walking

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/
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• Northumbria: /ˈwaːk.ɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈwɔ.kɪŋ/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈwɑ.kɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɔːkɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: W AO1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.

From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk + -ing.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَجَسِّد (mutajassid) — incarnate as a human
• Finnish: kävelevä — incarnate as a human
• Hungarian: sétáló — incarnate as a human
• Portuguese: humano — incarnate as a human
• Portuguese: ambulante — incarnate as a human
• Spanish: andante — incarnate as a human
• Tamil: நடமாடும் (naṭamāṭum) — incarnate as a human
• Bulgarian: ходещ (hodešt) — able to walk though sick or injured
• Bulgarian: амбулаторен (ambulatoren) — able to walk though sick or injured
• Bulgarian: пешеходен (pešehoden) — characterized by or suitable for walking
• Finnish: kävely- — characterized by or suitable for walking
• Russian: ходячий (xodjačij) — characterized by or suitable for walking
• Spanish: a pie — characterized by or suitable for walking
• Spanish: para caminar — characterized by or suitable for walking
• Spanish: para andar — characterized by or suitable for walking
• German: wandelnd — heavily characterized by some given quality
• Russian: настоящий (nastojaščij) — heavily characterized by some given quality
• Russian: ходячий (xodjačij) — heavily characterized by some given quality
• Russian: живой (živoj) — heavily characterized by some given quality
• Spanish: viviente — heavily characterized by some given quality
• Tamil: நடமாடும் (naṭamāṭum) — heavily characterized by some given quality
• Albanian: ecje — gerund of walk
• Arabic: مَشْي (mašy) — gerund of walk
• Belarusian: хада́ (xadá) — gerund of walk
• Belarusian: хадня́ (xadnjá) — gerund of walk
• Belarusian: хадзьба́ (xadzʹbá) — gerund of walk
• Belarusian: шага́нне (šahánnje) — gerund of walk
• Belarusian: хаджэ́нне (xadžénnje) — gerund of walk
• Bulgarian: хо́дене (hódene) — gerund of walk
• Chinese Mandarin: 走路 (zǒulù) — gerund of walk
• Chinese Mandarin: 步行 (bùxíng) — gerund of walk
• Czech: chůze — gerund of walk
• Czech: chození — gerund of walk
• Finnish: käveleminen — gerund of walk
• Finnish: kävely — gerund of walk
• French: marche — gerund of walk
• French: randonnée — gerund of walk
• French: marche à pied — gerund of walk
• German: Wandern — gerund of walk
• German: Spazierengehen — gerund of walk
• German: Gehen — gerund of walk
• German: Laufen — gerund of walk
• German: Gang — gerund of walk
• Hebrew: הֲלִיכָה (halikhá) — gerund of walk
• Hindi: पदाचार (padācār) — gerund of walk
• Hungarian: gyaloglás — gerund of walk
• Indonesian: jalan-jalan — gerund of walk
• Japanese: 歩き (aruki) — gerund of walk
• Japanese: 歩行 (hokō) — gerund of walk
• Japanese: 徒 (kachi) — gerund of walk
• Korean: 보행 (bohaeng) — gerund of walk
• Korean: 걷기 (geotgi) — gerund of walk
• Macedonian: одење (odenje) — gerund of walk
• Polish: chód — gerund of walk
• Polish: chodzenie — gerund of walk
• Romani: phiriben — gerund of walk
• Russian: ходьба́ (xodʹbá) — gerund of walk
• Russian: хожде́ние (xoždénije) — gerund of walk
• Russian: шага́ние (šagánije) — gerund of walk
• Serbo-Croatian: ходање — gerund of walk
• Serbo-Croatian: hodanje — gerund of walk
• Slovak: chôdza — gerund of walk
• Slovak: chodenie — gerund of walk
• Slovene: hoja — gerund of walk
• Spanish: andar — gerund of walk
• Spanish: marcha — gerund of walk
• Tamil: நடக்கை (naṭakkai) — gerund of walk
• Tamil: நடை (naṭai) — gerund of walk
• Tamil: நடத்தல் (naṭattal) — gerund of walk
• Ukrainian: ходьба́ (xodʹbá) — gerund of walk
• Ukrainian: хода́ (xodá) — gerund of walk
• Ukrainian: ході́ння (xodínnja) — gerund of walk
• Ukrainian: хідня́ (xidnjá) — gerund of walk