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See also: Feeling

English

Etymology

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

(UK, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lɪŋ/
Audio (General American): (file)
Hyphenation: feel‧ing
Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

Adjective

feeling (comparative more feeling, superlative most feeling)

Emotionally sensitive.
Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

Translations

emotionally sensitive

Afrikaans: gevoelig, sensitief
Catalan: sentimental (ca)
Dutch: gevoelig (nl)
Esperanto: sentema
Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), herkkä (fi)
French: sentimental (fr)
Galician: sentimental m or f
German: einfühlsam (de), gefühlvoll (de)
Hebrew: רָגִישׁ m (ragísh), רְגִישָׁה f (regisha)
Hungarian: érző (hu), együttérző (hu)
Japanese: 敏感な (ja) (びんかんな, binkan na)
Korean: 민감한 (ko) (min'gamhan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھۆشە (hoşe)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: følsom (no)
Portuguese: sentimental (pt) m or f, emotivo (pt), sensível (pt) m or f
Romanian: sentimental (ro)
Russian: чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj)
Spanish: sentimental (es)
Swedish: känslig (sv) c, känsligt (sv) n
Turkish: duygusal (tr), duyarlı (tr), hassas (tr), dokunaklı (tr) (sense 2nd.)

Noun

feeling (plural feelings)

Sensation, particularly through the skin.
The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
Emotion; impression.
The house gave me a feeling of dread.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
  Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
(always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
(usually in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.
Many people still have feelings for their first love.
- 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”‎^[1]performed by Chappell Roan:
  You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
  Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
  You can say it's just the way you are
  Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
Intuition.
He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.

I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
- 1987, “Fairytale of New York”, performed by The Pogues:
  Got on a lucky one / Came in eighteen to one / I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you
An opinion, an attitude.
- 1972, George J. W. Goodman (Adam Smith), Supermoney, page 156:
  When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ French: feeling
→ German: Feeling
→ Japanese: フィーリング
→ Italian: feeling
→ Spanish: feeling

Translations

sensation

Afrikaans: gevoel (af), sensasie
Albanian: ndjenjë (sq) f
Altai:
Northern Altai: мэјрээмј (meǰreemǰ), сезим (sezim)

Southern Altai: сезим (sezim)
Amharic: ስሜት (səmet)
Arabic: شُعُور pl (šuʕūr), إِحْسَاس (ar) m (ʔiḥsās)
Armenian: զգացում (hy) (zgacʻum)
Azerbaijani: duyğu (az), hiss (az)
Bashkir: тойғо (toyğo)
Belarusian: пачуццё (be) n (pačuccjó), пачуцьцё n (pačucʹcjó)
Bengali: আবেগ (bn) (abeg)
Bulgarian: чу́вство (bg) n (čúvstvo), усе́щане (bg) n (uséštane), осеза́ние (bg) n (osezánie)
Burmese: ဝေဒနာ (my) (weda.na)
Catalan: sensació (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 感覺 / 感觉 (gam² gok³)

Mandarin: 感覺 / 感觉 (zh) (gǎnjué)
Czech: pocit (cs) m
Danish: følelse (da) c
Dutch: gevoel (nl) n
Esperanto: sento
Estonian: tunne
Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi), tuntu (fi), olo (fi)
French: sensation (fr) f
Galician: sensación (gl) f
Georgian: გრძნობა (grʒnoba)
German: Gefühl (de) n
Alemannic German: Gfüül n

Bavarian: Gfui

Central Franconian: Jeföhl
Greek: αίσθηση (el) f (aísthisi)
Hebrew: הַרְגָּשָׁה f (hargashá), תְּחוּשָׁה (he) f (tẖushá)
Hindi: एहसास m (ehsās), हिस (hi) f (his)
Hungarian: érzés (hu), érzékelés (hu)
Icelandic: tilfinning (is) f
Indonesian: perasaan (id)
Ingrian: tuntu
Italian: senso (it) m, sensazione (it) f
Japanese: 感覚 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku)
Javanese: rasa (jv)
Kazakh: сезім (kk) (sezim)
Khmer: អារម្មណ៍ (km) (ʼaarɑm)
Korean: 감각(感覺) (ko) (gamgak), 느낌 (ko) (neukkim)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھەست (ckb) (hest)

Northern Kurdish: hes (ku), his (ku)
Kyrgyz: сезим (ky) (sezim)
Lao: ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ (lo) (khuām hū sưk)
Latgalian: pajautys
Latvian: sajūta f, jūtas
Lithuanian: pojūtis m, jutimas m
Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n
Macedonian: чувство n (čuvstvo)
Malay: perasaan (ms)
Moksha: ёжа (joža)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мэдрэмж (mn) (medremž)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: følelse (no) m

Nynorsk: følelse m
Old English: ġefrēdnes f
Pali: vedanā f
Pashto: احساس (ps) m (ehsās)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اِحْساس (fa) (ehsâs), حِس (fa) (hes)
Plautdietsch: Jefeel n
Polish: uczucie (pl) n
Portuguese: sensação (pt) f
Romanian: sentiment (ro) n, sentimente n pl, simțământ (ro) n
Russian: ощуще́ние (ru) n (oščuščénije), чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo)
Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏сећа̄ј m, о̏сјећа̄ј m

Latin: ȍsećāj m, ȍsjećāj m
Slovak: pocit m
Slovene: občutek (sl) m
Somali: dareen (so)
Spanish: sensación (es) f
Swedish: sensation (sv) c, känsla (sv) c
Tagalog: pakiramdam
Tajik: ҳис (his), эҳсос (ehsos)
Tatar: хис (tt) (xis)
Telugu: అనుభూతి (te) (anubhūti)
Turkish: duygu (tr), hissetme (tr)
Turkmen: duýgy
Ukrainian: почуття́ (uk) n (počuttjá)
Urdu: اِحْساس m (ihsās), حِس f (his)
Uyghur: تۇيغۇ (tuyghu)
Uzbek: sezgi (uz), his (uz), tuygʻu (uz)
Vietnamese: cảm giác (vi)
Welsh: teimlad (cy) m
Yiddish: געפֿיל n (gefil)

emotion; impression

Afrikaans: emosie, gevoel (af)
Amharic: ስሜት (səmet)
Arabic: عَاطِفَة f (ʕāṭifa), إِحْسَاس (ar) m (ʔiḥsās)
Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʻmunkʻ)
Azerbaijani: duyğu (az), hiss (az)
Bashkir: тойғо (toyğo), хис (xis)
Belarusian: пачуццё (be) n (pačuccjó), эмо́цыя f (emócyja), пачуцьцё n (pačucʹcjó)
Bulgarian: чу́вство (bg) n (čúvstvo), емо́ция (bg) f (emócija)
Catalan: sentiment (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 感情 (gam² cing⁴)

Mandarin: 感情 (zh) (gǎnqíng)
Czech: cit (cs) m
Dutch: gevoel (nl) n, emotie (nl) f
Esperanto: sento, emocio, impreso, opinio
Estonian: meeleolu
Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi)
French: sentiment (fr) m, émotion (fr) f
Galician: emoción (gl) f
German: Gefühl (de) n, Emotion (de) f
Greek: συναίσθημα (el) n (synaísthima)
Ancient Greek: πάθος n (páthos)
Haitian Creole: santiman
Hebrew: הַרְגָּשָׁה f (hargashá)
Hindi: जज़्बात m pl (jazbāt), भावना (hi) f (bhāvnā)
Hungarian: érzelem (hu), érzés (hu)
Ingrian: cuvstva
Italian: sentimento (it) m, emozione (it) f
Japanese: 感情 (ja) (かんじょう, kanjō)
Kapampangan: kapanamdaman, kepanamdaman
Khmer: អារម្មណ៍ (km) (ʼaarɑm)
Korean: 감정(感情) (ko) (gamjeong)
Lao: ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ (lo) (khuām hū sưk), ອາລົມ (ʼā lom)
Latin: sensus (la)
Latvian: jūtas pl, emocija f
Lithuanian: jausmas m, emocija f
Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n, Emotioun f
Malay: hati (ms)
Māori: kōhengihengi, kōhengi, aurongo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: følelse (no) m

Nynorsk: følelse m
Old English: ġefrēdnes f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اِحْساس (fa) (ehsâs)
Plautdietsch: Jefeel n
Polish: uczucie (pl) n
Portuguese: emoção (pt) f, impressão (pt) f, sentimento (pt)
Romanian: sentiment (ro) n, sentimente n pl
Russian: чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo), эмо́ция (ru) f (emócija)
Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏сећа̄ј m, о̏сјећа̄ј m

Latin: ȍsećāj m, ȍsjećāj m
Slovene: občutek (sl) m, čustvo (sl) n
Spanish: sentimiento (es) m, emoción (es) f, impresión (es) f
Swedish: känsla (sv) c
Tajik: эҳсос (ehsos)
Tatar: хис (tt) (xis)
Telugu: భావం (te) (bhāvaṁ)
Thai: ความรู้สึก (th) (kwaam-rúu-sʉ̀k), อารมณ์ (th) (aa-rom)
Tocharian B: eṅkäl
Turkish: duygu (tr), his (tr)
Ukrainian: почуття́ (uk) n (počuttjá), емо́ція f (emócija)
Urdu: اِحْساس m (ihsās), جَذْبَہ m (jazba), جَذْبات m pl (jazbāt)
Vietnamese: cảm xúc (vi)
Welsh: teimlad (cy) m
Yiddish: געפֿיל n (gefil)

in plural: emotional state or well-being

Afrikaans: emosies, gevoelens (af)
Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʻmunkʻ)
Bulgarian: чу́вства (bg) n pl (čúvstva)
Czech: city (cs) m
Dutch: gevoelens (nl) n pl
Esperanto: sentoj (eo), emocioj
Estonian: tunne
Finnish: tunteet (fi) pl
French: sentiments (fr) m pl
Galician: sentimentos m pl
German: Gefühle (de) n pl
Greek: συναίσθημα (el) n (synaísthima)
Hebrew: רֶגֶשׁ (he) m (régesh), רְגָשׁוֹת m pl (r'gashót)
Hungarian: érzések (hu)
Icelandic: tilfinningar f
Italian: urtare la suscettibiltà, ferire i sentimenti
Japanese: 気 (ja) (き, ki)
Korean: 기(氣) (ko) (gi)
Luxembourgish: Gefiller n pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: følelser pl

Nynorsk: følelsar pl
Polish: uczucie (pl) n, uczucia pl
Portuguese: sentimentos (pt) m pl
Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ), самолю́бие (ru) n (samoljúbije)
Spanish: sentimientos (es) m pl
Swedish: känslor (sv) c pl
Welsh: teimladau (cy)

in plural: emotional attraction or desire

Afrikaans: gevoelens (af)
Armenian: զգացմունք (hy) (zgacʻmunkʻ)
Bulgarian: чу́вства (bg) n pl (čúvstva)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戀 / 恋 (zh) (liàn)
Dutch: gevoelens (nl) n pl
Esperanto: amsento
Finnish: tunteet (fi) pl
French: sentiments (fr) m pl
Galician: sentimentos m pl
German: Gefühle (de) n pl
Hebrew: רֶגֶשׁ (he) m (régesh), רְגָשׁוֹת m pl (r'gashót)
Hungarian: érzelmek (hu)
Icelandic: tilfinningar f
Italian: emozioni (it), sensazioni (it)
Japanese: 恋 (ja) (こい, koi)
Korean: 연(戀) (ko) (yeon), 련(戀) (ko) (ryeon) (North Korea)
Luxembourgish: Gefiller n pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: følelser pl

Nynorsk: følelsar pl
Polish: uczucie (pl) n
Portuguese: sentimentos (pt) m pl por...
Russian: симпа́тия (ru) f (simpátija), чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo)
Spanish: sentimientos (es) m pl, sentir algo por (verb phrase), sentir afección por, tener sentimientos por
Swedish: känslor (sv) c pl
Tagalog: pagtingin
Welsh: teimladau (cy)

intuition

Afrikaans: intuïsie, voorgevoel
Armenian: զգացում (hy) (zgacʻum)
Bulgarian: усе́щане (bg) n (uséštane)
Catalan: intuïció (ca) f, pressentiment (ca) m
Czech: pocit (cs)
Dutch: voorgevoel (nl) n
Esperanto: sentemeco, natura talento
Finnish: tunne (fi)
French: sentiment (fr) m, intuition (fr) f, impression (fr) f
Galician: intuición (gl) f
German: Gefühl (de) n
Hebrew: הַרְגָּשָׁה f (hargasha)
Hindi: ख़याल m (xayāl)
Hungarian: megérzés (hu), intuíció (hu)
Italian: intuito (it) m, tatto (it)
Japanese: 直感 (ja) (ちょっかん, chokkan)
Luxembourgish: Gefill (lb) n, Intuitioun f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: følelse (no) m

Nynorsk: følelse m
Old English: ġefrēdnes f
Polish: uczucie (pl) n
Portuguese: intuição (pt) f, idéia (pt) f, pressentimento (pt) m
Russian: предчу́вствие (ru) n (predčúvstvije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏сећа̄ј m, о̏сјећа̄ј m

Latin: ȍsećāj m, ȍsjećāj m
Slovene: občutek (sl) m
Spanish: intuición (es) f, presentimiento (es) m, corazonada (es) f
Swedish: känsla (sv) c
Tagalog: pakiramdam
Telugu: అంతర్వాణి (te) (antarvāṇi)
Urdu: خَیال m (xayāl)
Welsh: teimlad (cy), greddf

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Slovak: (1,2,5) ^{(please verify)} pocit m

Verb

feeling

present participle and gerund of feel

Derived terms

feeling no pain

Anagrams

fine leg, fleeing, flingee

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English feeling.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fi.liŋ/

Noun

feeling m (plural feelings)

instinct, hunch
- 1981, Michel Berger, “Tout pour la musique”, performed by France Gall:
  Et le feeling prime la raison / Ils s'abandonnent à l'unisson
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
sympathy, emotional connection (feeling of understanding between people)
- 2016, Gabriel Dumoulin, Six mois d'abonnement, Atrabile, →ISBN:
  Attends, on a trop bien tchatté ce soir… plus de deux heures au moins. On a un super feeling… Tu trouves pas ?
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Anagrams

églefin

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English feeling.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfi.linɡ/, /ˈfi.lin/^[1]
Rhymes: -ilinɡ, -ilin

Noun

feeling m (invariable)

an intense and immediate current of likability that is established between two people; feeling

References

^ “feeling” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English feeling.

Noun

feeling n (plural feelinguri)

feeling

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	feeling	feelingul	feelinguri	feelingurile
genitive-dative	feeling	feelingului	feelinguri	feelingurilor
vocative	feelingule		feelingurilor

References

feeling in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

filing

Noun

feeling m inan (Cyrillic spelling феелинг)

feeling, hunch
Synonym: osjećaj

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English feeling.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfilin/ [ˈfi.lĩn]
Rhymes: -ilin

Noun

feeling m (plural feelings)

feeling, hunch
spark; attraction; feeling

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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