# bowling
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/, [ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]
* (US) IPA: /ˈboʊlɪŋ/
* Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Verb

bowling
* present participle and gerund of bowl

### Noun

bowling (uncountable)
* A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
* (New England) Candlepin bowling.
* Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
* (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
* (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
* (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
* (Ireland) Road bowling.

#### Derived terms

* bowling alley
* bowling average
* bowling bag
* bowling ball
* bowling club
* bowling crease
* bowling figures
* bowling-green
* bowling green, Bowling Green
* bowling shirt
* bowlliards
* buffet bowling
* cafeteria bowling
* candlepin bowling
* carpet bowling
* collar the bowling
* cosmic bowling
* declaration bowling
* fast bowling
* fivepin bowling
* lawn bowling
* pace bowling
* sharp as a bowling ball
* sport bowling
* ten-pin bowling

#### Related terms

* bowl
* bowler
* bowls
* lawn bowls

#### Descendants

* → Danish: bowling
* → Dutch: bowling
* → French: bowling
* → German: Bowling
* → Indonesian: boling
* → Italian: bowling
* → Latin: bowling
* → Malay: boling
* → Norwegian: bowling
* → Portuguese: bólingue
* → Swedish: bowling
* → Tagalog: boling
* → Vietnamese: bowling

#### Translations
### See also

* boules
* bowls
* crown green bowling
* lawn bowls
* ninepins
* skittles
* 🎳 (emoji)

### Anagrams

* blowing

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔwleŋ/, [ˈb̥ɒwleŋ]

### Noun

bowling c (singular definite bowlingen, not used in plural form)
* bowling

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bowling” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu.liŋ/, /bo.liŋ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)
* bowling
    Elle adore jouer au bowling. ― She loves to play bowling.
* a place where one can play bowling

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. In the sense "bowling alley", a Pseudo-anglicism.

### Noun

bowling m (invariable)
* ten-pin bowling
* bowling alley

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔw.liŋk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔwliŋk
* Syllabification: bow‧ling

### Noun

bowling m inan
* tenpin bowling

#### Derived terms

* bowlingowy

### Further reading

* bowling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bowling in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.

### Noun

bowling m (invariable)
* Alternative spelling of bólingue

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.

### Noun

bowling n (uncountable)
* bowling

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboulin/ [ˈbou̯.lĩn]
* Rhymes: -oulin

### Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)
* bowling alley
* bowling

### Further reading

* “bowling”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## Swedish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling. Attested since 1925.

### Noun

bowling c
* bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

#### Related terms

* kägla (“bowling pin”)

#### See also

* bowlinghall (“bowling alley”)
* bowlingklot (“bowling ball”)
* bowlingsko (“bowling shoe”)

### References

* bowling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bowling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)