Pigeonholing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a system for classifying things into groups

place into a small compartment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɪdʒənhˌoʊlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɪdʒənhˌəʊlɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɪdʒənhˌəʊlɪŋ/

4 syllables Say it as /pˈɪdʒənhˌoʊlɪŋ/.

Examples

I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

grouping stamp pigeonhole stereotype

Parts of Speech

noun	a system for classifying things into groups
verb	place into a small compartment
verb	treat or classify according to a mental stereotype “I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European”

Word Forms

pigeonhole	verb	treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
pigeonhole	noun	a small compartment
pigeonholing	noun	a system for classifying things into groups
stereotype	noun	a conventional or formulaic conception or image
stamp	noun	a type or class

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

in eine Schublade stecken

ein System zur Klassifizierung von Dingen in Gruppen

🇫🇷French

catégorisation

un système pour classer les choses en groupes

🇪🇸Spanish

encasillar

un sistema para clasificar cosas en grupos

🇮🇹Italian

incasellamento

un sistema per classificare le cose in gruppi

🇳🇱Dutch

duiventil

een systeem om dingen in groepen te classificeren

🇵🇹Portuguese

classificação

um sistema para classificar coisas em grupos

🇷🇺Russian

классификация

система классификации вещей по группам

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कबूतरबाज़ी

चीज़ों को समूहों में वर्गीकृत करने की एक प्रणाली

🇮🇳Tamil

புறா ஓட்டுதல்

விஷயங்களை குழுக்களாக வகைப்படுத்துவதற்கான ஒரு அமைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

పావురం హోలింగ్

విషయాలను సమూహాలుగా వర్గీకరించే వ్యవస్థ

🇮🇳Marathi

कबुतरखाना

गोष्टींचे गटांमध्ये वर्गीकरण करण्याची प्रणाली

🇮🇳Gujarati

કબૂતર

વસ્તુઓને જૂથોમાં વર્ગીકૃત કરવા માટેની સિસ્ટમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾರಿವಾಳ ಹೋಲಿಂಗ್

ವಸ್ತುಗಳನ್ನು ಗುಂಪುಗಳಾಗಿ ವರ್ಗೀಕರಿಸುವ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രാവ് ഹോളിംഗ്

കാര്യങ്ങളെ ഗ്രൂപ്പുകളായി തരംതിരിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള ഒരു സംവിധാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

pigeonholling

ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਮੂਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਣੀਬੱਧ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

کبوتر بازی

چیزوں کو گروہوں میں درجہ بندی کرنے کا ایک نظام

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

对号入座

将事物分组的系统

🇯🇵Japanese

整理

物事をグループに分類するためのシステム

🇰🇷Korean

비둘기집

사물을 그룹으로 분류하는 시스템

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chuồng bồ câu

một hệ thống để phân loại mọi thứ thành các nhóm

🇹🇭Thai

การขุดนกพิราบ

เป็นระบบแบ่งสิ่งของออกเป็นกลุ่ม

🇮🇩Indonesian

merpati

sebuah sistem untuk mengklasifikasikan sesuatu ke dalam kelompok

🇲🇾Malay

merpati

sistem untuk mengelaskan sesuatu kepada kumpulan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تصنيف

نظام لتصنيف الأشياء إلى مجموعات

🇮🇷Persian

کبوتر زنی

سیستمی برای طبقه بندی اشیا به گروه ها

🇹🇷Turkish

güvercin yuvası

şeyleri gruplara ayıran bir sistem

🇮🇱Hebrew

איפור יונים

מערכת לסיווג דברים לקבוצות

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