How do you pronounce warming?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwoɹmɪŋ/.

Where does warming come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

warming

/ˈwoɹmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: warm-ing
IPA: /ˈwoɹmɪŋ/

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Meaning

noun

A small rise in temperature.

noun

A beating; a thrashing.

Slang

verb

present participle and gerund of warm

Example Sentences

"The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course."
"More than once had he caught me in the act and given me, as he put it, “a good warming,” with his hard hand so, however much I was tempted so to do, I steadfastly refrained."

Etymology

From Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: warmyng, wierming, warminge, wærmiġende, wyrman

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwoɹmɪŋ/
British English: /ˈwɔːmɪŋ/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

warmings (plural)

Phrases

flat-warming global warming greenhouse warming heart-warming house-warming house warming sudden stratospheric warming warming center

Frequently Paired Words

cockwarming flat-warming global warming greenhouse warming heart-warming house-warming house warming strapwarming

Synonyms

calefacient thaw thawing heating

Rhymes With

performing forming transforming informing reforming storming conforming swarming nonperforming misinforming norming terraforming