bowling

See also: Bowling

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/, [ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊlɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
  • Audio (CA)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Verb

bowling

  1. present participle of bowl

Noun

bowling (uncountable)

Bowling (sense 1)
  1. A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
  2. (New England) Candlepin bowling.
  3. Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
  4. (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
  5. (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
  6. (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
  7. (Ireland) Road bowling.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔwleŋ/, [ˈb̥ɒwleŋ]

Noun

bowling c (singular definite bowlingen, not used in plural form)

  1. bowling

Inflection
Declension of bowling
common
gender		 Singular
indefinite definite
nominative bowling bowlingen
genitive bowlings bowlingens

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bu.liŋ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

  1. bowling
    Elle adore jouer au bowling. ― She loves to play bowling.
  2. a place where one can play bowling

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. In the sense "bowling alley", a Pseudo-anglicism.

Noun

bowling m (invariable)

  1. ten-pin bowling
  2. bowling alley

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔw.liŋk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔwliŋk
  • Syllabification: bow‧ling

Noun

bowling m inan

  1. tenpin bowling

Declension
Declension of bowling
singular
nominative bowling
genitive bowlingu
dative bowlingowi
accusative bowling
instrumental bowlingiem
locative bowlingu
vocative bowlingu

Derived terms
adjective
  • bowlingowy

Further reading
  • bowling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bowling in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.

Noun

bowling n (uncountable)

  1. bowling

Declension
declension of bowling (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bowling bowlingul
genitive/dative (unui) bowling bowlingului
vocative bowlingule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈboulin/ [ˈbou̯.lĩn]
  • Rhymes: -oulin

Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

  1. bowling alley

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. Attested since 1925.

Noun

bowling c

  1. bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

Declension
Declension of bowling 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bowling bowlingen — —
Genitive bowlings bowlingens — —

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References
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