calling

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːlɪŋ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [kholɪŋ]
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• Northumbria: /kaːlɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈkɔlɪŋ/
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• General-American: [khɔlɪŋ]
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈkɑlɪŋ/
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• cot-caught-merger: [khɑlɪŋ]
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• rhymes with -ɔːlɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: K AO1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English calling, callynge, equivalent to call + -ing.

From Middle English callyng, kallyng, kalland, from Old English *cealliende and Old Norse kallandi, equivalent to call + -ing.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: влече́ние (vlečénie) — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Chinese Cantonese: 呼召 (fu1 ziu6) — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 呼召 (hūzhào) — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Esperanto: alvokiĝo — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Finnish: kutsumus — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Ancient Greek: κλῆσις (klêsis) — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Italian: vocazione — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Italian: chiamata — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Japanese: 天命 (tenmē) — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Polish: powołanie — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Scottish Gaelic: gairmeach — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Spanish: vocación — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Spanish: llamado — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Spanish: llamamiento — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Swahili: wito — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Swedish: kall — strong urge (to become or do something)
• Bulgarian: професия (profesija) — occupation
• Bulgarian: призва́ние (prizvánie) — occupation
• Chinese Mandarin: 職業 /职业 (zhíyè) — occupation
• Czech: povolání — occupation
• Esperanto: alvoko — occupation
• Finnish: ammatti — occupation
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτήδευμα (epitḗdeuma) — occupation
• Hungarian: hivatás — occupation
• Irish: gairm bheatha — occupation
• Japanese: 天命 (tenmē) — occupation
• Polish: powołanie — occupation
• Scottish Gaelic: gairm — occupation
• Spanish: pegarle a — occupation
• Swedish: kall — occupation