英和和英

発音

• enPR: rītʹĭng, IPA: /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/
• ハイフネーション: writ‧ing
• 韻: -aɪtɪŋ
• Homophone: riding (some varieties with flapping)

語源 1

From 中期英語 writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from 古期英語 wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write +‎ -ing.

名詞

writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)

1. (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
   • 2003, William G. Boltz, The Origin and the Development of the Chinese Writing System, page 14:

     Because writing of any kind is no more and no less than a graphic representation of speech […] , to study its nature and history we must often have recourse to the speech, that is, to the language, that the writing writes.

   • 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 115:

     Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.

2. (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
3. (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
4. (countable) A work of an author.

   Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing.

5. (countable) The style of writing of a person.

   I can't read your writing.

6. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.

   a writing table

同意語

• (written letters or symbols that express some meaning): text
• (something written): document, manuscript, text
• (work of an author): work
• (the style of writing of a person): hand, handwriting
• (intended for or used in writing): alphabet, character, ideogram, logogram, pictogram, script, syllabary, writing system

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from 古期英語 wrītende, present participle of 古期英語 wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write +‎ -ing.

動詞

writing

1. present participle and gerund of write
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     What are you doing? ― Um, I’m writing. ― You are writing! You are writing a lot!

アナグラム

• twiring

発音

• IPA: /ˈwriː.tinɡ/, [ˈwriː.tiŋɡ]

名詞

wrīting f

1. writing

語形変化

Strong ō-stem:

派生語

• wrītingfeþer f (“pen”)

派生した語

• Middle English: writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng
  • English: writing
  • Scots: writing