swimming en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈswɪmiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing
- /ˈswɪmɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
Triathlon competitors take part in open water swimming.
The daring adventures of the American people in their scalings of the Alps and the Rocky mountains and in their swimmings across the Niagara rapids […]
1909, Swami Rama Tirtha, In Woods of God-realization: The pole star within, 7th edition:Though we don’t all reach nirvana when we swim, swimming may well be that last refuge from connectivity — and, for some, the only way to find the solitary self.
2014 February 14, Bonnie Tsui, “The Self-Reflecting Pool”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swimmings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
swimming crab · swimingness · swimming shorts · swimming goggles · swimming cap · upswimming · free-swimming · swimming hole · wild swimming · paraswimming · swimming pool · artistic swimming · swimming bell · nightswimming · swimming diaper · synchronized swimming · swimming briefs · finswimming · swimming costume · oblique-swimming triplefin · ice swimming · synchronised swimming · swimming stone · backswimming · nonswimming · swimming trunks · swimming nappy · swimming bath
Translations (88)
sv simning (human activity of moving oneself through water) · nrf nagegie (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ka ცურვა (human activity of moving oneself through water) · bg плу́ване (human activity of moving oneself through water) · pl pływactwo (human activity of moving oneself through water) · km ការហែលទឹក (human activity of moving oneself through water) · eo naĝado (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ja 水泳 (human activity of moving oneself through water) · is sund (human activity of moving oneself through water) · fa-ira شِنا (human activity of moving oneself through water) · wa bagnaedje (human activity of moving oneself through water) · aht nbae (human activity of moving oneself through water) · yi שוווּם (human activity of moving oneself through water) · cmn 泳 (human activity of moving oneself through water) · de Schwimmen (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ko 수영 (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ug سۇ ئۈزۈش (human activity of moving oneself through water) · vi bơi lội (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ga snámh (human activity of moving oneself through water) · nay wrukun (human activity of moving oneself through water) · sh пли̏ва̄ње (human activity of moving oneself through water) · es nadadura (human activity of moving oneself through water) · pl pływanie (human activity of moving oneself through water) · nan-hbl 游泳 (human activity of moving oneself through water) · fa-ira شِناوَری (human activity of moving oneself through water) · tr yüzme (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ckb مەلەوانی (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ms berenang (human activity of moving oneself through water) · sh plȉvānje (human activity of moving oneself through water) · tg шиноварӣ (human activity of moving oneself through water) · nb svømming (human activity of moving oneself through water) · fr natation (human activity of moving oneself through water) · sl plavanje (human activity of moving oneself through water) · mk пливање (human activity of moving oneself through water) · wa nedjaedje (human activity of moving oneself through water) · fr nage (human activity of moving oneself through water) · sk plávanie (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ru пла́вание (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ur تَیراکی (human activity of moving oneself through water) · az üzgüçülük (human activity of moving oneself through water) · uz suzish (human activity of moving oneself through water) · uk пла́вання (human activity of moving oneself through water) · cmn 游泳 (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ota یوزمه (human activity of moving oneself through water) · it nuoto (human activity of moving oneself through water) · as সাঁতোৰা (human activity of moving oneself through water) · yue 游泳 (human activity of moving oneself through water) · tg шино (human activity of moving oneself through water) · nl zwemmen (human activity of moving oneself through water) · or ପହଁରା (human activity of moving oneself through water) · be пла́ваньне (human activity of moving oneself through water) · wa naiviaedje (human activity of moving oneself through water) · hy լող (human activity of moving oneself through water) · my ရေကူးခြင်း (human activity of moving oneself through water) · lt plaukimas (human activity of moving oneself through water) · wrh bambinya (human activity of moving oneself through water) · hu úszás (human activity of moving oneself through water) · pt natação (human activity of moving oneself through water) · qu wamp'uy (human activity of moving oneself through water) · lv peldēšana (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ml നീന്തൽ (human activity of moving oneself through water) · he שְׂחִיָּה (human activity of moving oneself through water) · es nado (human activity of moving oneself through water) · grc κολυμβάς (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ar سِبَاحَة (human activity of moving oneself through water) · sq not (human activity of moving oneself through water) · da svømning (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ang sund (human activity of moving oneself through water) · bn সাঁতার (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ky сүзүү (human activity of moving oneself through water) · kk жүзу (human activity of moving oneself through water) · th การว่ายน้ำ (human activity of moving oneself through water) · be пла́ванне (human activity of moving oneself through water) · hi तैराकी (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ro înot (human activity of moving oneself through water) · cmn 游 (human activity of moving oneself through water) · el κολύμβηση (human activity of moving oneself through water) · as সাঁতোৰ (human activity of moving oneself through water) · cy nofio (human activity of moving oneself through water) · fi uiminen (human activity of moving oneself through water) · fi uinti (human activity of moving oneself through water) · rup nutare (human activity of moving oneself through water) · ca natació (human activity of moving oneself through water) · id berenang (human activity of moving oneself through water) · et ujumine (human activity of moving oneself through water) · cs plavání (human activity of moving oneself through water) · nn symjing (human activity of moving oneself through water) · es natación (human activity of moving oneself through water)