Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of faint
nounfainting (plural faintings)
plural faintings
- An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
fainting fit
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Middle Englishfeinting
- Englishfainting
From Middle English feinting, equivalent to faint + -ing.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan desmai
- desmaian act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Chinese Mandarin 昏暈 /昏晕
- 昏暈 /昏晕 (hūnyùn)an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Czech mdloba, omdlení
- mdlobaan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- omdlenían act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Finnish pyörtyminen, pökertyminen
- pyörtyminenan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- pökertyminenan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
French syncope, évanouissement
- syncopean act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- évanouissementan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
German Ohnmacht
- Ohnmachtan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Greek λιποθυμία
- λιποθυμία (lipothymía)an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Hindi मूर्छा
- मूर्छा (mūrchā)an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Hungarian ájulás
- ájulásan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Indonesian pingsan
- pingsanan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Italian svenimento
- svenimentoan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Japanese 失神
- 失神 (shisshin)an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Malay pengsan
- pengsanan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Portuguese desmaio, síncope
- desmaioan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
- síncopean act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Russian о́бморок
- о́бморок (óbmorok)an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Scottish Gaelic fannachadh
- fannachadhan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Spanish desmayo
- desmayoan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Tagalog himatay
- himatayan act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fainting
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
fainting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainting
MLA
“fainting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fainting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainting.
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