tiling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪlɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ

Noun

tiling (countable and uncountable, plural tilings)

1. A covering of tiles.

   All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.

2. (uncountable) The act of applying tiles.

   We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom.

3. (geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
4. (computer science) A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.

Derived terms

• monotiling

Translations

covering of tiles

• Bulgarian: облицовка (bg) f (oblicovka)
• Catalan: alicatat
• Finnish: laatoitus (fi)
• French: carrelage (fr) m
• German: Fliese (de) f, Kachel (de) f
• Spanish: embaldosado (es) m

act of applying tiles

• Catalan: alicatat m
• Finnish: laatoitus (fi)
• German: Fliesenlegen n, Kacheln (de) n, Plattenlegen n
• Spanish: embaldosado (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: betegeling (nl) f
• Romanian: acoperire cu țiglă f

Verb

tiling

1. present participle and gerund of tile

Anagrams

• Gitlin, liting

Makasar

Etymology

Related to iling. Compare Malay teleng (“cocked to one side, tilted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiliŋ/, [ˈt̪ʰi.lĩŋ]
• Syllabification: ti‧ling

Root

tiling (Lontara spelling ᨈᨗᨒᨗ or 𑻦𑻳𑻮𑻳)

1. precategorial root related to tilting, slanting, and cocking the head

Derived terms

affixations

• patiling
• sipappitilingang
• sipitilìngi
• tattiling
• tilìngi

References

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 807–808