casting

See also: Casting and cásting

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: kăstʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈkæstɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kästʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈkastɪŋ/
• (New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəstɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːstɪŋ
• Hyphenation: cast‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast +‎ -ing.

Verb

casting

1. present participle and gerund of cast

Etymology 2

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast +‎ -ing.

Noun

casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)

1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
3. (countable) An object made in a mold.
   • 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:

     The practice of casting steel seems the most difficult of all the foundry arts, for despite every care, a percentage of the work is liable to be faulty and disappointing, but at Crewe, generally, a very good class of casting was turned out.

4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.^[W]
   • 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 83:

     “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass? and thou hast neglected its castings also for these two days. […]”

5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
6. (programming) The act of converting between data types.
7. (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:

     "The dogs were no sooner let loose, than the hare was afoot. This time there was no stopping or casting, but the hounds were soon in full cry, and after half-an-hour's run, the hare came dancing down the moor towards me."

Synonyms

• (selection of performers): audition

Derived terms

• baitcasting
• casting agent
• casting call
• casting-couch
• casting couch
• casting net
• casting-net
• casting vote
• casting weight
• central casting
• die casting
• die-casting
• diecasting
• from central casting
• gigacasting
• investment casting
• leafcasting
• leaf casting
• leaf-casting
• lifecasting
• linecasting
• lost-wax casting
• megacasting
• out of central casting
• ray casting
• rheocasting
• robocasting
• runecasting
• shadowcasting
• slipcasting
• spellcasting
• stunt casting
• surf-casting
• surf casting

Translations

selection of performers

• Armenian: քասթինգ (hy) (kʻastʻing)
• Bulgarian: ка́стинг m (kásting)
• Catalan: càsting m
• Dutch: auditie (nl) f
• Esperanto: aŭdicio, rolulelekto
• French: audition (fr) f
• Georgian: კასტინგი (ḳasṭingi), შერჩევა (šerčeva)
• German: Casting (de) n
• Hebrew: ליהוק (he) m (lihúk)
• Hungarian: (the process) szereplőválogatás, (mostly the result) szereposztás (hu)
• Japanese: キャスティング (ja) (kyasutingu)
• Korean: 캐스팅 (kaeseuting)
• Polish: casting (pl) m
• Russian: ка́стинг (ru) m (kásting), прослу́шивание (ru) n (proslúšivanije), про́бы f pl (próby)
• Spanish: casting m, audición (es) f, castin m, escrituramiento m

manufacturing process using a mold

• Azerbaijani: tökük
• Bulgarian: отливане n (otlivane)
• Dutch: gieting f
• Finnish: valaminen (fi)
• French: moulage (fr) m
• German: Gießen (de) n, Guss (de) m
• Hungarian: öntés (hu)
• Irish: teilgeoireacht f
• Kannada: ಎರಕ (kn) (eraka)
• Maori: hangarewa
• Portuguese: fundição (pt) f
• Russian: литьё (ru) n (litʹjó), отли́вка (ru) f (otlívka)
• Spanish: fundición (es) f, (obsolete) fundería f

object made in a mold

• French: (sculpting, modeling) moulage (fr) m, (metal casting) pièce (fr) f, (metal casting) pièce moulée f

regurgitation of indigestible material by hawks

• French: réjection (fr) f, pelote de réjection (fr) f

excreta of an earthworm or similar creature

• French: turricule (fr) m

Anagrams

• actings

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas̺tin/ [kas̺.t̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -as̺tin, -in
• Hyphenation: cas‧ting

Noun

casting inan

1. casting (process of selecting actors)

Declension

Declension of casting (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	casting	casting-a	casting-ak
ergative	casting-ek	casting-ak	casting-ek
dative	casting-i	casting-ari	casting-ei
genitive	casting-en	casting-aren	casting-en
comitative	casting-ekin	casting-arekin	casting-ekin
causative	casting-engatik	casting-arengatik	casting-engatik
benefactive	casting-entzat	casting-arentzat	casting-entzat
instrumental	casting-ez	casting-az	casting-ez
inessive	casting-etan	casting-ean	casting-etan
locative	casting-etako	casting-eko	casting-etako
allative	casting-etara	casting-era	casting-etara
terminative	casting-etaraino	casting-eraino	casting-etaraino
directive	casting-etarantz	casting-erantz	casting-etarantz
destinative	casting-etarako	casting-erako	casting-etarako
ablative	casting-etatik	casting-etik	casting-etatik
partitive	casting-ik	—	—
prolative	casting-tzat	—	—

Further reading

• “casting”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.tiŋ/

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Further reading

• “casting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

Noun

casting m (invariable)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Polish

Alternative forms

• kasting

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tiŋk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -astiŋk
• Syllabification: cas‧ting

Noun

casting m inan (related adjective castingowy)

1. audition, casting (performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent)

   Synonym: przesłuchanie

Declension

Declension of casting

	singular	plural
nominative	casting	castingi
genitive	castingu	castingów
dative	castingowi	castingom
accusative	casting	castingi
instrumental	castingiem	castingami
locative	castingu	castingach
vocative	castingu	castingi

Further reading

• casting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• casting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Noun

casting n (uncountable)

1. casting

Declension

Declension of casting

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	casting	castingul
genitive-dative	casting	castingului
vocative	castingule

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cásting (nonstandard)
• castin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastin/ [ˈkas.t̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -astin

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. casting

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “casting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10