Standard Lemma guide

hiking

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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  • /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪkɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act by which something is hiked, or raised sharply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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 hike

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

noun

Meaning 4

a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she enjoys a hike in her spare time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hike, tramp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk

Narrower terms: trudge

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَمَشٍّ (tamaššin) — walking
  • Arabic: تَنَزُّه (tanazzuh) — walking
  • Armenian: արշավ (aršav) — walking
  • Catalan: senderisme — walking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行山 (haang4 saan1) — walking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 遠足 /远足 (jyun5 zuk1) — walking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 徒步旅行 (túbù lǚxíng) — walking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 健行 (jiànxíng) — walking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠足 /远足 (yuǎnzú) — walking
  • Danish: vandring — walking
  • Dutch: wandelen — walking
  • Esperanto: marŝado — walking
  • Finnish: retkeily — walking
  • Finnish: kävelyretki — walking
  • Finnish: vaellus — walking
  • French: randonnée pédestre — walking
  • French: randonnée — walking
  • Georgian: ლაშქრობა (laškroba) — walking
  • German: Bergwandern — walking
  • German: Wandern — walking
  • Greek: πεζοπορία (pezoporía) — walking
  • Hungarian: túrázás — walking
  • Hungarian: kirándulás — walking
  • Irish: fánaíocht — walking
  • Italian: escursionismo — walking
  • Japanese: ハイキング (haikingu) — walking
  • Korean: 하이킹 (haiking) — walking
  • Korean: 등산 (deungsan) — walking
  • Portuguese: pedestrianismo — walking
  • Portuguese: caminhada — walking
  • Romanian: drumeție — walking
  • Russian: пе́ший тури́зм (péšij turízm) — walking
  • Russian: пешехо́дная экску́рсия (pešexódnaja ekskúrsija) — walking
  • Russian: экску́рсия (ekskúrsija) — walking
  • Russian: похо́д (poxód) — walking
  • Russian: прогу́лка (progúlka) — walking
  • Spanish: senderismo — walking
  • Turkish: yürüyüş — walking
  • Zazaki: warway (diq) — walking
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