund of faint Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: faint
    Sense id: en-fainting-en-verb-nQPLRlSH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 26 74

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
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      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
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      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
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      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
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      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
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      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fannachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
      "word": "desmayo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
      "word": "himatay"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mūrcha",
      "sense": "an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness",
      "word": "మూర్ఛ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fainting"
  ],
  "word": "fainting"
}

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