Saying

Say′ing

,

Noun.

That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.

Many are the

sayings

of the wise,
In ancient and in modern books enrolled.

Milton.

Syn. – Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw; proverb; byword.

Saying

SA'YING

,

ppr.

Uttering in articulate sounds or words; speaking; telling; relating; reciting.

SA'YING

, n.

1.

An expression; a sentence uttered; a declaration.

Moses fled at this saying. Acts 7.

Cicero treasured up the sayings of Scaevola.

2.

A proverbial expression. Many are the sayings of the wise.

saying

English

Verb

saying

present participle of say

Noun

saying ‎(plural sayings)

A proverb or maxim; something often said.

Synonyms

maxim, proverb, saw, expression
See also Wikisaurus:saying

Translations

proverb or maxim

Armenian: առած (hy) ‎(aṙac)
Catalan: dita (ca) f, proverbi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 說法 (zh), 说法 (zh) ‎(shuōfǎ), 諺語 (zh), 谚语 (zh) ‎(yànyǔ), 常言 (zh) ‎(chángyán)
Czech: rčení n, přísloví (cs) n
Dutch: gezegde (nl) n, spreekwoord (nl) n
Finnish: sanonta (fi)
French: dicton (fr) m
German: Sprichwort (de) n, Ausspruch (de) m
Greek: απόφθεγμα (el) n ‎(apófthegma), παροιμία (el) f ‎(paroimía), ρητό (el) n ‎(ritó)
Hungarian: mondás (hu), közmondás (hu), szólásmondás
Indonesian: pepatah (id)
Interlingua: dicto, proverbio
Italian: proverbio (it) m, detto (it) m, massima (it) f
Japanese: 格言 (ja) ‎(かくげん, kakugen)

Latin: dictio, fatus m
Luxembourgish: Sprachwuert n, Sproch m
Macedonian: поговорка f ‎(pogóvorka), изрека f ‎(ízreka), пословица f ‎(poslóvica)
Polish: powiedzenie (pl)
Portuguese: ditado (pt) m, provérbio (pt) m
Romanian: zicală (ro) f, proverb (ro)
Russian: посло́вица (ru) f ‎(poslóvica), погово́рка (ru) f ‎(pogovórka)
Serbo-Croatian: poslovica, izreka f
Slovak: rčenie pl, príslovie n
Spanish: dicho (es) m, proverbio (es) m, refrán (es) m
Swahili: misemo (sw), msemo (sw)
Swedish: ordspråk (sv) n, ordstäv (sv) n (dated)
Tagalog: sabi, kasabihan
Urdu: کہاوت ‎(kahāvat)
Walloon: spot (wa) m, dijhêye (wa) f
Welsh: dywediad (cy) m
Yiddish: שפּריכוואָרט (yi) n ‎(shprikhvort), פֿאָלקסווערטל n ‎(folksvertl), וועלטסווערטל n ‎(veltsvertl)

External links

saying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
saying in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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