bowling
See also: Bowling
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/, [ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊlɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
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Verb edit
bowling
- present participle and gerund of bowl
Noun edit
bowling (uncountable)
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: bólingue
Translations edit
a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
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several similar games
(cricket) propelling the ball towards the batsman
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a walking style
action of the verb “to bowl”
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bowling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bowling c (singular definite bowlingen, not used in plural form)
Declension edit
Declension of bowling
common gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bowling | bowlingen |
genitive | bowlings | bowlingens |
Further reading edit
- “bowling” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bowling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bowling m (plural bowlings)
- bowling
- Elle adore jouer au bowling. ― She loves to play bowling.
- a place where one can play bowling
Further reading edit
- “bowling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. In the sense "bowling alley", a Pseudo-anglicism.
Noun edit
bowling m (invariable)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bowling m inan
Declension edit
Declension of bowling
singular | |
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nominative | bowling |
genitive | bowlingu |
dative | bowlingowi |
accusative | bowling |
instrumental | bowlingiem |
locative | bowlingu |
vocative | bowlingu |
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.
Noun edit
bowling m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of bólingue
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.
Noun edit
bowling n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of bowling (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) bowling | bowlingul |
genitive/dative | (unui) bowling | bowlingului |
vocative | bowlingule |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bowling m (plural bowlings)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. Attested since 1925.
Noun edit
bowling c
- bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Declension edit
Declension of bowling | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | bowling | bowlingen | — | — |
Genitive | bowlings | bowlingens | — | — |
Related terms edit
- kägla (“bowling pin”)
See also edit
- bowlinghall (“bowling alley”)
- bowlingklot (“bowling ball”)
- bowlingsko (“bowling shoe”)