petting

See also: Petting

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

petting

  1. present participle of pet
    I am petting my rabbit.

Noun

petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)

  1. The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
  2. (sex) The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
  3. The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
    • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
      'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpetːiŋː/, [ˈpe̞t̪ːiŋː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈpetiŋː/, [ˈpe̞t̪iŋː]
  • Rhymes: -etːiŋː
  • Syllabification(key): pet‧ting

Noun

petting

  1. (sex, informal) Alternative form of pettinki.

Declension
Inflection of petting (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative petting pettingit
genitive pettingin pettingien
partitive pettingiä pettingejä
illative pettingiin pettingeihin
singular plural
nominative petting pettingit
accusative nom. petting pettingit
gen. pettingin
genitive pettingin pettingien
partitive pettingiä pettingejä
inessive pettingissä pettingeissä
elative pettingistä pettingeistä
illative pettingiin pettingeihin
adessive pettingillä pettingeillä
ablative pettingiltä pettingeiltä
allative pettingille pettingeille
essive pettinginä pettingeinä
translative pettingiksi pettingeiksi
instructive — pettingein
abessive pettingittä pettingeittä
comitative — pettingeineen
Possessive forms of petting (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person pettingini pettingimme
2nd person pettingisi pettinginne
3rd person pettinginsä

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English petting.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.tiŋk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtiŋk
  • Syllabification: pe‧tting

Noun

petting m inan

  1. (sex) petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner)

Declension
Declension of petting
singular
nominative petting
genitive pettingu
dative pettingowi
accusative petting
instrumental pettingiem
locative pettingu
vocative pettingu

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