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• /ˈswɪŋ/
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From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.

351 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: замах (zamah) — manner in which something is swung
• Bulgarian: размах (razmah) — manner in which something is swung
• Czech: švih — manner in which something is swung
• Czech: zhoupnutí — manner in which something is swung
• Czech: švuňk — manner in which something is swung
• Czech: máchnutí — manner in which something is swung
• Finnish: heilautus — manner in which something is swung
• Finnish: swingi — manner in which something is swung
• French: balancement — manner in which something is swung
• Icelandic: sveifla — manner in which something is swung
• Romanian: balans — manner in which something is swung
• Russian: разма́х (razmáx) — manner in which something is swung
• Russian: зама́х (zamáx) — manner in which something is swung
• Russian: взма́х (vzmáx) — manner in which something is swung
• Afrikaans: skoppelmaai — hanging seat
• Afrikaans: swaai — hanging seat
• Albanian: kolovajzë — hanging seat
• Albanian: shilarës — hanging seat
• Albanian: shilarth — hanging seat
• Albanian: shregull — hanging seat
• Arabic: أُرْجُوحَة (ʔurjūḥa) — hanging seat
• Arabic: مُرْجِيحَة (murjīḥa) — hanging seat
• Arabic: مُرْجيحة (murjēḥa) — hanging seat
• Arabic: زعلولة (zaʕlūla) — hanging seat
• Arabic: طياشة (ṭiyyāša) — hanging seat
• Arabic: مطيشة (muṭṭayša) — hanging seat
• Arabic: زيطة (zīṭa) — hanging seat
• Arabic: حطيشة (ḥuṭṭayša) — hanging seat
• Armenian: ճոճանակ (čočanak) — hanging seat
• Armenian: ճոճ (čoč) — hanging seat
• Armenian: ճլորթի (člortʻi) — hanging seat
• Azerbaijani: yelləncək — hanging seat
• Azerbaijani: kuf — hanging seat
• Basque: zabu — hanging seat
• Basque: kulunka — hanging seat
• Belarusian: качэлі (kačeli) — hanging seat
• Belarusian: арэлі (areli) — hanging seat
• Belarusian: гушкалка (huškalka) — hanging seat
• Bulgarian: люлка (ljulka) — hanging seat
• Catalan: gronxador — hanging seat
• Chinese Cantonese: 韆鞦 /千秋 (cin1 cau1) — hanging seat
• Hakka Chinese: 晃槓仔 /晃杠仔 (kòng-kong-é) — hanging seat
• Chinese: 韆鞦 /千秋 (chhian-chhiu) — hanging seat
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞦韆 /秋千 (qiūqiān) — hanging seat
• Choctaw: afahata — hanging seat
• Czech: houpačka — hanging seat
• Danish: gynge — hanging seat
• Dutch: schommel — hanging seat
• Esperanto: pendolilo — hanging seat
• Estonian: kiik — hanging seat
• Estonian: kiiged — hanging seat
• Finnish: keinu — hanging seat
• French: balançoire — hanging seat
• Gagauz: sallangaç — hanging seat
• Galician: bambán — hanging seat
• Galician: randeeira — hanging seat
• German: Schaukel — hanging seat
• German: Hutsche — hanging seat
• Greek: κούνια (koúnia) — hanging seat
• Ancient Greek: αἰώρα (aiṓra) — hanging seat
• Gujarati: સ્વિંગ (sviṅg) — hanging seat
• Hebrew: נַדְנֵדָה — hanging seat
• Hungarian: hinta — hanging seat
• Icelandic: róla — hanging seat
• Ingrian: leekku — hanging seat
• Irish: luascán — hanging seat
• Italian: altalena — hanging seat
• Japanese: ブランコ (buranko) — hanging seat
• Japanese: 鞦韆 (buranko) — hanging seat
• Kannada: ಉಯ್ಯಾಲೆ (uyyāle) — hanging seat
• Kazakh: әткеншек (ätkenşek) — hanging seat
• Kazakh: әлпеншек (älpenşek) — hanging seat
• Kazakh: айткеліншек (aitkelınşek) — hanging seat
• Khmer: ទោង (toong) — hanging seat
• Korean: 그네 (geune) — hanging seat
• Central Kurdish: جۆلانە (colane) — hanging seat
• Latgalian: leigačys — hanging seat
• Latgalian: šyupelis — hanging seat
• Latgalian: airis — hanging seat
• Latin: oscillum — hanging seat
• Latin: cunae — hanging seat
• Latvian: šūpoles — hanging seat
• Livonian: äl — hanging seat
• Macedonian: лу́лашка (lúlaška) — hanging seat
• Macedonian: ни́шалка (níšalka) — hanging seat
• Malay: buaian — hanging seat
• Malayalam: ഊഞ്ഞാൽ (ūññāl) — hanging seat
• Manchu: ᠴᡝᡴᡝ (ceke) — hanging seat
• Mansaka: doyan — hanging seat
• Māori: kautārere — hanging seat
• Māori: tārere — hanging seat
• Norwegian Bokmål: huske — hanging seat
• Norwegian Bokmål: gynge — hanging seat
• Norwegian Bokmål: disse — hanging seat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: huske — hanging seat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gynge — hanging seat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: disse — hanging seat
• Persian: تاب (tâb) — hanging seat
• Persian: گاز (gāz) — hanging seat
• Polish: huśtawka — hanging seat
• Portuguese: balanço — hanging seat
• Portuguese: baloiço — hanging seat
• Portuguese: balouço — hanging seat
• Romanian: leagăn — hanging seat
• Russian: каче́ли (kačéli) — hanging seat
• Salar: sallançaq — hanging seat
• Serbo-Croatian: ljuljaška — hanging seat
• Sicilian: naca — hanging seat
• Slovak: hojdačka — hanging seat
• Spanish: columpio — hanging seat
• Spanish: hamaca — hanging seat
• Spanish: fuin fuan — hanging seat
• Spanish: tambesco — hanging seat
• Swedish: gunga — hanging seat
• Tamil: ஊஞ்சல் (ūñcal) — hanging seat
• Telugu: ఉయ్యాల (uyyāla) — hanging seat
• Telugu: ఊయల (ūyala) — hanging seat
• Thai: ชิงช้า (ching-cháa) — hanging seat
• Tibetan: ཇིང་ཏ་ལིང་ཏ (jing ta ling ta) — hanging seat
• Turkish: salıncak — hanging seat
• Turkish: yellencek — hanging seat
• Turkmen: sallançak — hanging seat
• Ukrainian: го́йдалка (hójdalka) — hanging seat
• Vietnamese: xích đu — hanging seat
• Volapük: pendülöm — hanging seat
• Welsh: siglen — hanging seat
• Yiddish: הוידלקע (hoydlke) — hanging seat
• Zazaki: hêlık (diq) — hanging seat
• Bulgarian: суинг (suing) — dance style
• Czech: swing — dance style
• Dutch: swing — dance style
• Esperanto: svingo — dance style
• Finnish: swing — dance style
• French: swing — dance style
• Macedonian: свинг (sving) — dance style
• Portuguese: swing — dance style
• Russian: свинг (sving) — dance style
• Zazaki: hêlnayış — dance style
• Bulgarian: суинг (suing) — music style
• Esperanto: svingomuziko — music style
• Esperanto: svingo — music style
• Finnish: swing — music style
• French: swing — music style
• German: Swing — music style
• Greek: σουίνγκ (souíngk) — music style
• Icelandic: sveifla — music style
• Japanese: スイング (suingu) — music style
• Kazakh: свинг (sviñ) — music style
• Macedonian: свинг (sving) — music style
• Portuguese: swing — music style
• Russian: свинг (sving) — music style
• Zazaki: hêla — music style
• Bulgarian: отклонение (otklonenie) — amount of change towards or away from
• Bulgarian: амплитуда (amplituda) — amount of change towards or away from
• Finnish: heilahdus — amount of change towards or away from
• French: variation — amount of change towards or away from
• Macedonian: за́мав (zámav) — amount of change towards or away from
• Russian: разма́х (razmáx) — amount of change towards or away from
• Finnish: heilahdus — electoral change
• French: revirement — electoral change
• Greek: μεταστροφή (metastrofí) — electoral change
• Finnish: kierre — sideways movement of a cricket ball as it flies through the air
• French: doublure — substitute musical theater performer
• Dutch: uithaal — type of hook in boxing
• Dutch: zwaai — type of hook in boxing
• Finnish: heijari — type of hook in boxing
• Finnish: sivukoukku — type of hook in boxing
• Finnish: swingi — type of hook in boxing
• French: coup de poing balancé — type of hook in boxing
• Indonesian: bandul — type of hook in boxing
• Kazakh: сүре соғу (süre soğu) — type of hook in boxing
• Russian: свинг (sving) — type of hook in boxing
• Spanish: swing — type of hook in boxing
• Thai: หมัดเหวี่ยงยาว — type of hook in boxing
• Afrikaans: swaai — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Arabic: تَأَرْجَحَ (taʔarjaḥa) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Arabic: اتمرجح (atmarjaḥ) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Armenian: ճոճվել (čočvel) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Aromanian: leagãn — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Azerbaijani: yırğalanmaq — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Bashkir: һелкенеү (helkenew) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Bashkir: бәүелеү (bəwelew) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Bulgarian: клатя се (klatja se) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Bulgarian: люлея се (ljuleja se) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Bulgarian: клатушкам се (klatuškam se) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Catalan: engronsar — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Catalan: balancejar — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Chinese Mandarin: 擺動 /摆动 (bǎidòng) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Chinese Mandarin: 搖擺 /摇摆 (yáobǎi) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Chinese Mandarin: 擺蕩 /摆荡 (bǎidàng) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Chinese Mandarin: 擺 /摆 (bǎi) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Czech: houpat se — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Czech: kývat se — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Czech: kymácet — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Czech: zhoupnout se — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Dutch: zwaaien — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Dutch: zwenken — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Dutch: zwieren — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Esperanto: balanci — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Finnish: heilua — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Finnish: keinua — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• French: osciller — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• French: se balancer — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• French: balancer — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Galician: randear — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Galician: bambear — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Galician: tangonear — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Galician: arfar — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Galician: brandir — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• German: schwingen — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• German: schaukeln — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• German: schwanken — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Greek: κουνιέμαι (kouniémai) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Hungarian: leng — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Hungarian: himbálózik — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Icelandic: sveiflast — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Ingrian: häilyä — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Ingrian: häylyä — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Ingrian: horjua — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Italian: oscillare — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Italian: ondeggiare — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Italian: altalenare — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Italian: dondolare — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Japanese: 振れる (fureru) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Japanese: 揺さぶる (yusaburu) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Japanese: 揺れる (yureru) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Khmer: យោល (youl, yool) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Latin: oscillo — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Macedonian: ни́ша (níša) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Macedonian: лу́ла (lúla) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Malay: buai — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Malay: berayun — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Māori: piu — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Māori: piupiu — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Māori: kōpiupiu — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Māori: tārere — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Portuguese: balançar — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Rarotongan: tārere — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Romanian: balansa — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Romanian: legăna — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Romanian: oscila — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Russian: кача́ться (kačátʹsja) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Russian: раска́чиваться (raskáčivatʹsja) — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Slovak: hojdať sa — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Spanish: balancear — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Spanish: mecerse — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Swedish: gunga — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Swedish: svinga — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Tahitian: faʻaʻopaʻopa — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Vietnamese: đu — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Vietnamese: đung đưa — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
• Dutch: swingen — to dance
• Esperanto: svingomuzikumi — to dance
• Finnish: jorata — to dance
• French: swinguer — to dance
• Zazaki: hêl kerden — to dance
• Armenian: ճոճվել (čočvel) — to ride on a swing
• Armenian: ճոճորվել (čočorvel) — to ride on a swing
• Bulgarian: люлея се (ljuleja se) — to ride on a swing
• Catalan: gronxar-se — to ride on a swing
• Czech: houpat se — to ride on a swing
• Czech: zhoupnout se — to ride on a swing
• Czech: pohoupat se — to ride on a swing
• Dutch: schommelen — to ride on a swing
• Finnish: keinua — to ride on a swing
• French: se balancer — to ride on a swing
• Galician: randear — to ride on a swing
• German: schaukeln — to ride on a swing
• Icelandic: róla (sér) — to ride on a swing
• Italian: altalenare — to ride on a swing
• Korean: 그네뛰다 (geune-ttwida) — to ride on a swing
• Lithuanian: suptis — to ride on a swing
• Luxembourgish: schaukelen — to ride on a swing
• Macedonian: се лу́ла (se lúla) — to ride on a swing
• Macedonian: се ни́ша (se níša) — to ride on a swing
• Māori: tārere — to ride on a swing
• Māori: moari — to ride on a swing
• Norwegian Bokmål: huske — to ride on a swing
• Norwegian Bokmål: gynge — to ride on a swing
• Norwegian Bokmål: disse — to ride on a swing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: huske — to ride on a swing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gynge — to ride on a swing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: disse — to ride on a swing
• Polish: huśtać się — to ride on a swing
• Portuguese: andar de baloiço — to ride on a swing
• Russian: кача́ться (kačátʹsja) — to ride on a swing
• Spanish: columpiarse — to ride on a swing
• Spanish: mecerse — to ride on a swing
• Swedish: gunga — to ride on a swing
• Ukrainian: гойда́тися (hojdátysja) — to ride on a swing
• Dutch: aan partnerruil doen — to participate in swinging lifestyle
• Dutch: swingen — to participate in swinging lifestyle
• German: swingen — to participate in swinging lifestyle
• Bulgarian: вися (visja) — to hang on gallows
• Finnish: roikkua — to hang on gallows
• Finnish: heilua — to hang on gallows
• French: pendre — to hang on gallows
• Galician: pendurar — to hang on gallows
• German: baumeln — to hang on gallows
• Hungarian: lóg — to hang on gallows
• Icelandic: hanga — to hang on gallows
• Macedonian: ви́си (vísi) — to hang on gallows
• Finnish: kiertyä — cricket: of a ball, to move sideways in its trajectory
• Bulgarian: изменям се (izmenjam se) — to fluctuate or change
• Bulgarian: изменя се (izmenja se) — to fluctuate or change
• Catalan: virar — to fluctuate or change
• Catalan: girar — to fluctuate or change
• Dutch: schommelen — to fluctuate or change
• Finnish: heilahtaa — to fluctuate or change
• French: changer — to fluctuate or change
• French: osciller — to fluctuate or change
• Romanian: oscila — to fluctuate or change
• Armenian: ճոճել (čočel) — to move an object backward and forward
• Bashkir: һелтәү (heltəw) — to move an object backward and forward
• Bulgarian: клатя (klatja) — to move an object backward and forward
• Catalan: oscil·lar — to move an object backward and forward
• Finnish: keinuttaa — to move an object backward and forward
• Finnish: heiluttaa — to move an object backward and forward
• French: balancer — to move an object backward and forward
• Greek: κουνώ (kounó) — to move an object backward and forward
• Macedonian: ни́ша (níša) — to move an object backward and forward
• Polish: bachnąć — to move an object backward and forward
• Polish: kołysać — to move an object backward and forward
• Polish: zakołysać — to move an object backward and forward
• Polish: machać — to move an object backward and forward
• Polish: machnąć — to move an object backward and forward
• Sicilian: annacari — to move an object backward and forward
• Spanish: mecer — to move an object backward and forward
• Swedish: svinga — to move an object backward and forward
• Turkish: sallamak — to move an object backward and forward
• Finnish: muuttaa — to change a numerical result
• French: modifier — to change a numerical result
• French: altérer — to change a numerical result
• Spanish: desplazar — to change a numerical result
• Bulgarian: скалъпвам (skalǎpvam) — to make something work
• Bulgarian: скалъпя (skalǎpja) — to make something work
• Finnish: hoitaa — to make something work
• French: se permettre — to make something work
• Slovak: rozkývať — to make something work
• Slovak: rozhýbať — to make something work
• Finnish: svengata — music: to produce a bouncy, uneven rhythm
• German: schwingen — music: to produce a bouncy, uneven rhythm
• Finnish: lyödä kierre — cricket: to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory
• Bulgarian: замахвам (zamahvam) — boxing: to move one's arm in a punching motion
• Bulgarian: замахна (zamahna) — boxing: to move one's arm in a punching motion
• Czech: ohnat se — boxing: to move one's arm in a punching motion
• Czech: rozmáchnout se — boxing: to move one's arm in a punching motion
• Finnish: heilauttaa — boxing: to move one's arm in a punching motion
• Bulgarian: завъртам (zavǎrtam) — dancing: to turn around in a small circle with one's partner
• Bulgarian: завъртя (zavǎrtja) — dancing: to turn around in a small circle with one's partner
• Finnish: pyöräyttää — dancing: to turn around in a small circle with one's partner