ending en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛndɪŋ/
- (Canada) audio
Etymology
From Middle English endynge, endyng, endinge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
Meanings
- A termination or conclusion.
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The last part of something.
Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for the world, as we know it, as we have seen it, yields but one ending: death, disintegration, dismemberment, and the crucifixion of our heart with the passing of the forms that we have loved.
1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 25:The film has an unexpected ending.
The book has a happy ending.
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The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.
2002, Ilse Wischer, Gabriele Diewald, New Reflections on Grammaticalization, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| endings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nerve ending · Hollywood ending · good ending · double-ending · masculine ending · never-ending · endingless · feminine ending · zero ending · world-ending · case ending · happy ending · good beginning makes a good ending · bad ending · Elam ending · harem ending · true ending · fairytale ending · world ending · fairy-tale ending
Descendants
Synonyms
end (termination or conclusion) · suffix · finale (last part of something) · termination · end (last part of something) · termination (termination or conclusion) · conclusion (termination or conclusion)
Translations (103)
be канча́так (last part of something) · pt finalização (termination or conclusion) · cmn 結束 /结束 (termination or conclusion) · ca final (last part of something) · es finalización (termination or conclusion) · bg край (termination or conclusion) · ru оконча́ние (last part of something) · la exitus (termination or conclusion) · bg завършък (last part of something) · fr fin (termination or conclusion) · de Ablauf (termination or conclusion) · nb endelse (termination or conclusion) · la terminus (last part of something) · nb ending (termination or conclusion) · mi porotutukitanga (termination or conclusion) · fi loppu (last part of something) · bg завършване (termination or conclusion) · nb endelse (last part of something) · ja 結び (termination or conclusion) · hy վախճան (termination or conclusion) · ca fi (termination or conclusion) · uk закі́нчення (last part of something) · fi loppu (termination or conclusion) · it finale (last part of something) · la exitus (last part of something) · da afslutning (termination or conclusion) · la extremum (termination or conclusion) · pt terminação (termination or conclusion) · la finis (termination or conclusion) · nl beëindiging (termination or conclusion) · mk завр́шеток (termination or conclusion) · be кане́ц (last part of something) · ro sfârșit (last part of something) · ru коне́ц (termination or conclusion) · la peractio (termination or conclusion) · fi loppuosa (last part of something) · oc final (termination or conclusion) · de Beendigung (termination or conclusion) · uk кіне́ць (last part of something) · nn avslutning (termination or conclusion) · ca final (termination or conclusion) · nb avslutning (termination or conclusion) · nb ending (last part of something) · nb ende (last part of something) · uk заве́ршення (termination or conclusion) · nrf finnissement (termination or conclusion) · es final (last part of something) · cmn 結局 /结局 (last part of something) · wa coron (last part of something) · mk до́кажок (termination or conclusion) · la extremum (last part of something) · la extremus (last part of something) · hy ավարտ (termination or conclusion) · da slutning (termination or conclusion) · it fine (termination or conclusion) · ru оконча́ние (termination or conclusion) · pt conclusão (termination or conclusion) · wa finixhmint (termination or conclusion) · ru коне́ц (last part of something) · bg завършек (termination or conclusion) · bg завършек (last part of something) · ko 종결 (termination or conclusion) · ro sfârșit (termination or conclusion) · pt fim (last part of something) · it chiusura (termination or conclusion) · el κατάληξη (last part of something) · mi poronga (last part of something) · fi päätös (termination or conclusion) · pt final (last part of something) · be заканчэ́нне (termination or conclusion) · ja 結末 (termination or conclusion) · wa dibout (last part of something) · ja 終わり (termination or conclusion) · hy վերջ (last part of something) · fi loppuminen (termination or conclusion) · da ende (last part of something) · pt fim (termination or conclusion) · lad fin (last part of something) · wa fén (termination or conclusion) · yi סוף (last part of something) · la extremus (termination or conclusion) · it cessazione (termination or conclusion) · ro final (termination or conclusion) · la exitus (termination or conclusion) · el πέρας (last part of something) · de Ende (termination or conclusion) · uk закі́нчення (termination or conclusion) · la terminus (termination or conclusion) · it termine (last part of something) · pt término (termination or conclusion) · it terminazione (termination or conclusion) · io konkluzo (termination or conclusion) · bg завършък (termination or conclusion) · ro încheiere (termination or conclusion) · pt final (termination or conclusion) · nb slutt (termination or conclusion) · la finis (last part of something) · ru заверше́ние (termination or conclusion) · de Ende (last part of something) · oc fin (termination or conclusion) · bg край (last part of something) · mk крај (termination or conclusion) · la peractio (last part of something)