Standard Lemma guide

fetching

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • India, North: /fɛːtʃ.ɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • India, South: /fɛtʃːɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: F EH1 CH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Attractive; pleasant to regard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alluring, appealing, appetizing, attracting, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, coying, desirable, enchanting, engaging, enticing, enticive, exciting, fascinating, fetching, heart-throbbing, illecebrous, inviting, prepossessing, seducing, seductive, taking, tempting, witching, winning, winsome

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act by which something is fetched.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of fetch

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

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

very attractive; capturing interest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a fetching new hairstyle
  • something inexpressibly taking in his manner
  • a winning personality

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: taking, winning

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fetch + -ing.

From Middle English fetchynge, fecchynge, faching, fettynge, equivalent to fetch + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: привлекателен (privlekatelen) — Attractive; pleasant to regard
  • Bulgarian: очарователен (očarovatelen) — Attractive; pleasant to regard
  • Catalan: atractiu — Attractive; pleasant to regard
  • French: attirant — Attractive; pleasant to regard
  • German: attraktiv — Attractive; pleasant to regard
  • Portuguese: atraente — Attractive; pleasant to regard
  • Russian: привлека́тельный (privlekátelʹnyj) — Attractive; pleasant to regard
  • Spanish: atractivo — Attractive; pleasant to regard
Real reading context

fetching in complete knowledge articles

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