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whiting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English -ing English whiting From white + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
    • 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.

Forms

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whitings Number=Plur lexicographic

Hyponyms

Spanish white · French white · Paris white

Synonyms

whitening

Translations (11)

ca blanc d'Espanya (fine white chalk) · ru бели́ла из ме́ла (fine white chalk) · cmn 大白 (fine white chalk) · ru побе́лка (fine white chalk) · pl bielidło (fine white chalk) · cmn 白粉 (fine white chalk) · cmn 白堊 /白垩 (fine white chalk) · bg настърган тебешир (fine white chalk) · ga gealán (fine white chalk) · fi liitujauho (fine white chalk) · de Schlämmkreide (fine white chalk)

whiting en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English -ing English whiting From white + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of white
    form of white

Deriveds

whiting event · whiting-time

whiting en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English whityng, whytyng, perhaps an alteration of Old English hwītling (“whiting”), remodelled after white + -ing (diminutive suffix). Related to the colour white. Cognate with Dutch wijting (“whiting”), Old Norse hvítingr (“a kind of whale”).

Meanings

  1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
  2. (US) Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: ▸ in family Gadidae: ▸ Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
  3. (Canada) Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: ▸ in family Gadidae: ▸ Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
  4. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: ▸ in family Gadidae: ▸ A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
  5. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: ▸ in family Gadidae: ▸ A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
    • Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish. 1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:
  6. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: ▸ in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
  7. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: ▸ in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

Forms

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whitings Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

cod · cod · haddock · cusk · hake · pollock · ling

Deriveds

Bass Strait whiting · banded whiting · Flinders' sillago · school whiting · bastard whiting · King George whiting · northern king whiting · rock whiting · Carolina whiting · trumpeter whiting · western school whiting · Pacific whiting · silver whiting · king whiting · golden whiting · diver whiting · blue whiting · spotted whiting · false whiting · redspot whiting · southern school whiting · eastern school whiting · Japanese whiting · whiting-mop · winter whiting · trawl whiting · sand whiting · northern whiting · bullhead whiting · surf whiting

Hypernyms

vertebrate · creature · gadid · fish · gadiform · animal · organism

Translations (34)

vo himärlan (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · ast ferrete (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · eo merlango (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · nl wijting (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · pt badejo (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · cmn 雪魚 /雪鱼 (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · es merlán (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · cmn 鳕鱼 (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · sv vitling (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · fi valkoturska (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · gl bacalada (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · nn kviting (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · cmn 牙鱈 /牙鳕 (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · gd cùiteag (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · nb hvitting (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · de Wittling (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · is lýsa (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · nrf lieu (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · tr tavuk balığı (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · ca merlà (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · ja 鱚 (fish of the family Sillaginidae) · vo märlan (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · bg меджит (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · tr mezgit (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · vo jimärlan (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · ast pexe llinia (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · eu liba (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · da hvilling (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · de Merlan (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · pt pescada (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · hu vékonybajszú tőkehal (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · fr merlan (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · ga faoitín (fish, Merlangius merlangus) · ru мерла́нг (fish, Merlangius merlangus)

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