Etymology 1
From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
Noun
ending (plural endings)
- A termination or conclusion.
- The last part of something.
The book has a happy ending.
The film has an unexpected ending.
- (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
Translations
termination or conclusion
- Armenian: ավարտ (hy) (avart), վախճան (hy) (vaxčan)
- Belarusian: заканчэ́нне n (zakančénnje)
- Bulgarian: край (bg) m (kraj), завършване (bg) n (zavǎršvane)
- Catalan: fi (ca) f, final (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 結束/结束 (zh) (jiéshù)
- Danish: slutning c, afslutning (da) c
- Dutch: beëindiging (nl) f
- Finnish: loppu (fi), loppuminen (fi), päätös (fi)
- French: fin (fr) f
- German: Ende (de) n, Ablauf (de) m, Beendigung (de) f
- Ido: konkluzo (io)
- Italian: terminazione (it) f, cessazione (it) f, fine (it) f, chiusura (it) f
- Japanese: 終わり (ja) (おわり, owari), 結末 (ja) (けつまつ, ketsumatsu), 結び (ja) (むすび, musubi)
- Korean: 종결(終結) (ko) (jonggyeol)
- Latin: exitus n, finis (la) m or f, exitus m, terminus (la) m, extremum n, peractio f, extremus m
- Macedonian: крај m (kraj), завр́шеток m (zavŕšetok), до́кажок m (dókažok)
- Maori: porotutukitanga
- Norman: finnissement m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: avslutning (no) m or f, ending m or f, endelse m, slutt m
- Nynorsk: avslutning
- Occitan: fin (oc) f, final (oc) m
- Portuguese: fim (pt) m, final (pt) m, término (pt) m, conclusão (pt) f, finalização (pt) f, terminação (pt) f
- Romanian: sfârșit (ro) n, încheiere (ro) f, final (ro) n
- Russian: заверше́ние (ru) n (zaveršénije), оконча́ние (ru) n (okončánije), коне́ц (ru) m (konéc)
- Spanish: finalización (es) f
- Ukrainian: заве́ршення n (zavéršennja), закі́нчення n (zakínčennja)
- Walloon: fén (wa) f, finixhmint (wa) m
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last part of something
- Armenian: վերջ (hy) (verǰ)
- Belarusian: канча́так m (kančátak), кане́ц m (kanjéc)
- Catalan: final (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 結局/结局 (zh) (jiéjú)
- Danish: ende (da) c
- Finnish: loppu (fi), loppuosa
- German: Ende (de) n
- Greek: κατάληξη (el) f (katálixi), πέρας (el) n (péras)
- Italian: termine (it) m, finale (it) m
- Ladino: fin f
- Latin: finis (la) m or f, terminus (la) m, extremus m, exitus m, extremum n, peractio f
- Maori: poronga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ending m or f, endelse m, ende (no) m
- Portuguese: fim (pt) m, final (pt) m
- Romanian: sfârșit (ro)
- Russian: оконча́ние (ru) n (okončánije), коне́ц (ru) m (konéc)
- Spanish: final (es) m
- Ukrainian: закі́нчення n (zakínčennja), кіне́ць (uk) m (kinécʹ)
- Walloon: dibout (wa) m, coron (wa) m
- Yiddish: סוף m (sof)
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Translations to be checked
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛn.tiŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɛntiŋk
Etymology
ende + -ing, first part from Old Norse endi, endir (“end, conclusion”), from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front, forehead”), from *h₂ent- (“face, forehead, front”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛnːɪŋ/, /ˈɛndɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
- Hyphenation: end‧ing
Noun
ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)
- the act of ending; finishing
- Synonym: endelse
- (grammar) an ending (the last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form)
- Synonym: endelse
1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 137:modernisasjon (bortkastelsen av de mange endinger etc.)- modernization (the removal of the many endings, etc.)
- (poetry) the last syllable in a verse line
2008, Kurt Sweeney, Kjegler:sensibilitetens øks styrer diktene – med makt tvinger den fram mannlig, trykksterk ending i hver linje- the ax of sensibility controls the poems - with force it forces a masculine, powerful ending in each line
References
- “ending” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ending” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).