Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of drown
noundrowning (plural drownings)
plural drownings
- An instance of a person or animal drowning.
It's dangerous to swim in that river — there were three drownings there last year.
- An instance of a person or animal being drowned.
Translations
Arabic إِغْرَاق, غَرَق
- إِغْرَاق (ʔiḡrāq)instance of being drowned
- غَرَق (ḡaraq)instance of drowning
Catalan ofegament
- ofegamentinstance of drowning
Chinese Mandarin 溺水的
- 溺水的instance of drowning
Czech tonoucí, utopení
- tonoucíinstance of drowning
- utopeníinstance of drowning
Dutch verdrinking
- verdrinkinginstance of drowning
Estonian uppumine
- uppumineinstance of drowning
Finnish hukuttaminen, hukutus
- hukuttamineninstance of being drowned
- hukutusinstance of being drowned
- hukkumineninstance of drowning
French noyade
- noyadeinstance of drowning
German Ertrinken
- Ertrinkeninstance of drowning
Greek πνιγμός, πνίξιμο
- πνιγμός (pnigmós)instance of drowning
- πνίξιμο (pníximo)instance of drowning
Hebrew טביעה
- טביעה (t'vi'a)instance of drowning
Hungarian fulladás
- fulladásinstance of drowning
Italian annegamento
- annegamentoinstance of drowning
Polish utonięcie
- utonięcieinstance of drowning
Portuguese afogamento
- afogamentoinstance of drowning
Russian утопле́ние
- утопле́ние (utoplénije)instance of drowning
Spanish ahogamiento
- ahogamientoinstance of drowning
Swedish drukning
- drukninginstance of drowning
Welsh bawdd, boddiad
- bawddinstance of drowning
- boddiadinstance of drowning
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
drowning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drowning
MLA
“drowning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drowning. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drowning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drowning.
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