stinge

English

Etymology

Possibly a back-formation from stingy. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɪnd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

stinge (third-person singular simple present stinges, present participle stinging, simple past and past participle stinged)

1. (informal, intransitive) To act stingily or parsimoniously.

Noun

stinge (plural stinges)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who has a stingy demeanour or who lacks generosity.

   Don’t be such a stinge, and let me try some of your ice cream, mate!

Related terms

• stinge out
• stingy
• stingily
• stinginess

Anagrams

• get-ins, ingest, signet, tinges

Italian

Verb

stinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of stingere

Middle English

Verb

stinge

1. alternative form of styngen

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstin.ɡe/, [ˈstiŋ.ɡe]

Verb

stinge

1. inflection of stingan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin extinguere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstin.d͡ʒe/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ind͡ʒe
• Hyphenation: stin‧ge

Verb

a stinge (third-person singular present stinge, past participle stins, third-person subjunctive stingă) 3rd conjugation

1. (transitive) to put out, extinguish

   Synonym: (far less common) înăbuși

2. (transitive) to turn off, switch off an electric device

   Synonym: opri

3. (reflexive) to go out, be extinguished
4. (reflexive, figurative, euphemistic, literary) to pass away

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:muri

5. (reflexive, figurative) to wane, fade, lose intensity
6. (transitive, of quicklime) to slake (neutralise)
7. (transitive, obsolete, of someone’s life) to put an end to (i.e. to kill)

Conjugation

    conjugation of stinge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive	a stinge
gerund	stingând
past participle	stins
number	singular	plural
person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
present	sting	stingi	stinge	stingem	stingeți	sting
imperfect	stingeam	stingeai	stingea	stingeam	stingeați	stingeau
simple perfect	stinsei	stinseși	stinse	stinserăm	stinserăți	stinseră
pluperfect	stinsesem	stinseseși	stinsese	stinseserăm	stinseserăți	stinseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
present	să sting	să stingi	să stingă	să stingem	să stingeți	să stingă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
affirmative		stinge			stingeți
negative		nu stinge			nu stingeți

Derived terms

• stingător
• stingere
• stins

Related terms

• distinge
• extincție

References

• “stinge”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026