ending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛndɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

• Audio (Canada):

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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)

1. A termination or conclusion.
2. The last part of something.

   The book has a happy ending.

   The film has an unexpected ending.

3. (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.

Synonyms

• (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
• (last part of something): end, finale
• (grammar): termination, suffix

Derived terms

• bad ending
• case ending
• double-ending
• Elam ending
• fairytale ending
• fairy-tale ending
• feminine ending
• good beginning makes a good ending
• good ending
• happy ending
• harem ending
• Hollywood ending
• masculine ending
• nerve ending
• never-ending
• true ending
• world-ending
• world ending
• zero ending

 

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

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)

grammar: last morpheme of a word — see termination

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დასასრული (dasasruli)

Etymology 2

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end +‎ -ing.

Verb

ending

1. present participle and gerund of end

Anagrams

• Ningde, ginned

Chinese

Etymology

From English ending.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹ ding²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: en¹ ding²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: en¹ ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ tɪŋ³⁵/

Noun

ending

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending (end) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ending theme; end title sequence (Classifier: 首 c)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Icelandic

Etymology

From enda +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.tiŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɛntiŋk

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

1. durability
2. (grammar) ending, suffix

References

• “ending” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Middle English

Noun

ending

1. Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål

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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ
• Hyphenation: end‧ing

Noun

ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

1. the act of ending; finishing

   Synonym: endelse

2. (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.)

3. (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).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende +‎ -ing.

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References

• “ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.