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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
sailing en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Travelling by ship.
Deriveds
sailingly
Translations (17)
tl paglalayag (travelling by ship) · de segeln (travelling by ship) · es velerista (travelling by ship) · fi purjehtiva (travelling by ship) · sv seglande (travelling by ship) · eo velanta (travelling by ship) · sq Lundrim (travelling by ship) · no seilende (travelling by ship) · bg ветроходен (travelling by ship) · pl żeglować (travelling by ship) · fi purjehdus- (travelling by ship) · eo lofi (travelling by ship) · eo veladi (travelling by ship) · eo navigi (travelling by ship) · ta படகோட்டம் (travelling by ship) · eo ŝipiri (travelling by ship) · he שַׁיִט (travelling by ship)
sailing en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of sail
sailing en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English seyling, sayling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (“sailing”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō (“sailing”); equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German sēgelinge (“sailing”), Swedish segling (“sailing”), Icelandic sigling (“sailing”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
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(countable, uncountable) Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
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(countable, uncountable) The time of departure from a port.
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(countable) A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
'Then I should like a full list of the warships in Pentland Harbour, recent sailings, and those expected, please. The "Navy List" I suppose you have here?'
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:New ships were built to the order of the Great Eastern Railway, and the service frequency increased, until March 1879, saw a sailing every weekday to Rotterdam, and a thrice-weekly service to Antwerp.
1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
Forms
Deriveds
land sailing · sailing vessel · daysailing · plain-sailing · boardsailing · traverse sailing · sailing dinghy · oblique sailing · sailing boat · clear sailing · sailing yacht · sailing ship · Thames sailing barge · smooth sailing · plain sailing · plane sailing · stadium sailing · sailing-ice · nonsailing · sailing-master · rhumb sailing
Translations (46)
pl żeglarstwo (motion across water) · it navigazione (motion across water) · fr navigation la voile (motion across water) · eo velado (motion across water) · el ιστιοπλοΐα (motion across water) · oc navegacion a vela (motion across water) · ar إِبْحَار (motion across water) · es navegación (motion across water) · sv segling (motion across water) · la velificatio (motion across water) · nb seilas (motion across water) · cs plachtění (motion across water) · fi lähtöaika (time of departure) · nb seiling (motion across water) · eo navigado (motion across water) · ja 帆走 (motion across water) · ca navegació a vela (motion across water) · fi purjehtiminen (motion across water) · sh једрење (motion across water) · hu vitorlázás (motion across water) · bg ветроходство (motion across water) · gl vela (motion across water) · eo lofado (motion across water) · eo ŝipiro (motion across water) · el ιστιοπλοΐα (skill to operate a vessel) · es navegación a vela (motion across water) · bg отплаване (time of departure) · bg ветроходство (skill to operate a vessel) · mk пловење (motion across water) · es náutica (skill to operate a vessel) · es velerismo (motion across water) · sh jedrenje (motion across water) · cmn 航行 (motion across water) · pt navegação (motion across water) · de Segeln (motion across water) · nb seiltur (motion across water) · pl żeglowanie (motion across water) · fi navigointi (skill to operate a vessel) · ko 항해 (motion across water) · fr navigation à voile (motion across water) · nb seiling (scheduled voyage) · he שֵׁיט מִפְרָשִׂים (motion across water) · nl zeilen (motion across water) · pt vela (motion across water) · ru па́русный спорт (motion across water) · fi purjehdus (scheduled voyage)