Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queening

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: queen-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of queen

noun

Any of several kinds of apple.

Countable

noun

The promotion of a pawn to a queen.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The sexual practice of facesitting.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Over 1,200 games were examined in detail and 89 queenings were identified in 70 games."

Etymology

(apple): From Middle English quenynges pl, from quene (“queen”) but not completely certain.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: quenynges

Usage

Inflected Forms

queenings (plural)

Phrases

early queening queening square queening stool scarlet queening summer queening

Questions

What does queening mean?: present participle and gerund of queen
Where does queening come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce queening

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