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From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear + -ing.

From Middle English bering, beringe, berynge, equivalent to bear + -ing.

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: носещ (nosešt) — carrying weight or load
• Czech: nosný — carrying weight or load
• Czech: podpěrný — carrying weight or load
• Dutch: dragend — carrying weight or load
• French: porteur — carrying weight or load
• German: tragend — carrying weight or load
• Hindi: ढोना (ḍhonā) — carrying weight or load
• Russian: несу́щий (nesúščij) — carrying weight or load
• Spanish: de soporte — carrying weight or load
• Spanish: de apoyo — carrying weight or load
• German: Auflager — architecture
• German: Spannweite — architecture
• German: Tragweite — architecture
• Armenian: առանցքակալ (aṙancʻkʻakal) — mechanical device
• Azerbaijani: yastıq — mechanical device
• Azerbaijani: yataq — mechanical device
• Belarusian: падшы́пнік (padšýpnik) — mechanical device
• Bulgarian: ла́гер (láger) — mechanical device
• Catalan: coixinet — mechanical device
• Chinese: be̋-á-lèng-guh — mechanical device
• Chinese Mandarin: 軸承 /轴承 (zhóuchéng) — mechanical device
• Czech: ložisko — mechanical device
• Danish: leje — mechanical device
• Dutch: lager — mechanical device
• Esperanto: lagro — mechanical device
• Finnish: laakeri — mechanical device
• French: roulement — mechanical device
• French: coussinet — mechanical device
• French: palier — mechanical device
• Galician: rodamento — mechanical device
• Georgian: საკისარი (saḳisari) — mechanical device
• German: Lager — mechanical device
• Greek: ρουλεμάν (roulemán) — mechanical device
• Greek: ρουλμάν (roulmán) — mechanical device
• Greek: έδρανο (édrano) — mechanical device
• Hebrew: מֵסַב (mesáv) — mechanical device
• Hindi: बेयरिंग (beyriṅg) — mechanical device
• Hungarian: csapágy — mechanical device
• Ido: soporto — mechanical device
• Indonesian: bantalan — mechanical device
• Italian: cuscinetto — mechanical device
• Japanese: 軸受 (jikuuke) — mechanical device
• Japanese: ベアリング (bearingu) — mechanical device
• Kazakh: мойынтірек (moiyntırek) — mechanical device
• Korean: 베어링 (beeoring) — mechanical device
• Kyrgyz: подшипник (podşipnik) — mechanical device
• Latvian: gultnis — mechanical device
• Macedonian: лагер (lager) — mechanical device
• Macedonian: лежиште (ležište) — mechanical device
• Norwegian Bokmål: lager — mechanical device
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lager — mechanical device
• Persian: یاتاقان (yâtâqân) — mechanical device
• Polish: łożysko — mechanical device
• Portuguese: rolamento — mechanical device
• Romanian: palier — mechanical device
• Romanian: lagăr — mechanical device
• Russian: подши́пник (podšípnik) — mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̏жа̄ј — mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: lȅžāj — mechanical device
• Slovak: ložisko — mechanical device
• Slovene: ležaj — mechanical device
• Spanish: cojinete — mechanical device
• Swedish: lager — mechanical device
• Tagalog: salo — mechanical device
• Thai: ลูกปืน (lûuk-bpʉʉn) — mechanical device
• Turkish: yatak — mechanical device
• Ukrainian: підши́пник (pidšýpnyk) — mechanical device
• Ukrainian: вальни́ця (valʹnýcja) — mechanical device
• Uzbek: podshipnik — mechanical device
• Vietnamese: ổ đỡ trục — mechanical device
• Vietnamese: ổ đỡ — mechanical device
• Vietnamese: ổ trục — mechanical device
• Bulgarian: пе́ленг (péleng) — nautical sense
• Bulgarian: а́зимут (ázimut) — nautical sense
• Catalan: demora — nautical sense
• Chinese Mandarin: 方位 (fāngwèi) — nautical sense
• Chinese Mandarin: 方向 (fāngxiàng) — nautical sense
• Czech: směrník — nautical sense
• Czech: azimut — nautical sense
• Danish: pejling — nautical sense
• Dutch: peiling — nautical sense
• Esperanto: birilo — nautical sense
• Faroese: ýting — nautical sense
• Finnish: kompassisuunta — nautical sense
• Finnish: suunta — nautical sense
• Finnish: suuntima — nautical sense
• French: azimut — nautical sense
• Galician: rumbo — nautical sense
• Galician: derrota — nautical sense
• German: Peilung — nautical sense
• Hebrew: תַּכְוִין (takhvín) — nautical sense
• Japanese: 方向 (hōkō) — nautical sense
• Japanese: 方位 (hōi) — nautical sense
• Korean: 방향 (banghyang) — nautical sense
• Korean: 방위 (bang'wi) — nautical sense
• Māori: raranga — nautical sense
• Māori: ahunga — nautical sense
• Occitan: azimut — nautical sense
• Polish: namiar — nautical sense
• Portuguese: rumo — nautical sense
• Romanian: relevment — nautical sense
• Russian: пе́ленг (péleng) — nautical sense
• Serbo-Croatian: курс — nautical sense
• Serbo-Croatian: азимут — nautical sense
• Serbo-Croatian: kurs — nautical sense
• Serbo-Croatian: azimut — nautical sense
• Spanish: rumbo — nautical sense
• Swedish: bäring — nautical sense
• Swedish: pejling — nautical sense
• Bulgarian: отноше́ние (otnošénie) — relevance
• Chinese Mandarin: 關係 /关系 (guānxi) — relevance
• Finnish: merkitys — relevance
• French: portée — relevance
• Galician: relevancia — relevance
• Galician: importancia — relevance
• German: Relevanz — relevance
• German: Tragweite — relevance
• German: Verbindung — relevance
• Italian: posizione — relevance
• Japanese: 関係 (kankei) — relevance
• Korean: 관계 (gwan'gye) — relevance
• Portuguese: relevância — relevance
• Portuguese: importância — relevance
• Portuguese: valor — relevance
• Russian: отноше́ние (otnošénije) — relevance
• Bulgarian: държа́ние (dǎržánie) — posture
• Bulgarian: поведе́ние (povedénie) — posture
• Bulgarian: обно́ски (obnóski) — posture
• Chinese Mandarin: 舉止 /举止 (jǔzhǐ) — posture
• Czech: způsoby — posture
• Czech: chování — posture
• Czech: držení těla — posture
• Dutch: houding — posture
• Esperanto: mieno — posture
• Finnish: olemus — posture
• German: Haltung — posture
• Irish: méin — posture
• Italian: postura — posture
• Italian: portamento — posture
• Japanese: 挙動 (kyodō) — posture
• Korean: 거동 (geodong) — posture
• Latin: incessus — posture
• Portuguese: conduta — posture
• Portuguese: postura — posture
• Portuguese: atitude — posture
• Russian: поведе́ние (povedénije) — posture
• Russian: мане́ра вести́ себя́ (manéra vestí sebjá) — posture
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan — posture
• Spanish: porte — posture
• Spanish: proceder — posture
• Spanish: comporte — posture
• Swedish: hållning — posture