stinge
English
Etymology
From stingy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɪnd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Noun
stinge (plural stinges)
- (Australia, New Zealand) A person who is seen to have a stingy demeanour or who lacks generosity.
- Don’t be such a stinge and let me try some of your ice cream, mate!
Related terms
Italian
Middle English
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin extinguere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstin.d͡ʒe/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ind͡ʒe
- Hyphenation: stin‧ge
Verb
a stinge (third-person singular present stinge, past participle stins) 3rd conj.
- (transitive) to put out, extinguish
- Synonym: (far less common) înăbuși
- (transitive) to turn off, switch off an electric device
- Synonym: opri
- (reflexive) to go out, be extinguished
- (reflexive, figurative, euphemistic, literary) to pass away
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:muri
- (reflexive, figurative) to wane, fade, lose intensity
- (transitive, of quicklime) to slake (neutralise)
- (transitive, obsolete, of someone’s life) to put an end to (i.e. to kill)
Conjugation
conjugation of stinge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
| infinitive | a stinge | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | stingând | ||||||
| past participle | stins | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | sting | stingi | stinge | stingem | stingeți | sting | |
| imperfect | stingeam | stingeai | stingea | stingeam | stingeați | stingeau | |
| simple perfect | stinsei | stinseși | stinse | stinserăm | stinserăți | stinseră | |
| pluperfect | stinsesem | stinseseși | stinsese | stinseserăm | stinseserăți | stinseseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să sting | să stingi | să stingă | să stingem | să stingeți | să stingă | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | stinge | stingeți | |||||
| negative | nu stinge | nu stingeți | |||||
References
- stinge in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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