swimming

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• /ˈswɪmɪŋ/
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From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).

Etymology tree English swim Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English swimming From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahtna: nbae — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Albanian: not — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Arabic: سِبَاحَة (sibāḥa) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Armenian: լող (loġ) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Aromanian: nutare — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Assamese: সাঁতোৰ (xãtür) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Assamese: সাঁতোৰা (xãtüra) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Azerbaijani: üzgüçülük — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Belarusian: пла́ванне (plávannje) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Belarusian: пла́ваньне (plávanʹnje) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Bengali: সাঁতার (śãtar) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Bulgarian: плу́ване (plúvane) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Burmese: ရေကူးခြင်း (reku:hkrang:) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Catalan: natació — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Chinese Cantonese: 游泳 — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Chinese: 游泳 (zh-min-nan) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Chinese Mandarin: 游泳 (yóuyǒng) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Chinese Mandarin: 游 (yóu) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Chinese Mandarin: 泳 (yǒng) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Czech: plavání — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Danish: svømning — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Dutch: zwemmen — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Esperanto: naĝado — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Estonian: ujumine — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Finnish: uinti — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Finnish: uiminen — human activity of moving oneself through water
• French: natation — human activity of moving oneself through water
• French: nage — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Georgian: ცურვა (curva) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• German: Schwimmen — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Greek: κολύμβηση (kolýmvisi) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Ancient Greek: κολυμβάς (kolumbás) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Hebrew: שְׂחִיָּה (s'khiyá) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Hindi: तैराकी (tairākī) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Hungarian: úszás — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Icelandic: sund — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Indonesian: berenang — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Irish: snámh — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Italian: nuoto — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Japanese: 水泳 (suiei) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Kazakh: жүзу (jüzu) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Khmer: ការហែលទឹក (kaa hael tɨk) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Korean: 수영 (suyeong) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Central Kurdish: مەلەوانی (melewanî) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Kyrgyz: сүзүү (süzüü) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Latvian: peldēšana — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Lithuanian: plaukimas — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Macedonian: пливање (plivanje) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Malay: berenang — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Malayalam: നീന്തൽ (nīntal) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Ngarrindjeri: wrukun — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Norman: nagegie — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Norwegian Bokmål: svømming — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: symjing — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Odia: ପହଁରା (pahãrā) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Old English: sund — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Iranian Persian: شِنا (šenâ) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Iranian Persian: شِناوَری (šenâvari) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Polish: pływactwo — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Polish: pływanie — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Portuguese: natação — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Quechua: wamp'uy — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Romanian: înot — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Russian: пла́вание (plávanije) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Serbo-Croatian: пли̏ва̄ње — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Serbo-Croatian: plȉvānje — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Slovak: plávanie — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Slovene: plavanje — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Spanish: natación — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Spanish: nadadura — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Spanish: nado — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Swedish: simning — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Tajik: шино (šino) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Tajik: шиноварӣ (šinovari) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Thai: การว่ายน้ํา (gaan-wâai-náam) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Turkish: yüzme — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Ottoman Turkish: یوزمه (yüzme) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Ukrainian: пла́вання (plávannja) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Urdu: تَیراکی (tairākī) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Uyghur: سۇ ئۈزۈش (su üzüsh) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Uzbek: suzish — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Vietnamese: bơi lội — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Walloon: naiviaedje — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Walloon: bagnaedje — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Walloon: nedjaedje — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Welsh: nofio — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Wiradjuri: bambinya — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Yiddish: שוווּם (shvum) — human activity of moving oneself through water
• Bulgarian: световъртеж (svetovǎrtež) — a giddy sensation
• Dutch: duizeling — a giddy sensation
• Greek: ζάλη (záli) — a giddy sensation
• Greek: ίλιγγος (ílingos) — a giddy sensation
• Māori: pōnitiniti — a giddy sensation
• Old English: swima — a giddy sensation