Tresley
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Hello,
I keep coming across lots of words ending in -ing used in French. Most of them are borrowed from English and have the same meaning. However, some are used differently (e.g. le brushing, le dressing,le pressing etc) and some are invented by francophones themselves! (e.g. Le dancing, le fooding etc). We can translate the last two examples into English with French expressions! (Le dancing = Palais de danse, Le fooding = belle cuisine). Here is the list I have compiled so far. Can anyone add anything to this list? Please check my translations.
L’aquaplaning (m) = aquaplaning
Le booking = booking, reservation
Le bowling = bowling alley
Le brushing = blow-dry
Le building = large modern building (e.g. a block of flats or offices)
Le camping = camp site
Le camping-car = camper van
Le caravanning = caravanning
Le dancing = palais de danse, dance hall
Le dressing = built-in wardrobe, walk-in wardrobe
Le dumping = dumping
Le fooding = belle cuisine, the art of eating and cooking well
Le footing = jogging
Le forcing = pressure
Le jogging = jogging / tracksuit
Le jumping = horse jumping
Le karting = go-carting
Le leasing = leasing
Le lifting = face-lift
Le living = living room, sitting room, lounge
Le lobbying = lobbying
Le mailing = publicity mail shot
Le marketing = marketing
Le mobbing = moral harassment, persecution
Le parking = car park
Le planning = plan, planning, schedule, programme | production specifications (business)
Le pressing = dry-cleaners, dry-cleaning
Le rafting = rafting
Le shampooing = shampoo
Le shooting = photo shoot
Le sleeping = sleeping-carriage (on a train)
Le smoking = dinner jacket, tuxedo
Le sponsoring = sponsoring, sponsorship
Le standing = deluxe, high quality
Le string = G-string
Le surbooking = over-booking, over-reservation
Le time sharing = time sharing, time share (holiday accommodation)
Le timing = timing
Le training = track suit
Le travelling = travelling platform (i.e. dolly for camera shots in film making)
Le trekking = trekking
Le Viking = Viking
Le yachting = yachting
Le yearling = yearling horse
Hello,
I keep coming across lots of words ending in -ing used in French. Most of them are borrowed from English and have the same meaning. However, some are used differently (e.g. le brushing, le dressing,le pressing etc) and some are invented by francophones themselves! (e.g. Le dancing, le fooding etc). We can translate the last two examples into English with French expressions! (Le dancing = Palais de danse, Le fooding = belle cuisine). Here is the list I have compiled so far. Can anyone add anything to this list? Please check my translations.
L’aquaplaning (m) = aquaplaning
Le booking = booking, reservation
Le bowling = bowling alley
Le brushing = blow-dry
Le building = large modern building (e.g. a block of flats or offices)
Le camping = camp site
Le camping-car = camper van
Le caravanning = caravanning
Le dancing = palais de danse, dance hall
Le dressing = built-in wardrobe, walk-in wardrobe
Le dumping = dumping
Le fooding = belle cuisine, the art of eating and cooking well
Le footing = jogging
Le forcing = pressure
Le jogging = jogging / tracksuit
Le jumping = horse jumping
Le karting = go-carting
Le leasing = leasing
Le lifting = face-lift
Le living = living room, sitting room, lounge
Le lobbying = lobbying
Le mailing = publicity mail shot
Le marketing = marketing
Le mobbing = moral harassment, persecution
Le parking = car park
Le planning = plan, planning, schedule, programme | production specifications (business)
Le pressing = dry-cleaners, dry-cleaning
Le rafting = rafting
Le shampooing = shampoo
Le shooting = photo shoot
Le sleeping = sleeping-carriage (on a train)
Le smoking = dinner jacket, tuxedo
Le sponsoring = sponsoring, sponsorship
Le standing = deluxe, high quality
Le string = G-string
Le surbooking = over-booking, over-reservation
Le time sharing = time sharing, time share (holiday accommodation)
Le timing = timing
Le training = track suit
Le travelling = travelling platform (i.e. dolly for camera shots in film making)
Le trekking = trekking
Le Viking = Viking
Le yachting = yachting
Le yearling = yearling horse
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