wing

CEFRA2

/wɪŋ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A part of a bird or insect used for flying.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.

Examples

  • I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.

  • The bird's wing was broken.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Human arm.

  2. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

  3. Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

More examples

In context

  • I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.

  • The bird was flapping its wings

  • to take wing

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish vinge (“wing”), Elfdalian waingg (“wing”), Faroese vongur (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), Norwegian Nynorsk veng (“wing”). Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.