How do you pronounce rotting?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɑtɪŋ/.

Where does rotting come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

rotting

/ɹˈɑtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: rot-ting
IPA: /ɹˈɑtɪŋ/

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Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rot

noun

The process by which something rots.

noun

Material that has rotted.

Example Sentences

"[…] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves."
"From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence."

Etymology

From Middle English rotynge (“rotting”), from Old English rotung; equivalent to rot + -ing. Conflated with Middle English rotende, present participle of roten (“to rot”), from Old English rotiende, present participle of rotian (“to rot”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rotynge, rotung

Inflected Forms

rottings (plural)

Phrases

bed rotting

Frequently Paired Words

nonrotting rottingly rottingness unrotting

Synonyms

decomposition rot putrefaction breakdown

Rhymes With

plotting spotting squatting trotting clotting yachting blotting dotting slotting botting allotting