petting

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

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petting

  1. present participle and gerund of pet
    I am petting my rabbit.

Noun

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petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)

  1. The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
  2. (sex) The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
  3. The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
    • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives:
      'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpetːiŋː/, [ˈpe̞t̪ːiŋː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈpetiŋː/, [ˈpe̞t̪iŋː]
  • Rhymes: -etːiŋː
  • Syllabification(key): pet‧ting

Noun

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petting (informal)

  1. (sex) Alternative form of pettinki.

Declension

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Inflection of petting (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative petting pettingit
genitive pettingin pettingien
partitive pettingiä pettingejä
illative pettingiin pettingeihin
singular plural
nominative petting pettingit
accusative nom. petting pettingit
gen. pettingin
genitive pettingin pettingien
partitive pettingiä pettingejä
inessive pettingissä pettingeissä
elative pettingistä pettingeistä
illative pettingiin pettingeihin
adessive pettingillä pettingeillä
ablative pettingiltä pettingeiltä
allative pettingille pettingeille
essive pettinginä pettingeinä
translative pettingiksi pettingeiksi
abessive pettingittä pettingeittä
instructive pettingein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of petting (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pettingini pettingini
accusative nom. pettingini pettingini
gen. pettingini
genitive pettingini pettingieni
partitive pettingiäni pettingejäni
inessive pettingissäni pettingeissäni
elative pettingistäni pettingeistäni
illative pettingiini pettingeihini
adessive pettingilläni pettingeilläni
ablative pettingiltäni pettingeiltäni
allative pettingilleni pettingeilleni
essive pettinginäni pettingeinäni
translative pettingikseni pettingeikseni
abessive pettingittäni pettingeittäni
instructive
comitative pettingeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pettingisi pettingisi
accusative nom. pettingisi pettingisi
gen. pettingisi
genitive pettingisi pettingiesi
partitive pettingiäsi pettingejäsi
inessive pettingissäsi pettingeissäsi
elative pettingistäsi pettingeistäsi
illative pettingiisi pettingeihisi
adessive pettingilläsi pettingeilläsi
ablative pettingiltäsi pettingeiltäsi
allative pettingillesi pettingeillesi
essive pettinginäsi pettingeinäsi
translative pettingiksesi pettingeiksesi
abessive pettingittäsi pettingeittäsi
instructive
comitative pettingeinesi

Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English petting.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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petting m inan

  1. (sex) petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner)

Declension

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Further reading

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