different between climbing vs midinette

English

Etymology

From Middle English clymbyng; equivalent to climb +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kla??m??/
• Rhymes: -a?m??

Noun

climbing (usually uncountable, plural climbings)

1. (uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

   The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.

2. (countable) Climb; ascent.

Derived terms

• climbing shoe
• climbing wall

Translations

See also

• bouldering

Further reading

• climbing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

climbing

1. present participle of climb

Adjective

climbing (not comparable)

1. (botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

Middle English

Noun

climbing

1. Alternative form of clymbyng

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French midinette, from midi (“midday”) + dinette, diminutive of diner (“dinner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d??n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

midinette (plural midinettes)

1. A female salesperson, a shopgirl, especially in Paris.
2. A vacuous but fashionable young woman.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 611:

     This? One finds them in every other midinette’s haunt, literally for sous.

3. A type of miniature climbing rose.

French

Etymology

Blend of midi +? dînette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.di.n?t/

Noun

midinette f (plural midinettes)

1. shopgirl, salesclerk, midinette
2. bimbo, midinette

Further reading

• “midinette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).