Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stilling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
still-ing
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of still

noun

The act by which something is made still.

noun

A stillion.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Compare Low German Stelling, German stellen (“to set, to place”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

stillings (plural)

Questions

What does stilling mean?
present participle and gerund of still
Where does stilling come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce stilling

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