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fleming

/ˈflɛmɪŋ/

fleming is the present participle and gerund of fleme.

Meaning of fleme

Verb

fleme (third-person singular simple present flemes, present participle fleming, simple past and past participle flemed)

  1. (obsolete) To drive away, chase off; to banish.

Noun capitalized: Fleming

Fleming (plural Flemings)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
    • , Episode 12, The Cyclops
      --And our eyes are on Europe, says the citizen. We had our trade with Spain and the French and with the Flemings before those mongrels were pupped, Spanish ale in Galway, the winebark on the winedark waterway.

Proper noun capitalized: Fleming

Fleming

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
    • Ian Fleming, English writer.
    • Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist.
  2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A town and locality in the Northern Territory, Australia.
  4. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A neighbourhood of Alexandria, Egypt.
  6. A neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.
  7. A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado.
  8. An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Georgia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
  10. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
  11. A tiny city in Ray County, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City.
  12. A town and hamlet in Cayuga County, New York.
  13. A small unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.

Forms of fleming

pluralFlemings

Origin of fleming

From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.

Words formed from fleming

Phrases with fleming

Questions about fleming

What does fleming mean?
Fleming means a native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
What is fleming the present participle and gerund of?
Fleming is the present participle and gerund of fleme.
What part of speech is fleming?
Fleming can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fleming?
Fleming is pronounced /ˈflɛmɪŋ/.
What is the plural of fleming?
The plural of fleming is Flemings.

Words near fleming in the dictionary

  1. fleme
  2. flemed
  3. flemes
  4. flemiflavanone
  5. flemiflavanones
  6. fleming
  7. Fleming County
  8. Fleming valve
  9. Fleming valves
  10. Fleming's right-hand rule
  11. Flemingian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fleming (page history and authors); Fleming (page history and authors); fleme (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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