stilling

English

Etymology 1

Verb

stilling

  1. present participle of still

Noun

stilling (plural stillings)

  1. The act by which something is made still.
    • 2011, Griselda Pollock, ‎Maxim Silverman, Concentrationary Cinema
      Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism.

Etymology 2

Compare Low German Stelling, German stellen (to set, to place).

Noun

stilling (plural stillings)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A stillion.

Anagrams


Icelandic

Etymology

From stilla (adjust, tune) + -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɪtliŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtliŋk

Noun

stilling f (genitive singular stillingar, nominative plural stillingar)

  1. adjustment
  2. composure
  3. (music) tuning

Declension

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From stille + -ing

Noun

stilling f or m (definite singular stillinga or stillingen, indefinite plural stillinger, definite plural stillingene)

  1. position
  2. post (position in employment)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From stille + -ing

Noun

stilling f (definite singular stillinga, indefinite plural stillingar, definite plural stillingane)

  1. position
  2. post (position in employment)

References

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