listening

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• /ˈlɪs.nɪŋ/
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From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing.

From Middle English listnynge, lustnynge, lystenynge, equivalent to listen + -ing.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kuunteleva — of something that listens
• Finnish: kuulo- — of something that is used in order to hear
• Finnish: varovainen — of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds
• Arabic: اِسْتِمَاع (istimāʕ) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Belarusian: слу́ханне (slúxannje) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Belarusian: слу́ханьне (slúxanʹnje) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Belarusian: праслухо́ўванне (prasluxówvannje) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Belarusian: праслухо́ўваньне (prasluxówvanʹnje) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Belarusian: праслу́хванне (praslúxvannje) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Belarusian: праслу́хваньне (praslúxvanʹnje) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Chinese Mandarin: 聆聽 /聆听 (língtīng) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Dutch: luisteren — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Finnish: kuuntelu — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• French: écoute — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• German: Zuhören — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Ancient Greek: ἀκρόασις (akróasis) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Japanese: 聴取 (chōshu) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Japanese: リスニング (risuningu) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Japanese: 聞くこと (kiku koto) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Korean: 듣기 (deutgi) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Korean: 청취 (cheongchwi) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Latin: auditus — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Norwegian Bokmål: lytting — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lytting — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Russian: слу́шание (slúšanije) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Russian: прослу́шивание (proslúšivanije) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Spanish: escucha — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Ukrainian: слу́хання (slúxannja) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Ukrainian: прослухо́вування (prosluxóvuvannja) — act by which something or somebody is listened to
• Dutch: luisteren — ability of perceiving spoken language
• Finnish: kuullun ymmärtäminen — ability of perceiving spoken language
• Indonesian: kemampuan mendengar — ability of perceiving spoken language
• Indonesian: kemampuan menyimak — ability of perceiving spoken language
• Russian: ауди́рование (audírovanije) — ability of perceiving spoken language
• Spanish: escucha — ability of perceiving spoken language