From en.wiktionary.org:
[bìtíng]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An instance of something being bitten.
2. [en] A bite-sized snack .
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1997 | title=Women in Kenya | page=20
|passage=Here the guests were lavishly entertained with drinks and BITINGS
even before sitting down to dinner.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2006 | title=Kenya | page=116
|passage=More of a cafeteria than a purebreed coffeehouse, the neat little 21
does both full meals and snacks or 'BITINGS'.}}
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en] , [en]
**** Translations
[instance of biting]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
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[An occurrence of a bite]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
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*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Causing a stinging sensation .
2. Cutting or incisive .
3. Tending to bite.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[causing a stinging sensation]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[cutting or incisive]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Latin: [la]
- Norwegian:
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[tending to bite]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] ; [de] [piercing insects]
- Norwegian:
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
** Danish
*** Etymology
From [da].
*** Pronunciation
- [da]
- [da]
*** Noun
[en]
1. a matter of secondary importance
**** Usage notes
Almost always used in the indefinite form.
**** Inflection
[en]
**** Synonyms
- [da]
*** References
- [R:DDO]