Walling

/ˈwɔlɪŋ/ noun

Definition

The act of building walls; also the walls themselves or the process of enclosing something with walls.

Etymology

From 'wall,' which comes from Old English 'weall,' borrowed from Latin 'vallum' (rampart). The '-ing' suffix transforms the noun into a gerund describing the action or material.

Kelly Says

When archaeologists find ancient 'walling' patterns, they can date civilizations by how the stones are stacked—different cultures from China to Peru built walls in completely different ways!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ደም
dem
ARالعربية
بناء الجدران
binaa al-jidaraan
BNবাংলা
দিওয়ার তৈরি
dee-woar tai-ri
CACatalà
mur
mur
CSČeština
zídění
zid-je-ni
DADansk
mur
mur
DEDeutsch
mauern
mow-ern
ELΕλληνικά
εγκατάσταση τοιχίου
egkatastasi toichioy
ESEspañol
cerrando
ser-RON-doh
FAفارسی
دیوار
dee-var
FISuomi
seinä
se-i-nä
FRFrançais
mur
mur
GUGU
બોરડી
bor-dee
HAHA
gona
go-na
HEעברית
קיר
kir
HIहिन्दी
दीवार बनाना
dee-va-ar bana-na
HUMagyar
falazás
fal-a-zas
IDBahasa Indonesia
membangun tembok
mem-ban-gung tem-bok
IGIG
mmiri
m-mee-ri
ITItaliano
muraglia
moo-ra-ghee-ah
JA日本語
壁を作っている
kabe wo tsukutte iru
KKKK
сцена
s-tsena
KMKM
វត្ត
vot
KO한국어
벽을 쌓는다
byeok-eul ssa-neunda
MRMR
दिवाळा
dee-va-la
MSBahasa Melayu
membina dinding
mem-bee-na din-ding
MYမြန်မာ
တံခါး
tan-ka-h
NLNederlands
muren
mo-ren
NONorsk
mur
mur
PAPA
ભિંત
bhin-t
PLPolski
mur
mur
PTPortuguês
cercando
ser-KAN-doh
RORomână
zid
zid
RUРусский
строительство стены
stroitelstvo steny
SVSvenska
mur
mur
SWKiswahili
kujenga ukuta
koo-jen-ga oo-koo-ta
TAதமிழ்
காட்டு
kaatu
TEతెలుగు
గోడ
go-da
THไทย
ก่ออิฐ
gor iht
TLTL
pagtatayo ng dingding
pagtata-yo ng ding-ding
TRTürkçe
duvar yapma
doo-var ya-p-mah
UKУкраїнська
будувати стіну
boo-da-ty sti-nu
URاردو
دیوار
dee-war
VITiếng Việt
xây tường
zây tuông
YOYO
papo
pa-po
ZH中文
砌墙
qì qiáng
ZUZU
umkhumbi
oom-khum-bee

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