zeng

See also: zéng, zèng, zēng, and zěng

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

zeng

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zengen
  2. imperative of zengen

Noun

zeng m (plural zengen, diminutive zengetje n)

  1. gust, windflaw

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic stem as zendül (to produce a sound) + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: zeng

Verb

zeng

  1. (intransitive) to resound
  2. (transitive, poetic) to express something by singing and with music
  3. (transitive, literary) to praise someone or something in a song or a poem

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • zengedez
  • zengés
  • zenget
  • zengzetes
  • zengő
Compound words
  • zeng-bong
With verbal prefixes
  • átzeng
  • belezeng
  • bezeng
  • elzeng
  • felzeng
  • kizeng
  • körülzeng
  • rázeng
  • telezeng
  • továbbzeng
  • tovazeng
  • túlzeng
  • végigzeng
  • visszazeng
  • összezeng

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

zeng (Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄥ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of

Romanization

zeng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zěng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zèng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
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