Penning — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of creating written works

produce a literary work

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛnɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛnɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛnɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɛnɪŋ/.

Examples

writing was a form of therapy for him
it was a matter of disputed authorship
She composed a poem

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

indite compose authorship pen composition write writing

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of creating written works “writing was a form of therapy for him”
verb	produce a literary work “She composed a poem”

Word Forms

write	verb	produce a literary work
author	noun	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
compose	verb	produce a literary work
pen	verb	produce a literary work
writer	noun	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writing	noun	the act of creating written works
composition	noun	the act of creating written works
pen	noun	a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
penning	noun	the act of creating written works

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schreiben

der Akt der Erstellung schriftlicher Werke

🇫🇷French

rédaction

l'acte de créer des œuvres écrites

🇪🇸Spanish

encierro

el acto de crear obras escritas

🇳🇱Dutch

pennen

de handeling van het creëren van geschreven werken

🇵🇹Portuguese

escrevendo

o ato de criar obras escritas

🇷🇺Russian

сочинение

акт создания письменных произведений

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पेनिंग

लिखित कार्य बनाने का कार्य

🇧🇩Bengali

কলম

লিখিত কাজ তৈরির কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

எழுதுதல்

எழுதப்பட்ட படைப்புகளை உருவாக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

పెన్నింగ్

వ్రాతపూర్వక రచనలను సృష్టించే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

पेनिंग

लिखित कामे तयार करण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેનિંગ

લેખિત કાર્યો બનાવવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೆನ್ನಿಂಗ್

ಲಿಖಿತ ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನು ರಚಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പേനിംഗ്

എഴുതിയ കൃതികൾ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੈਨਿੰਗ

ਲਿਖਤੀ ਕੰਮ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

قلم

تحریری کام تخلیق کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

潘宁

创作书面作品的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

ペニング

書かれた著作物を作成する行為

🇰🇷Korean

페닝

저작물을 창작하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

viết lách

hành động tạo ra tác phẩm viết

🇹🇭Thai

การเขียน

การสร้างสรรค์งานเขียน

🇮🇩Indonesian

menulis

tindakan menciptakan karya tulis

🇵🇭Filipino

panulat

ang gawa ng paglikha ng mga nakasulat na gawa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كتابة

فعل إنشاء أعمال مكتوبة

🇮🇷Persian

قلم زدن

عمل خلق آثار مکتوب

🇹🇷Turkish

kaleme alma

yazılı eserler yaratma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

עט

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