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legging

Englisch

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A woman wearing black leggings

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Etymology

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From leg +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

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legging (plural leggings)

  1. A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
  2. Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.
  3. One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
    Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
  4. The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
    • 2000, Michael Williams, Amy Hoffman, Fundamentals of Options Market, McGraw Hill Professional, page 128:
      As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.

Derived terms

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Verb

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legging

  1. present participle and gerund of leg

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From leggen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ging

Nomen

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legging f (plural leggingen, diminutive legginkje n)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) act of placing

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English legging.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɡɪŋ/, /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ging

Nomen

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legging m (plural leggings, diminutive legginkje n)

  1. legging (leg covering)

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From leggja +‎ -ing.

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legging f (genitive singular leggingar, nominative plural leggingar)

  1. frill, ruffle (decorative strip of material)

Declension

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declension of legging
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative legging leggingin leggingar leggingarnar
accusative leggingu legginguna leggingar leggingarnar
dative leggingu leggingunni leggingum leggingunum
genitive leggingar leggingarinnar legginga legginganna

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From leggje +‎ -ing.

Nomen

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legging f (definite singular legginga, indefinite plural leggingar, definite plural leggingane)

  1. laying
  2. the act of going to bed one self or putting to bed someone else

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
 
Calça legging

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English legging.

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Nomen

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legging f (plural leggings)

  1. legging (a covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle)
    • 2024, Beatriz Oliveira, Paixão e Segredos‎[1], →ISBN:
      Ela estava com os cabelos presos em um rabo de cavalo, usava uma legging e uma blusa enorme, que chegava quase aos seus joelhos, e parecia cansada.
      She had her hair tied up in a ponytail, was wearing leggings and an oversized blouse that almost reached her knees, and she looked tired.

Further reading

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  • “legging”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  • “legging”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
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