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• /ˈɹɛdɪŋ/
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• homophone: redding
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• /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/
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• [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ]
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• /ˈɹidiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing
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• [ˈɹiɾiŋ] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing
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• CMU ARPABET: R IY1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R EH1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old English Rēadingas, the name of a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was at Reading. Not related to reading.

From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding (“reading”), equivalent to read + -ing.

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: Рединг — the town
• Chinese Mandarin: 雷丁 (Léidīng) — the town
• Danish: Reading — the town
• Dutch: Reading — the town
• Esperanto: Reading — the town
• French: Reading — the town
• German: Reading — the town
• Greek: Ρέντινγκ (Réntingk) — the town
• Macedonian: Рединг — the town
• Polish: Reading — the town
• Telugu: రెడ్డిఙ్ (reḍḍiṅ) — the town
• Afrikaans: lesing — process of interpreting written language
• Afrikaans: oplesing — process of interpreting written language
• Albanian: lexim — process of interpreting written language
• Amharic: ማንበብ (manbäb) — process of interpreting written language
• Arabic: قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa) — process of interpreting written language
• Arabic: مُطَالَعَة (muṭālaʕa) — process of interpreting written language
• Arabic: قراية (girāya) — process of interpreting written language
• Armenian: ընթերցում (əntʻercʻum) — process of interpreting written language
• Armenian: ընթերցանություն (əntʻercʻanutʻyun) — process of interpreting written language
• Azerbaijani: oxu — process of interpreting written language
• Azerbaijani: qiraət — process of interpreting written language
• Azerbaijani: oxuma — process of interpreting written language
• Azerbaijani: mütaliə — process of interpreting written language
• Belarusian: чыта́нне (čytánnje) — process of interpreting written language
• Belarusian: чыта́ньне (čytánʹnje) — process of interpreting written language
• Bengali: পড়া (poṛa) — process of interpreting written language
• Bulgarian: че́тене (čétene) — process of interpreting written language
• Burmese: အဖတ် (a.hpat) — process of interpreting written language
• Burmese: စာဖတ်ခြင်း (cahpathkrang:) — process of interpreting written language
• Buryat: уншалга (unšalga) — process of interpreting written language
• Chichewa: kuŵerenga — process of interpreting written language
• Chinese Mandarin: 讀書 /读书 (dúshū) — process of interpreting written language
• Chinese Mandarin: 閱讀 /阅读 (yuèdú) — process of interpreting written language
• Czech: čtení — process of interpreting written language
• Danish: læsning — process of interpreting written language
• Dutch: lezen — process of interpreting written language
• Esperanto: legado — process of interpreting written language
• Estonian: lugemine — process of interpreting written language
• Faroese: lesing — process of interpreting written language
• Faroese: lestur — process of interpreting written language
• Finnish: lukeminen — process of interpreting written language
• French: lecture — process of interpreting written language
• German: Lesen — process of interpreting written language
• Ancient Greek: ἀνάγνωσις (anágnōsis) — process of interpreting written language
• Hebrew: קְרִיאָה (k'ri'á) — process of interpreting written language
• Hindi: पढ़ना (paṛhnā) — process of interpreting written language
• Hungarian: olvasás — process of interpreting written language
• Icelandic: lestur — process of interpreting written language
• Ido: lektado — process of interpreting written language
• Indonesian: kemampuan membaca — process of interpreting written language
• Irish: léitheoireacht — process of interpreting written language
• Italian: lettura — process of interpreting written language
• Japanese: 読書 (dokusho) — process of interpreting written language
• Japanese: 読むこと (yomu koto) — process of interpreting written language
• Japanese: リーディング (rīdingu) — process of interpreting written language
• Kazakh: оқу (oqu) — process of interpreting written language
• Khmer: អំណាន (ʔɑmnaan) — process of interpreting written language
• Korean: 독서 (dokseo) — process of interpreting written language
• Korean: 읽기 (ilgi) — process of interpreting written language
• Kyrgyz: окуу (okuu) — process of interpreting written language
• Ladino: meldadura — process of interpreting written language
• Lao: ການອ່ານ (kān ʼān) — process of interpreting written language
• Latin: lectiō — process of interpreting written language
• Latvian: lasījums — process of interpreting written language
• Lithuanian: skaitymas — process of interpreting written language
• Macedonian: читање (čitanje) — process of interpreting written language
• Malayalam: വായന (vāyana) — process of interpreting written language
• Mongolian: уншлага (unšlaga) — process of interpreting written language
• Mongolian: ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (ungsilɣ-a) — process of interpreting written language
• Navajo: óltaʼ — process of interpreting written language
• Norwegian Bokmål: lesing — process of interpreting written language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lesing — process of interpreting written language
• Persian: خواندن (xândan) — process of interpreting written language
• Persian: قرائت (qerâ'at) — process of interpreting written language
• Persian: مطالعه (motâle'e) — process of interpreting written language
• Polish: czytanie — process of interpreting written language
• Polish: lektura — process of interpreting written language
• Portuguese: leitura — process of interpreting written language
• Romanian: lectură — process of interpreting written language
• Romanian: citire — process of interpreting written language
• Russian: чте́ние (čténije) — process of interpreting written language
• Serbo-Croatian: читање — process of interpreting written language
• Serbo-Croatian: čìtānje — process of interpreting written language
• Slovak: čítanie — process of interpreting written language
• Slovene: branje — process of interpreting written language
• Lower Sorbian: cytanje — process of interpreting written language
• Spanish: lectura — process of interpreting written language
• Spanish: leída — process of interpreting written language
• Swedish: läsning — process of interpreting written language
• Tajik: хондан (xondan) — process of interpreting written language
• Tajik: хониш (xoniš) — process of interpreting written language
• Tajik: мутолиа (mutolia) — process of interpreting written language
• Tajik: қироат (qiroat) — process of interpreting written language
• Telugu: చదువు (caduvu) — process of interpreting written language
• Thai: การอ่าน (gaan-àan) — process of interpreting written language
• Turkish: okuma — process of interpreting written language
• Turkish: kıraat — process of interpreting written language
• Ottoman Turkish: اوقومە (okuma) — process of interpreting written language
• Ottoman Turkish: قرائت (kırâat) — process of interpreting written language
• Tuvan: номчулга (nomçulga) — process of interpreting written language
• Tuvan: номчууру (nomçuuru) — process of interpreting written language
• Ukrainian: чита́ння (čytánnja) — process of interpreting written language
• Uzbek: oʻqish — process of interpreting written language
• Vietnamese: sự đọc — process of interpreting written language
• Yiddish: לייענונג (leyenung) — process of interpreting written language
• Czech: čtení — process of interpreting a symbol
• Dutch: uitlezing — process of interpreting a symbol
• Finnish: lukeminen — process of interpreting a symbol
• Italian: interpretare — process of interpreting a symbol
• Italian: interpretazione — process of interpreting a symbol
• Portuguese: leitura — process of interpreting a symbol
• Russian: чте́ние (čténije) — process of interpreting a symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: читање — process of interpreting a symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: čìtānje — process of interpreting a symbol
• Bulgarian: показание (pokazanie) — value indicated by a measuring device
• Chinese Mandarin: 读数 (dúshù) — value indicated by a measuring device
• Danish: aflæsning — value indicated by a measuring device
• Dutch: lezing — value indicated by a measuring device
• Finnish: lukema — value indicated by a measuring device
• Hungarian: óraállás — value indicated by a measuring device
• Hungarian: mérőóraállás — value indicated by a measuring device
• Hungarian: leolvasott érték — value indicated by a measuring device
• Italian: lettura — value indicated by a measuring device
• Russian: показа́ние (pokazánije) — value indicated by a measuring device
• Bulgarian: четене (četene) — event at which material is read aloud
• Danish: forelæsning — event at which material is read aloud
• Dutch: voorlezen — event at which material is read aloud
• Finnish: lukutilaisuus — event at which material is read aloud
• Finnish: lausunta — event at which material is read aloud
• German: Rezitation — event at which material is read aloud
• German: Lesung — event at which material is read aloud
• German: Gedichtlesung — event at which material is read aloud
• Ancient Greek: ἀνάγνωσις (anágnōsis) — event at which material is read aloud
• Hungarian: felolvasás — event at which material is read aloud
• Italian: lettura — event at which material is read aloud
• Italian: interpretazione — event at which material is read aloud
• Malayalam: വായന (vāyana) — event at which material is read aloud
• Norwegian Bokmål: lesning — event at which material is read aloud
• Persian: خوانی (-xâni) — event at which material is read aloud
• Polish: czytanie — event at which material is read aloud
• Russian: чте́ние (čténije) — event at which material is read aloud
• Russian: чти́во (čtívo) — event at which material is read aloud
• Serbo-Croatian: читање — event at which material is read aloud
• Serbo-Croatian: čìtānje — event at which material is read aloud
• Turkish: okuma — event at which material is read aloud
• Arabic: قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa) — interpretation
• Azerbaijani: yozma — interpretation
• Bulgarian: тълкуване (tǎlkuvane) — interpretation
• Danish: fortolkning — interpretation
• Finnish: tulkinta — interpretation
• Gujarati: અર્થઘટન (arthaghṭan) — interpretation
• Hungarian: olvasat — interpretation
• Russian: толкова́ние (tolkovánije) — interpretation
• Chinese Mandarin: 讀音 /读音 (dúyīn) — pronunciation associated with a particular character or word
• Finnish: lukeneisuus — extent of one's reading
• Hungarian: olvasottság — extent of one's reading
• Bulgarian: четене (četene) — one of several stages a bill passes through
• Finnish: lähetekeskustelu — one of several stages a bill passes through
• Finnish: ensimmäinen käsittely — one of several stages a bill passes through
• Finnish: toinen käsittely — one of several stages a bill passes through
• German: Lesung — one of several stages a bill passes through
• German: Beratung — one of several stages a bill passes through
• Polish: czytanie — one of several stages a bill passes through
• Ukrainian: чита́ння (čytánnja) — one of several stages a bill passes through
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍄𐌾𐍉 (laiktjō) — a piece read to an audience
• Māori: tuhinga — a piece read to an audience
• Japanese: 読み (yomi) — act or process of imagining sequences of moves