peeling

See also: Peeling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːlɪŋ/
• Homophone: pealing
• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

Noun

peeling (plural peelings)

1. The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
   • 1847, Food for the Million. Maize against potato:

     In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be got upon the table.

2. Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.

   She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.

Translations

act of removing the outer surface in strips

• Arabic: تَقْشِير m (taqšīr)
• Bikol Central: ubak (bcl)
• Bulgarian: бе́лене n (bélene)
• Czech: loupání n
• Dutch: schillen (nl) n
• German: Schälen n
• Russian: чи́стка (ru) f (čístka), пи́линг (ru) m (píling) (cosmetics)

strip of outer surface

• Bikol Central: ubak (bcl)
• Bulgarian: обе́лки (bg) f pl (obélki)
• Galician: para (gl) f, paraca f, monda f, pela f
• Maori: peha
• Russian: очи́стки (ru) f pl (očístki), шелуха́ (ru) f (šeluxá), ко́жица (ru) f (kóžica), ко́рка (ru) f (kórka)

Verb

peeling

1. present participle and gerund of peel

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

peeling m (plural peelings)

1. exfoliation; peel

Further reading

• “peeling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from peeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.liŋk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iliŋk
• Syllabification: pee‧ling

Noun

peeling m inan

1. (cosmetics) exfoliation, peel (cosmetic preparation)

Declension

Declension of peeling

	singular	plural
nominative	peeling	peelingi
genitive	peelingu	peelingów
dative	peelingowi	peelingom
accusative	peeling	peelingi
instrumental	peelingiem	peelingami
locative	peelingu	peelingach
vocative	peelingu	peelingi

Further reading

• peeling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• peeling in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

peeling m (plural peelings)

1. peeling; peel (surgery of remove the outer layer of skin from a part of the body)