ceiling

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈsilɪŋ/
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• homophone: sealing
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• rhymes with -iːlɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: S IY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ceil + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

182 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: plafon — upper limit of room
• Albanian: tavan — upper limit of room
• Albanian: lëpozë — upper limit of room
• Arabic: سَقْف (saqf) — upper limit of room
• Arabic: سقف (saʔf) — upper limit of room
• Arabic: سَقْف (sagf) — upper limit of room
• Armenian: առաստաղ (aṙastaġ) — upper limit of room
• Armenian: առիք (aṙikʻ) — upper limit of room
• Old Armenian: ձեղուն (jełun) — upper limit of room
• Azerbaijani: tavan — upper limit of room
• Bashkir: түшәм (tüşəm) — upper limit of room
• Bashkir: һайғаҡ (hayğaq) — upper limit of room
• Bashkir: түпә (tüpə) — upper limit of room
• Bashkir: түбәтаҡта (tübətaqta) — upper limit of room
• Basque: sabai — upper limit of room
• Belarusian: столь (stolʹ) — upper limit of room
• Bengali: ছাদ (chad) — upper limit of room
• Bulgarian: тава́н (taván) — upper limit of room
• Burmese: မျက်နှာကြက် (myakhna-krak) — upper limit of room
• Catalan: sostre — upper limit of room
• Cherokee: ᎠᏯᎦᏢ (ayagatlv) — upper limit of room
• Chinese Cantonese: 天花板 (tin1 faa1 baan2) — upper limit of room
• Chinese: 天篷 (zh-min-nan) — upper limit of room
• Chinese Mandarin: 天花板 (tiānhuābǎn) — upper limit of room
• Chinese Mandarin: 天棚 (tiānpéng) — upper limit of room
• Choctaw: aboha pakna — upper limit of room
• Chuvash: путалӑх (put̬alăh) — upper limit of room
• Cornish: nen — upper limit of room
• Crimean Tatar: tavan — upper limit of room
• Czech: strop — upper limit of room
• Danish: loft — upper limit of room
• Dutch: plafond — upper limit of room
• Dutch: zoldering — upper limit of room
• Esperanto: plafono — upper limit of room
• Estonian: lagi — upper limit of room
• Faroese: loft — upper limit of room
• Finnish: katto — upper limit of room
• Finnish: sisäkatto — upper limit of room
• French: plafond — upper limit of room
• Galician: teito — upper limit of room
• Galician: ceo — upper limit of room
• Georgian: ჭერი (č̣eri) — upper limit of room
• German: Decke — upper limit of room
• German: Plafond — upper limit of room
• German: Zimmerdecke — upper limit of room
• Greek: οροφή (orofí) — upper limit of room
• Greek: ταβάνι (taváni) — upper limit of room
• Ancient Greek: ὀροφή (orophḗ) — upper limit of room
• Gujarati: છત (chat) — upper limit of room
• Haitian Creole: plafon — upper limit of room
• Hausa: silin — upper limit of room
• Hebrew: תִּקְרָה (tik'ráh) — upper limit of room
• Hindi: छत (chat) — upper limit of room
• Hungarian: mennyezet — upper limit of room
• Hungarian: plafon — upper limit of room
• Icelandic: loft — upper limit of room
• Ido: plafono — upper limit of room
• Indonesian: langit-langit — upper limit of room
• Indonesian: plafon — upper limit of room
• Ingrian: laki — upper limit of room
• Irish: síleáil — upper limit of room
• Italian: soffitto — upper limit of room
• Japanese: 天井 (tenjō) — upper limit of room
• Kazakh: төбе (töbe) — upper limit of room
• Kazakh: шек (şek) — upper limit of room
• Khmer: ពិតាន (pitaan) — upper limit of room
• Korean: 천장 (cheonjang) — upper limit of room
• Northern Kurdish: kaşxank — upper limit of room
• Northern Kurdish: seqf — upper limit of room
• Northern Kurdish: arîk — upper limit of room
• Kyrgyz: потолок (potolok) — upper limit of room
• Kyrgyz: шып (şıp) — upper limit of room
• Ladino: taván — upper limit of room
• Ladino: techo — upper limit of room
• Lao: ເພດານ (phē dān) — upper limit of room
• Lao: ພິດານ (phi dān) — upper limit of room
• Lao: ປະຕຸລາ (pa tu lā) — upper limit of room
• Latgalian: grīsti — upper limit of room
• Latgalian: viersejuo greida — upper limit of room
• Latin: lacunar — upper limit of room
• Latvian: griesti — upper limit of room
• Lithuanian: lubos — upper limit of room
• Macedonian: таван (tavan) — upper limit of room
• Malay: siling — upper limit of room
• Brunei Malay: siling — upper limit of room
• Maltese: saqaf — upper limit of room
• Marathi: छत (chat) — upper limit of room
• Mongolian: тааз (taaz) — upper limit of room
• Mongolian: адар (adar) — upper limit of room
• Khiamniungan Naga: tīuthùap — upper limit of room
• Norwegian Bokmål: himling — upper limit of room
• Norwegian Bokmål: tak — upper limit of room
• Norwegian Bokmål: loft — upper limit of room
• Occitan: plafon — upper limit of room
• Odia: ଛାତ (chāta) — upper limit of room
• Pashto: سقف (saqf) — upper limit of room
• Dari: سَقْف (saqf) — upper limit of room
• Iranian Persian: سَقْف (saġf) — upper limit of room
• Phoenician: 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤍𐤕 (mspnt) — upper limit of room
• Plautdietsch: Bän — upper limit of room
• Polish: sufit — upper limit of room
• Polish: strop — upper limit of room
• Portuguese: teto — upper limit of room
• Romanian: plafon — upper limit of room
• Romanian: tavan — upper limit of room
• Russian: потоло́к (potolók) — upper limit of room
• Northern Sami: rohpi — upper limit of room
• Scottish Gaelic: mullach — upper limit of room
• Serbo-Croatian: пла̀фо̄н — upper limit of room
• Serbo-Croatian: стро̏п — upper limit of room
• Serbo-Croatian: plàfōn — upper limit of room
• Serbo-Croatian: strȍp — upper limit of room
• Slovak: strop — upper limit of room
• Slovene: strop — upper limit of room
• Lower Sorbian: wjerch — upper limit of room
• Spanish: techo — upper limit of room
• Spanish: cielorraso — upper limit of room
• Spanish: cielo raso — upper limit of room
• Spanish: plafón — upper limit of room
• Swahili: dari — upper limit of room
• Swedish: tak — upper limit of room
• Swedish: innertak — upper limit of room
• Tagalog: kisame — upper limit of room
• Tajik: шифт (šift) — upper limit of room
• Tajik: сақф (saqf) — upper limit of room
• Tamil: உட்கூரை (uṭkūrai) — upper limit of room
• Tatar: түшәм (tüşäm) — upper limit of room
• Telugu: లోకప్పు (lōkappu) — upper limit of room
• Thai: เพดาน (pee-daan) — upper limit of room
• Turkish: tavan — upper limit of room
• Turkmen: potolok — upper limit of room
• Ukrainian: сте́ля (stélja) — upper limit of room
• Urdu: چَھت (chat) — upper limit of room
• Urdu: سَقْف (saqf) — upper limit of room
• Uyghur: تورۇس (torus) — upper limit of room
• Uyghur: شىپ (ship) — upper limit of room
• Uzbek: shift — upper limit of room
• Uzbek: potolok — upper limit of room
• Vietnamese: trần — upper limit of room
• Vietnamese: trần nhà — upper limit of room
• Volapük: nufed — upper limit of room
• Walloon: plafon — upper limit of room
• Welsh: nenfwd — upper limit of room
• Welsh: nenfydau — upper limit of room
• Yiddish: סופֿיט (sufit) — upper limit of room
• Yiddish: סטעליע (stelye) — upper limit of room
• Bulgarian: го́рна гра́ница (górna gránica) — upper limit of an object or action
• Finnish: katto — upper limit of an object or action
• French: plafond — upper limit of an object or action
• German: Decke — upper limit of an object or action
• German: Grenze — upper limit of an object or action
• German: Höchstgrenze — upper limit of an object or action
• German: Höchstmaß — upper limit of an object or action
• German: Obergrenze — upper limit of an object or action
• German: Plafond — upper limit of an object or action
• Greek: πλαφόν (plafón) — upper limit of an object or action
• Hungarian: plafon — upper limit of an object or action
• Indonesian: plafon — upper limit of an object or action
• Indonesian: pagu — upper limit of an object or action
• Polish: pułap — upper limit of an object or action
• Swedish: tak — upper limit of an object or action
• Bulgarian: тава́н (taván) — altitude
• Finnish: lakikorkeus — altitude
• German: (maximale) Gipfelhöhe — altitude
• Greek: υψόμετρο (ypsómetro) — altitude
• Khmer: ពិតាន (pitaan) — altitude
• Polish: pułap — altitude
• Portuguese: teto — altitude
• Russian: потоло́к (potolók) — altitude
• Spanish: techo — altitude
• Czech: horní celá část — smallest integer
• Finnish: ylös pyöristetty luku — smallest integer
• French: partie entière par excès — smallest integer
• Japanese: 天井関数 (tenjō kansū) — smallest integer
• Norwegian: tak — smallest integer
• Polish: sufit — smallest integer
• Russian: потоло́к (potolók) — smallest integer
• Swedish: tak — smallest integer
• Finnish: sisälankutus — inner planking of a vessel
• Finnish: karneeraus — inner planking of a vessel
• German: Innenbeplankung — inner planking of a vessel
• German: Wegerung — inner planking of a vessel