sewing

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈsoʊɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -əʊɪŋ
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• homophone: sowing
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• CMU ARPABET: S OW1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing.

From sew + -ing.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahtna: cʼekaanʼ — action of the verb to sew
• Albanian: qepje — action of the verb to sew
• Southern Altai: тигиш (tigiš) — action of the verb to sew
• Southern Altai: тигӱ (tigü) — action of the verb to sew
• Southern Altai: тигинчек (tiginček) — action of the verb to sew
• Arabic: خِيَاطَة (ḵiyāṭa) — action of the verb to sew
• Arabic: حِيَاكَة (ḥiyāka) — action of the verb to sew
• Arabic: خياطة (ḵiyaṭa) — action of the verb to sew
• Armenian: կար (kar) — action of the verb to sew
• Aromanian: cuseare — action of the verb to sew
• Azerbaijani: tikiş — action of the verb to sew
• Belarusian: шыццё (šyccjó) — action of the verb to sew
• Belarusian: шыцьцё (šycʹcjó) — action of the verb to sew
• Bulgarian: ши́ене (šíene) — action of the verb to sew
• Carpathian Rusyn: шитя (šytja) — action of the verb to sew
• Catalan: cosida — action of the verb to sew
• Chechen: тегар (tegar) — action of the verb to sew
• Chinese Mandarin: 縫紉 /缝纫 (féngrèn) — action of the verb to sew
• Chinese Mandarin: 縫 /缝 (féng) — action of the verb to sew
• Corsican: cusgitura — action of the verb to sew
• Czech: šití — action of the verb to sew
• Danish: syning — action of the verb to sew
• Dutch: naaien — action of the verb to sew
• Estonian: õmblemine — action of the verb to sew
• Finnish: ompelu — action of the verb to sew
• French: couture — action of the verb to sew
• Galician: costura — action of the verb to sew
• Georgian: კერვა (ḳerva) — action of the verb to sew
• German: Nähen — action of the verb to sew
• Greek: ράψιμο (rápsimo) — action of the verb to sew
• Hebrew: תְּפִירָה (t'firá) — action of the verb to sew
• Hindi: सिलाई (silāī) — action of the verb to sew
• Hungarian: varrás — action of the verb to sew
• Icelandic: saumaskap — action of the verb to sew
• Ingrian: ompelostöö — action of the verb to sew
• Irish: fuáil — action of the verb to sew
• Italian: cucito — action of the verb to sew
• Japanese: 裁縫 (saihō) — action of the verb to sew
• Kazakh: тігін (tıgın) — action of the verb to sew
• Kazakh: тігу (tıgu) — action of the verb to sew
• Kazakh: тігіс (tıgıs) — action of the verb to sew
• Korean: 재봉 (jaebong) — action of the verb to sew
• Korean: 바느질 (baneujil) — action of the verb to sew
• Central Kurdish: دروومان (dirûman) — action of the verb to sew
• Kyrgyz: тигиш (tigiş) — action of the verb to sew
• Latvian: šūšana — action of the verb to sew
• Lithuanian: siuvimas — action of the verb to sew
• Macedonian: шиење (šienje) — action of the verb to sew
• Malayalam: തുന്നുക (tunnuka) — action of the verb to sew
• Malayalam: തയ്ക്കുക (taykkuka) — action of the verb to sew
• Norwegian Bokmål: sying — action of the verb to sew
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sying — action of the verb to sew
• Pannonian Rusyn: шице (šice) — action of the verb to sew
• Iranian Persian: دوزَنْدِگی (dozandegi) — action of the verb to sew
• Polish: szycie — action of the verb to sew
• Portuguese: costura — action of the verb to sew
• Romanian: cusut — action of the verb to sew
• Russian: шитьё (šitʹjó) — action of the verb to sew
• Serbo-Croatian: шивање — action of the verb to sew
• Serbo-Croatian: шивење — action of the verb to sew
• Serbo-Croatian: šivanje — action of the verb to sew
• Serbo-Croatian: šivenje — action of the verb to sew
• Slovak: šitie — action of the verb to sew
• Slovene: šivanje — action of the verb to sew
• Spanish: costura — action of the verb to sew
• Spanish: cosedura — action of the verb to sew
• Swedish: sömnad — action of the verb to sew
• Tajik: дӯзандагӣ (düzandagi) — action of the verb to sew
• Thai: การเย็บผ้า (gaan-yép-pâa) — action of the verb to sew
• Turkish: dikiş — action of the verb to sew
• Ukrainian: шиття́ (šyttjá) — action of the verb to sew
• Urdu: سِلائی (silāī) — action of the verb to sew
• Uzbek: tikish — action of the verb to sew
• Uzbek: tikuv — action of the verb to sew
• Vietnamese: sự khâu — action of the verb to sew
• Walloon: keudaedje — action of the verb to sew
• Welsh: gwnïo — action of the verb to sew
• Armenian: կար (kar) — something that is being or has been sewn
• Bulgarian: не́що уши́то (néšto ušíto) — something that is being or has been sewn
• Catalan: costura — something that is being or has been sewn
• Finnish: ompele — something that is being or has been sewn
• French: couture — something that is being or has been sewn
• Hindi: सिलाई (silāī) — something that is being or has been sewn
• Irish: fuáil — something that is being or has been sewn
• Italian: cucito — something that is being or has been sewn
• Japanese: 縫い物 (nuimono) — something that is being or has been sewn
• Russian: поши́в (pošív) — something that is being or has been sewn
• Russian: вы́шивка (výšivka) — something that is being or has been sewn
• Serbo-Croatian: šivanje — something that is being or has been sewn
• Serbo-Croatian: švelo — something that is being or has been sewn
• Spanish: costura — something that is being or has been sewn
• Spanish: cosedura — something that is being or has been sewn
• Walloon: costeure — something that is being or has been sewn
• Welsh: gwniadwaith — something that is being or has been sewn