tering
See also: tering-
Dutch
Etymology
From teren (“to consume”) + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteː.rɪŋ/, [ˈtɪː.rɪŋ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: te‧ring
- Rhymes: -eːrɪŋ
Noun
tering f (uncountable, no diminutive)
- expenses
- Synonym: uitgaven
- (dated) tuberculosis
- Synonyms: tuberculose, tb
Derived terms
- de tering naar de nering zetten
- tering-
Descendants
Interjection
tering
Derived terms
- sodetering
- tering jantje
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch tering (“tuberculosis; expenses”, literally “consuming”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈteriŋ/ [ˈt̪e.rɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -eriŋ
- Syllabification: te‧ring
Noun
tering (plural tering-tering)
- (pathology, colloquial) tuberculosis
- Synonym: tuberkulosis
Further reading
- “tering”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016