• (RP) enPR: ĭng; IPA: /ɪŋ/
• (America) enPR: ēng; IPA: /i(ː)ŋ/

From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng ("a meadow; ing"), from Proto-Germanic *angijō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos, from *h₂enk- ("to bend; curve; bow").

ing (plural ings)

1. (now, only in dialects) A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.

   Ings, glens, and fens of the Highlands.

   • 1773, Journals of the House of Commons:

     Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands.

   • 1804, Marshall (William), On the Landed Property of England, possibly quoting an earlier work:

     [There] lay an extent of meadow grounds, in ings, to afford a supply of hay.

From Pitman em and en, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

ing (plural ings)

1. The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.

• eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

1. Surname