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| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.[Websters] 2. An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. Go `ding dong', like a bell.[Wordnet] 2. Base verb from the following inflections: dingdonging, dingdonged, dingdongs, dingdonger, dingdongers, dingdongingly and dingdongedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb | 1. Heartily or earnestly; "They fell to work dingdong".[Wordnet]. | |
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Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Date "Dingdong" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
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Note: Dingdong \Ding"dong`\, noun. [See Ding.]. (references) |
Topics by Level of Interest: DINGDONG | ||||
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | zaglušan (dingdong). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | zaglušan (dingdong). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 叮撖 (dingdong). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 叮噹 (dingdong, jingle, clatter, ding-dong, tinkling). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | zaglušan (dingdong). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | دنگ دنگ (dingdong), طنين صداى ساعت (dingdong), شماطه (dingdong), طنين صداي ساعت (dingdong). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | échange vif de mots (dingdong). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | échange vif de mots (dingdong). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 땡땡 (dingdong, ding-dong, ding, ding-a-ling), 종소리-부지런히-접전의 (dingdong), 접전의 (dingdong, tight), 부지런히 (diligently, industriously, assiduously, dingdong, busily). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 땡땡 (dingdong, ding-dong, ding, ding-a-ling), 종소리-부지런히-접전의 (dingdong), 접전의 (dingdong, tight), 부지런히 (diligently, industriously, assiduously, dingdong, busily). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | ジャンジャン (dingdong), せり合いの (dingdong), 激闘 (fierce fighting, dingdong, fierce, fighting), ゴンゴン (dingdong), ガンガン (intense, sound of large bell, sound of scolding voice, pounding of headache, clangor), ピンポン (ping-pong, dingdong), チンチン (dingdong), せっせと (busily, assiduously, away, diligently, dingdong), 一生懸命の (dingdong), ジャンジャン鳴る (jangle, clash, ding, dingdong). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 땡땡 (dingdong, ding-dong, ding, ding-a-ling), 종소리-부지런히-접전의 (dingdong), 접전의 (dingdong, tight), 부지런히 (diligently, industriously, assiduously, dingdong, busily). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | دنگ دنگ (dingdong), طنين صداى ساعت (dingdong), شماطه (dingdong), طنين صداي ساعت (dingdong). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | دنگ دنگ (dingdong), طنين صداى ساعت (dingdong), شماطه (dingdong), طنين صداي ساعت (dingdong). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | دنگ دنگ (dingdong), طنين صداى ساعت (dingdong), شماطه (dingdong), طنين صداي ساعت (dingdong). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | udaranje zvona (dingdong, ding-dong). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | çan sesi (ring, toll, dingdong, peal, ringing), gürültülü patırtılı tartışma (dingdong), ding dong (dingdong), dan dan (dingdong, ding-dong), çetin (arduous, tough, difficult, hard, austere), çekişmeli (contentious, controversial, dingdong, in contestation), işini canla başla yapmak (to get to work dingdong), karşılıklı darbelerle cebelleşme (dingdong struggle). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, dingdong. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “dingdong” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | ingdongday (dingdong). Additional references: Pig Latin, dingdong. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | cenint (dingdong). Additional references: Terran B, dingdong. (volunteer) | |||
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