slanting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslæntɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æntɪŋ

Adjective

slanting (comparative more slanting, superlative most slanting)

1. Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.

Translations

not perpendicular

• Armenian: թեք (hy) (tʻekʻ), շեղ (hy) (šeġ)
• Belarusian: касы́ (kasý), нахі́лены (naxíljeny)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斜 (zh) (xié)

• French: oblique (fr)
• German: schräg (de)
• Greek: λοξός (el) (loxós)

  Ancient: λοξός (loxós)

• Javanese: mayat (jv)
• Latin: obliquus, obstitus
• Maori: kōnana, hāhā, tītaha, tīraha
• Occitan: oblic (oc), de galís (oc)
• Polish: skośny (pl), ukośny (pl)
• Russian: косо́й (ru) (kosój), накло́нный (ru) (naklónnyj)
• Ukrainian: коси́й (kosýj), похи́лий (poxýlyj)

Verb

slanting

1. present participle and gerund of slant

Noun

slanting (plural slantings)

1. The state or quality of being slanted.

   The slanting of the hill was too steep for safe skiing.

Translations

quality of being slanted

• French: ^{(please verify)} en pente
• Polish: nachylenie (pl) n, pochylenie (pl) n, pochyłość (pl) f

Anagrams

• Lin-ts'ang, antlings, tanlings