setting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛtɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Noun

setting (plural settings)

1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
2. The act of setting.

   the setting of the sun

   the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris

3. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
4. A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.

   the volume setting on a television

5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
6. Hunting with a setter.
7. Something set in, or inserted.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 28:17:

     Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.

8. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).

   Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem

   Bach's setting of the Magnificat

9. The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
10. The direction of a current of wind.

circumstance in which something is set

• Esperanto: scenejo (eo)

Verb

setting

1. present participle and gerund of set

Derived terms

• bonesetting
• final setting time
• firesetting
• gemsetting
• hooksetting
• imagesetting
• initial setting time
• nonsetting
• pacesetting
• pinsetting
• scenesetting
• settingless
• setting time
• stonesetting
• subsetting
• tasksetting
• thermosetting
• toolsetting
• topsetting
• trendsetting
• undersetting

 

Translations

time, place, circumstance

• Bengali: সেটিঙ্ (śeṭiṅ‌)
• Bulgarian: среда (bg) f (sreda), обстановка (bg) f (obstanovka)
• Dutch: context (nl) m
• Finnish: tapahtumapaikka, miljöö (fi)
• French: cadre (fr) m, contexte (fr) m
• German: Kontext (de) m
• Hungarian: környezet (hu), keret (hu), háttér (hu), kontextus (hu), elrendezés (hu), elhelyezkedés (hu), fekvés (hu), (theater) díszlet (hu), (venue) színtér (hu), helyszín (hu), (time) idő (hu)
• Indonesian: latar (id)
• Italian: contesto (it) m, circostanza (it) f
• Japanese: 設定 (ja) (せってい, settei)
• Korean: 배경(背景) (ko) (baegyeong), 설정(設定) (ko) (seoljeong)
• Maori: opunga (of a heavenly body)
• Occitan: contèxt (oc) m, circomstància, situacion (oc), condicion (oc)
• Portuguese: ambiente (pt)
• Russian: обстано́вка (ru) f (obstanóvka)
• Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh m
• Swedish: miljö (sv) c

hardening

• Bulgarian: втвърдяване (bg) n (vtvǎrdjavane)
• Hungarian: megszilárdulás (hu), megkötés (hu), szilárdulás, kötés (hu), (of bones) összeforradás (hu), (of wound) beforrás
• Maori: totokatanga

of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates

• Bengali: সেটিঙ্ (śeṭiṅ‌)
• Finnish: lasku (fi)
• Hungarian: lenyugvás (hu), napnyugta (hu)
• Swedish: nedgång (sv) c

jewelry

• Bengali: সেটিঙ্ (śeṭiṅ‌)
• Bulgarian: гнездо (bg) n (gnezdo)
• Czech: lůžko (cs) n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πυελίς f (puelís)

• Hungarian: foglalat (hu)
• Occitan: montura
• Russian: опра́ва (ru) f (opráva)

placement of a control

• Armenian: կարգավորում (hy) (kargavorum)
• Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f (nastrójka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設置／设置 (zh) (shèzhì)

• Czech: nastavení (cs) n
• Danish: indstilling (da) c
• Esperanto: agordo
• Finnish: asetus (fi)
• French: réglage (fr) m, configuration (fr) f
• Galician: configuración (gl) f, axustes m pl
• German: Einstellung (de) f
• Hindi: सेटिंग (seṭiṅg)
• Hungarian: (act or result) beállítás (hu), (act) szabályozás (hu)
• Icelandic: stilling f
• Indonesian: setelan (id)
• Italian: impostazioni (it) f pl
• Japanese: 設定 (ja) (せってい, settei)
• Korean: 설정(設定) (ko) (seoljeong)
• Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (ml) (kramīkaraṇaṁ)
• Maori: tautuhinga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innstilling m or f

  Nynorsk: innstilling f

• Occitan: configuracion (oc), reglatges (oc) m pl
• Polish: ustawienie (pl) n, konfiguracja (pl) f
• Russian: настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka), устано́вка (ru) f (ustanóvka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: postavka (sh) f

• Slovak: nastavenie n
• Spanish: configuración (es) f, ajustes (es) m pl
• Swedish: inställning (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tigrinya: ምምዕርራይ (məmʿərray)
• Ukrainian: налаштува́ння n (nalaštuvánnja)
• West Frisian: ynstelling c

music

• German: Vertonung f
• Hungarian: megzenésítés (hu), átirat (hu), feldolgozás (hu)
• Occitan: adaptacion musicadissa, mesa en musica, adaptacion musicala

Adjective

setting (comparative more setting, superlative most setting)

1. that disappears below the horizon

   the setting sun

Hyponyms

• record-setting

Derived terms

• agenda-setting
• goal setting
• gypsy setting
• jet setting
• jet-setting
• pace-setting
• pin setting
• place setting
• quick-setting
• setting coat
• setting dog
• setting-pole
• setting pole
• setting rule
• stage setting
• table-setting
• table setting
• type-setting

 

Translations

that disappears below the horizon

• Bulgarian: залязващ (bg) (zaljazvašt)
• French: couchant (fr)
• German: untergehend (de)
• Hungarian: nyugvó (hu), lenyugvó (hu)
• Italian: calante (it)
• Occitan: ponent (oc)
• Portuguese: poente (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: zalazeći
• Spanish: poniente (es)

Anagrams

• testing, tingest

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English setting.

Noun

setting f or m (definite singular settinga or settingen, indefinite plural settinger, definite plural settingene)

1. setting

References

• “setting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From setja +‎ -ing.

Alternative forms

• setjing

Noun

setting f (definite singular settinga, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)

1. the act of putting, setting (something somewhere)
2. the manner of putting, setting (something somewhere)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English setting.

Noun

setting m (definite singular settingen, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)

1. a setting (frame, background, context, scenario)

References

• “setting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.