English · noun

reading

‘the act of reading’
read+-ingEV

-ing — event / result noun

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
reading
read+-ingevent / result noun
French
lecture
lecture
Hindi
पढ़ाईpaṛhāī
पढ़+-आईevent / result noun
Telugu
చదవడంcadavaḍaṁ
చదువు+-డంevent / result noun
Tamil

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  1. 01reading is an English noun formed from the stem read with the suffix -ing (event / result noun).3 steps
    • rulerule:morphology-chain
    • affixaffix:en:-ing
    • rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
  2. 02Its meaning ('the act of reading') is represented as EVENT_OF(HAVE(SEE, TEXT)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French lecture (translation equivalent); Hindi पढ़ाई (paṛhāī) (translation equivalent); Tamil படித்தல் (paṭittal) (translation equivalent); Telugu చదవడం (cadavaḍaṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment