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4-letter words (2 found)

GLEN,LENG,

3-letter words (5 found)

ENG,GEL,GEN,LEG,NEG,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,EN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from leng according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leng

leng

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Adjective

leng (comparative lenger, superlative lengest)

  1. Alternative form of peng (“attractive, excellent”).

Derived terms

  • lengity

Related terms

  • leng zai

Noun

leng (countable and uncountable, plural lengs)

  1. Alternative form of peng (“attractive woman”).

Anagrams

  • Gen'l, glen, gen'l, Genl, Engl, Glen, NELG, Engl., genl

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”). Cognate with German legen, English lay.

Verb

leng (auxiliary håm)

  1. (Luserna) to lay

Related terms

  • leng å

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Related to English ling, Old Norse langa. Likely derives from the same root as lang (“long”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛŋ/

Noun

leng m (plural lengen, diminutive lengetje n)

  1. common ling (Molva molva)

Further reading

  • leng on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Hungarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: leng
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

leng

  1. (intransitive) to swing, oscillate, sway, rock

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • leng in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Makasar

Etymology

From Dutch lijm (“glue”). Compare Indonesian lem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleŋ/, [ˈlẽŋ]
  • Hyphenation: leng

Noun

leng (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙ)

  1. glue
    Synonym: parakkaʼ

Compounds

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eŋ

Noun

leng (Jawi spelling ليݞ)

  1. (units of measure) A traditional Malay unit of volume, equivalent to an imperial pint.

Further reading

  • “leng” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

leng

  1. nonstandard spelling of lēng
  2. nonstandard spelling of léng
  3. nonstandard spelling of lěng
  4. nonstandard spelling of lèng

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mochica

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leŋ/

Noun

leng

  1. water

Synonyms

  • là

References

  • José Antonio Salas, Diccionario mochica-castellano, castellano-mochica (2002)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”). Confer Persian لنگ (leng, “lame; leg”), Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛŋɡ/

Adjective

leng (Arabic spelling لەنگ)

  1. lame, limping
    Synonym: topal
  2. (literal and figurative) awkward

Noun

leng m (Arabic spelling لەنگ)

  1. alternative form of ling (“leg; foot”)

Declension

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “leng I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “leng II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *langi, from Proto-Germanic *langiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lenj/, [lend͡ʒ]

Adverb

lenġ

  1. longer (comparative degree of lange)
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday"
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian لنگ (lang).

Adjective

leng

  1. lame
  2. limping

Zou

Noun

leng

  1. pigeon

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45

Source: wiktionary.org