English
Etymology
From Middle English feinting, equivalent to faint + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -eɪntɪŋ
Verb
fainting
- present participle and gerund of faint
Noun
fainting (plural faintings)
- An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
- fainting fit
Translations
an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- Catalan: desmai (ca)
- Cebuano: kuyap, lipong
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 昏暈 / 昏晕 (zh) (hūnyùn)
- Czech: mdloba f, omdlení n
- Finnish: pyörtyminen (fi), pökertyminen (fi)
- French: syncope (fr), évanouissement (fr)
- Galician: trastavai m, testabau m, agavante m, dada m, desvano m, esvaimento m
- German: Ohnmacht (de)
- Greek: λιποθυμία (el) f (lipothymía)
- Hindi: मूर्छा f (mūrchā)
- Hungarian: ájulás (hu)
- Indonesian: pingsan (id)
- Interlingua: syncope
- Italian: svenimento (it)
- Japanese: 失神 (ja) (しっしん, shisshin)
- Kapampangan: liping
- Malay: pengsan
- Portuguese: desmaio (pt), síncope (pt)
- Russian: о́бморок (ru) m (óbmorok)
- Scottish Gaelic: fannachadh m
- Spanish: desmayo (es)
- Tagalog: himatay
- Telugu: మూర్ఛ (te) (mūrcha)
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