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6-letter words (1 found)

PALING,

5-letter words (9 found)

ALGIN,ALIGN,APING,LAPIN,LIANG,LIGAN,LINGA,PLAIN,PLING,

4-letter words (22 found)

AGIN,ANIL,GAIN,GILA,GLIA,LAIN,LANG,LING,LIPA,NAIL,NGAI,NIPA,PAIL,PAIN,PALI,PANG,PIAL,PIAN,PILA,PINA,PING,PLAN,

3-letter words (24 found)

AIL,AIN,ALP,ANI,GAL,GAN,GAP,GIN,GIP,ING,LAG,LAP,LIG,LIN,LIP,NAG,NAP,NIL,NIP,PAL,PAN,PIA,PIG,PIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AG,AI,AL,AN,GI,IN,LA,LI,NA,PA,PI,

You can make 67 words from paling according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of paling

paling

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

Etymology 1

From pale +‎ -ing.

Verb

paling

  1. present participle and gerund of pale

Etymology 2

From Middle English palyng, palynge, equivalent to pale +‎ -ing.

Noun

paling (plural palings)

  1. A pointed stick used to make a fence.
  2. A fence made of palings.
    • 1789, Alderman Le MesurierJohn Le Mesurier (Alderney), addressing the House of Commons, in The Parliamentary Register,[3] London: John Debrett, Volume 26, p. 172,[4]
      Gentlemen must have observed that many of the nurserymen’s plantations were wide and extensive, some of them covering several acres; and that their palings and fences were for the most part low, and might be so weak and out of repair, as to afford a very insufficient security against the inroads of robbers and spoilers.
  3. (Caribbean) A fence made of galvanized sheeting.
Alternative forms
  • pailing
Derived terms
Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Galpin

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch paling, from Middle Dutch paeldinc, from Old Dutch *pathelink.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.lɪŋ/

Noun

paling (plural palings, diminutive palinkie)

  1. eel

Synonyms

  • aal

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch palinc, padelinc, paeldinc, from Old Dutch paelding, paleding, palezinc. The original form seems to be *palathing (attested in the placename Palathingadīc) or, as some sources prefer, *pathaling. This has no cognates outside Dutch and probably goes back to a substrate language. As the oldest attestation is (latinised) palengus, one could alternatively see the -th- as excrescent and thus derived the word from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”) after the fish's shape. While this is less likely, the distinction sometimes made between aal (“juvenile eel”) and paling (“large, adult eel”) may indeed have been influenced by association with paal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaː.lɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ling
  • Rhymes: -aːlɪŋ

Noun

paling m (plural palingen, diminutive palinkje n)

  1. eel
    Synonym: aal

Derived terms

  • palingsound
  • palingvisser
  • palingvisserij
  • peilingen zijn palingen

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: paling
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: palinggi
  • Negerhollands: paliṅ
  • → Papiamentu: paling (dated)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpalɪŋ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ling

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Verb

paling

  1. to turn
    Synonym: putar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay paling.

Adverb

paling

  1. most
    Synonyms: ter-, teramat
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “paling” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /paleŋ/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /palɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -liŋ, -iŋ

Noun

paling

  1. majority

Synonyms

  • para

Adjective

paling (Jawi spelling ڤاليڠ)

  1. top; greatest, super
  2. mainstream

Adverb

paling (Jawi spelling ڤاليڠ)

  1. most, very

Synonyms

  • terlalu
  • sungguh

Descendants

  • Indonesian: paling

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paliŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaliŋ/, [ˈpa.lɪŋ] (noun)

  • IPA(key): /paˈliŋ/, [pɐˈliŋ] (adjective)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ling

Noun

paling (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. turn, inclination of the head
    Synonyms: baling, kiling, hilig, pagtagilid, pagpihit

Derived terms

Adjective

palíng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. inclined sideward
    Synonym: tagilid

Further reading

  • “paling” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎[7], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “paling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*paliŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

West Makian

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian paling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.l̪iŋ/

Adverb

paling

  1. very much

Usage notes

Precedes the verb it modifies.

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[8], Pacific linguistics

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