healing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːlɪŋ/

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• Homophone: heeling
• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English heelinge, helynge, from Old English hǣling (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailingō (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”), equivalent to heal +‎ -ing. Cognate with West Frisian hieling (“healing”), Dutch heling (“healing”), German Heilung (“healing; cure”).

Noun

healing (countable and uncountable, plural healings)

1. The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
2. An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
3. The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

Derived terms

• chakra healing
• crystal healing
• faith healing
• healing art
• healing blade
• healing crisis
• healing leaf
• healing lodge
• mind-healing
• spiritual healing

 

Related terms

• heal

Translations

process of regeneration — see also recovery

• Arabic: شِفَاء m (šifāʔ)
• Bulgarian: лечение (bg) n (lečenie), излекуване (bg) n (izlekuvane)
• Czech: hojení (cs) n
• Dutch: heling (nl) f, genezing (nl) f
• French: guérison (fr) f
• German: Heilung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἄκεσις (ákesis)

  Ancient: ἴασις f (íasis), ἀκή f (akḗ)

• Hungarian: gyógyulás (hu)
• Irish: slánú m
• Italian: guarigione (it)
• Kyrgyz: шыпаа (ky) (şıpaa)
• Latin: sanatio f
• Occitan: garison (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: балованиѥ n (balovanije)
• Polish: gojenie n, leczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: cura (pt) f
• Russian: исцеле́ние (ru) n (iscelénije), излече́ние (ru) n (izlečénije), лече́ние (ru) n (lečénije), заживле́ние (ru) n (zaživlénije) (of a wound)
• Spanish: curación (es) f
• Swahili: kuponya
• Swedish: läkning (sv) c

Etymology 2

From Middle English heelyng, equivalent to heal +‎ -ing.

Verb

healing

1. present participle and gerund of heal