piling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ

Noun

piling (plural pilings)

1. A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
2. The act of heaping up.
3. (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.

Derived terms

• piling on
• piling rig
• sheet piling

Translations

A structural support

Chinese: Mandarin: 桩子 (zh) (zhuāngzi) Finnish: paalut, paalutus (fi), paalurakennelma German: Spundwand (de) f

The act of heaping up

Finnish: kasaaminen (fi), pinoaminen (fi), latominen (fi), kokoonkasaaminen

Verb

piling

1. present participle and gerund of pile

Anagrams

• Gilpin, Pingli

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈlɪŋɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡ

Noun

piling m

1. tiger

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpiliŋ/ [ˈpiː.lɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -iliŋ
• Syllabification: pi‧ling

Noun

piling (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. side

   Synonyms: tabi, siping, bingit, dais, palibot, tangwa

2. (obsolete) seashore

   Synonyms: tabing-dagat, dalampasigan, pampang, baybayin

3. shaking of one's head in anger

   Synonyms: iling, taling

Derived terms

• himiling
• ipiling
• kapiling
• magpiling
• makapiling
• piling-piling
• pilingan
• pumiling
• sumapiling

See also

• gilid
• piying

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈliŋ/ [pɪˈlɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: pi‧ling

Noun

pilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. bunch or cluster of fruits

   Synonym: kumpol

Derived terms

• kapiling
• magpiling
• pilingan
• pilingin

See also

• buwig
• sapad

References

• “piling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

Anagrams

• ping-il