legging
Englisch
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editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡɪŋ
Nomen
editlegging (plural leggings)
- A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
- Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.
- One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
- Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
- 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
editTranslations
editleg covering
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tight-fitting stretch pants
Verb
editlegging
- present participle and gerund of leg
Derived terms
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editDutch
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNomen
editlegging f (plural leggingen, diminutive legginkje n)
- (chiefly in compounds) act of placing
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from English legging.
Pronunciation
editNomen
editlegging m (plural leggings, diminutive legginkje n)
- legging (leg covering)
Icelandic
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editlegging f (genitive singular leggingar, nominative plural leggingar)
Declension
editdeclension of legging
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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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
editEtymology
editNomen
editlegging f (definite singular legginga, indefinite plural leggingar, definite plural leggingane)
- laying
- the act of going to bed one self or putting to bed someone else
References
edit- “legging” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English legging.
Pronunciation
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Nomen
editlegging f (plural leggings)
- 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
edit- “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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