"ling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /li(ː)ŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ling.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lings [plural], ling [plural]
enPR: lĭng [General-American], lēng [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ Etymology: From Middle English lenge, lienge, from Middle French leynge (compare French lingue), from Middle Dutch *lenge. Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lenge}} Middle English lenge, {{m|enm|lienge}} lienge, {{der|en|frm|leynge}} Middle French leynge, {{cog|fr|lingue}} French lingue, {{der|en|dum|*lenge}} Middle Dutch *lenge, {{cog|non|langa}} Old Norse langa, {{m|en|long}} long Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|ling}} ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)
  1. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Gadiforms Translations (Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva): llengua de bacallà [feminine] (Catalan), mník [masculine] (Czech), leng [masculine] (Dutch), longa [feminine] (Faroese), molva (Finnish), lotte [feminine] (French), maruca [feminine] (Galician), langa [feminine] (Icelandic), langa [masculine] (Irish), bod mór [masculine] (Irish), hoka (Maori), hokarari (Maori), langa [feminine] (Old Norse), langa [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), maruca [feminine] (Spanish), långa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ling-en-noun-oFzE3z0O Disambiguation of Gadiforms: 56 18 4 20 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 23 7 26 5 Disambiguation of 'Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva': 82 18
  2. A common ling (Molva molva). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ling-en-noun-dSMARFlc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blue ling (taxonomic: Molva dypterygia), common ling (taxonomic: Molva molva)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /li(ː)ŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ling.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lings [plural], ling [plural]
enPR: lĭng [General-American], lēng [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ Etymology: From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyng}} Middle English lyng, {{der|en|non|lyng}} Old Norse lyng Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|ling}} ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)
  1. Any of various varieties of heather or broom. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ling-en-noun-en:heather
  2. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
    Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Heather family plants
    Sense id: en-ling-en-noun-en:heather1 Disambiguation of Heather family plants: 25 13 16 43 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Any of various varieties of heather or broom): калуна (kaluna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bruguerola [feminine] (Catalan), vřes [masculine] (Czech), kanerva (english: heather) (Finnish), queiroa [feminine] (Galician), uz [feminine] (Galician), carroucha [feminine] (Galician), carpaza [feminine] (Galician), Besenheide [feminine] (German), fraoch [masculine] (Irish), brugo [masculine] (Italian), lyng (Middle English), fraoch [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ljung [common-gender] (Swedish), grug [feminine] (Welsh)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'Any of various varieties of heather or broom': 50 50

Noun

IPA: /lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /li(ː)ŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ling.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: lĭng [General-American], lēng [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ling (uncountable)
  1. (informal) Clipping of linguistics. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: linguistics
    Sense id: en-ling-en-noun-m6MkOAMR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "hoka"
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          "lang": "Maori",
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        "Any of various varieties of heather or broom."
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      "roman": "kaluna",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
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      ],
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      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
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      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "queiroa"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carroucha"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carpaza"
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      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
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      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
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}
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      "ipa": "/li(ː)ŋ/",
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        "General-American"
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        "General-American"
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        "General-American"
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      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "word": "molva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bod mór"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "word": "hoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
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      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "langa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maruca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "långa"
    }
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  ],
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}

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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
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    "en:Heather family plants"
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      "expansion": "Middle English lyng",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "Any of various varieties of heather or broom."
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          "heather"
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          "broom",
          "broom"
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      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 28",
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        },
        {
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        "Any of various varieties of heather or broom.",
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          "broom",
          "broom"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/li(ː)ŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ling.wav",
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "enpr": "lĭng",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lēng",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kaluna",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "калуна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruguerola"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vřes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "heather",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "word": "kanerva"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "queiroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uz"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carroucha"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carpaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Besenheide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fraoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fraoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ljung"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grug"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ling"
  ],
  "word": "ling"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/iŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/iŋ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪŋ/1 syllable",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English informal terms"
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        "Clipping of linguistics."
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          "linguistics#English"
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        "(informal) Clipping of linguistics."
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/li(ː)ŋ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iŋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĭng",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lēng",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ling"
  ],
  "word": "ling"
}

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