noun
Meaning 1
An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- fainting fit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fainting
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
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rhymes with -eɪntɪŋ
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of faint
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English feinting, equivalent to faint + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: desmai — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Cebuano: kuyap — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Cebuano: lipong — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Chinese Mandarin: 昏暈 /昏晕 (hūnyùn) — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Czech: mdloba — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Czech: omdlení — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Finnish: pyörtyminen — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Finnish: pökertyminen — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- French: syncope — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- French: évanouissement — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Galician: trastavai — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Galician: testabau — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Galician: agavante — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Galician: dada — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Galician: desvano — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Galician: esvaimento — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- German: Ohnmacht — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Greek: λιποθυμία (lipothymía) — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Hindi: मूर्छा (mūrchā) — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Hungarian: ájulás — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Indonesian: pingsan — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Interlingua: syncope — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Italian: svenimento — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Japanese: 失神 (shisshin) — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Kapampangan: liping — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Malay: pengsan — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Portuguese: desmaio — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Portuguese: síncope — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Russian: о́бморок (óbmorok) — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Scottish Gaelic: fannachadh — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Spanish: desmayo — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Tagalog: himatay — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Telugu: మూర్ఛ (mūrcha) — an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness