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{{also|Gong|gòng|gông|gōng|göng|gǫng|gǒng|gọng|goŋ}}
==English==
[[File:Legong.jpg|thumb|160px|Gong (instrument)]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɡɒŋ/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɡɔŋ/|a=GA}}
** {{IPA|en|/ɡɑŋ/|a=cot-caught}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gong.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒŋ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{wikipedia}}
From {{bor|en|ms|gong}}, possibly {{onomatopoeic|en|nocap=1}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
[[File:Гонг (мішень).jpg|thumb|gong [3]]]

# {{lb|en|musical instruments}} A [[percussion]] [[instrument]] consisting of a [[metal]] [[disk]] that emits a [[loud]] [[resonant]] [[sound]] when [[struck]] with a [[soft]] [[hammer]].
# {{lb|en|British|slang}} A [[medal]] or [[award]], particularly [[Knight Bachelor]]..
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2021| title=Fake History|author=Otto English| page=114| passage=This grooming of the national mindset explains the retention of 92 "hereditary peers" in the House of Lords: individuals who are gifted a right to sit in the nation's upper chamber and facilitate laws for no other reason than that their ancestor was the illegitimate child of some prince, or willing to spaff a few quid on the title when David Lloyd Gorge was selling of '''gongs''' for bribes.}}
# A metal target that emits a sound when it has been hit.

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|gong show|nipple gong|slit-gong|gong bath}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|percussion instrument}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|ghong}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|gong|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جَرَس|m}}, {{t|ar|نَاقُوس|m}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|гонг|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|гонг|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|gong|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|鑼|tr=lo4}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鑼|tr=luó}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|gong|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gongong}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gong|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|gongo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|gongi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gong|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გონგი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gong|m|n}}
* Greek: {{t|el|γκονγκ|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|גונג|m|tr=gong}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|घंटा|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|gong}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|gong}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gong|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|銅鑼|tr=どら, dora}}, {{t+|ja|ゴング|tr=gongu}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|징}}, {{t+|ko|공}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ຄ້ອງ}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦅᦸᧂᧉ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|гонг|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|gong}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠯᠣᠩᡴᠣᠨ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pahū}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|momongan}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|gong|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gong|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gongo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|gong|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гонг|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гонг|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gong|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|gong|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|gongo|m}}, {{t+|es|gong|m}}, {{t|es|batintín|m}} {{qualifier|Chinese type}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gonggong|c}}
* Tai Dam: {{t|blt|ꪁ꫁ꪮꪉ}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ฆ้อง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|འཁར་རྔ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|gong}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|гонг|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cồng chiêng}}, {{t+|vi|cồng}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make the [[sound]] of a [[#Noun|gong]]; to [[ring]] a gong.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1903|author=H. G. Wells|title=The Truth About Pyecraft
|passage=Poor old Pyecraft! He has just '''gonged''', no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[send]] a [[signal]] to, using a [[#Noun|gong]] or similar device.
## To [[halt]] (originally, a [[contestant]] in a [[talent show]]; later, a [[performer]], a [[speaker]]).
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1996|author=Stephanie Holt; Maryanne Lynch|title=Motherlode
|passage=As she was '''gonged''', host Daryl Somers swept rapidly across and salvaged an embarrassing situation by putting his arm around her and asking her whether she had children.}}
## To [[warn]].
##: {{ux|en|The driver '''gonged''' the pedestrian crossing the tracks, but the pedestrian didn't stop.}}
# {{lb|en|British|slang|transitive}} To give an [[award]] or [[medal]] to.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1997|author=Peter Stone|title=The Lady and the President|page=147
|passage=In 1972 he was awarded the British Red Cross Silver Medal for his services to the Red Cross. In 1978 he was ''''gonged'''' once again, this time with the Queen's Jubilee Medal, marking the 25th year of her reign.}}

====References====
* {{pedia|The Gong Show|i=1}}

===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|en|outhouse}}
From {{inh|en|enm|gong}}, from {{inh|en|ang|gong}}, where it was originally a variant of the noun {{m|ang|gang||a [[going]], [[walk]], [[journey]], [[way]], etc.}},<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary''. "†&nbsp;gong, ''n.¹''". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.</ref> derived from the verb {{m|ang|gangan||to [[go]], [[walk]], [[travel]]}},<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary''. "gang, ''n.''"</ref> whose relation to {{m|en|go}} in Proto-Germanic remains unclear.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary''. "gang, ''v.¹''" & "go, ''v.''"</ref> {{doublet|en|gang}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[outhouse]]: an [[outbuilding]] [[use]]d as a [[lavatory]].
#* {{c.|1000}}, {{w|Ælfric of Eynsham|Aelfric}}, ''[[s:The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church/XX|Homilies]]'', Vol. I, p. 290:
#*: Þaða he to [[gong|gange]] [[come|com]].{{attention|en|This quote is Old English (ang)}}
#* {{c.|1400}}, ''The Lay Folks Mass Book'', Appendix iii, p. 125:
#*: I [[acknowledge|knoweleche]] to [[thee|the]] that [[there|ther]] [[is|nys]] no [[gong|goonge]] more [[stinking|stynkynge]] [[than|thenne]] my [[soul]]e is.{{attention|en|This quote is Middle English (enm)}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=a. 1513|author=Robert Fabyan|title=New Cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce|volume=II|page=xxxii
|passage=The [[Jew|Iewe]] of [[Tewksbury|Tewkysbury]] which fell into a [[gong|Gonge]] [[upon|vpon]] the [[Saturday|Satyrday]].}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=a. 1577|author=George Gascoigne|title=Grief of Joye|section=Vol. II, § lxii
|passage=A stately [[toy|Toye]], a [[precious|preciows]] [[piece|peece]] of [[pelf|pellfe]],<br>A gorgeous [[gong]], a [[worthless|worthles]] painted wall...}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[contents]] of an [[outhouse]] [[pit]]: [[shit]].

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|en|gang}}, {{l|en|gonge}}, {{l|en|goonge}}, {{l|en|goung}}, {{l|en|gounge}}, {{l|en|gung}}, {{l|en|gunge}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|outhouse}} {{l|en|gonghouse}}; ''see also'' '''[[Thesaurus:outhouse]]'''
* {{sense|feces}} ''See'' '''[[Thesaurus:feces]]'''

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top|gong}}
* {{l|en|gong farmer}}, {{l|en|gong-farmer}}
* {{l|en|gong-fayer}}
* {{l|en|gong-fower}}
* {{l|en|gong-hole}}
* {{l|en|gong-house}}
* {{l|en|gong-man}}
* {{l|en|gongpit}}, {{l|en|gong-pit}}
* {{l|en|gong scourer}}
* {{l|en|gong-thurl}}
{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{bor|en|cmn|功||merit; achievement}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A kind of [[cultivation]] [[energy]], more powerful than [[qi]].
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} An advanced [[practice]] that [[cultivate]]s such energy.

====References====
<references/>

===See also===
{{col2|en|title=etymologically unrelated terms containing "gong"|gong bao|qi gong}}

{{C|en|Buildings|Percussion instruments|Rooms|Toilet (room)}}

==Drung==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|duu|sit-pro|*guŋ||body; back}}.

===Noun===
{{head|duu|noun}}

# [[back]]
# [[body]]
# [[health]]

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|ms|gong}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ɣɔŋ/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-gong.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|gong}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɔŋ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|gongs|+}}

# {{l|en|gong}}, [[disc]]-shaped  [[metal]] [[percussion instrument]]

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-gong.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|gong}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|sauvé par le gong}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Percussion instruments}}

==Indonesian==

===Noun===
{{id-noun}}

# {{lb|id|musical instruments}} a large ''gong''

==Jingpho==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|kac|sit-pro|*guŋ||body; back}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kac|noun}}

# [[physical body]]

==Lashi==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lsi|/ɡoŋ/|/ɡɔŋ/}}

===Noun===
{{head|lsi|noun}}

# [[body]]
# [[middle]]

===References===
* {{R:lsi:Luk:2017}}

==Malay==
{{wikipedia|lang=ms}}
[[File:Legong.jpg|thumb|160px|Gong (instrument)]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|/ɡoŋ/}}
* {{rhymes|ms|oŋ}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|ms|ms-cla||tr=gong}}, from {{bor|ms|jv|gong}}.

====Noun====
{{ms-noun|j=ݢوڠ}}

# {{lb|ms|music}} a {{l|en|gong}}
# {{lb|ms|onomatopoeia}} the {{l|en|sound}} a gong {{l|en|make|makes}}.

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|ms}}

====Noun====
{{ms-noun|j=ݢوڠ}}

# {{lb|ms|botany}} ''{{l|en|Helicia petiolaris}}''
#: {{syn|ms|putat tepi}}
# {{lb|ms|botany}} ''{{l|en|Xerospermum laevigatum}}''
#: {{syn|ms|rambutan pacat}}

===Etymology 3===
{{rfe|ms}}

====Adjective====
{{ms-adj|j=ݢوڠ}}

# {{lb|ms|obsolete}} a {{l|en|bit}} {{l|en|crazy}}
#: {{syn|ms|gila}}
#: {{ant|ms|waras}}
# {{lb|ms|obsolete}} {{l|en|stupid}}
#: {{syn|ms|bodoh|bebal|tolol}}
#: {{ant|ms|pandai|bijak}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:PRPM}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|gōng}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|gǒng}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|gòng}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Mangas==

===Etymology===
Cognate with {{cog|wji|gung}}, {{cog|plj|goŋ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|zns|/ɡòŋ/}}

===Noun===
{{head|zns|noun}}

# [[chief]], [[king]], [[ruler]]

===References===
* Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|gang|gonge|goonge}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|enm|ine-pro}}
{{inh+|enm|ang|gang}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*gang}}, form {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gangaz}}. Compare {{m|enm|gangen}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ɡanɡ/|/ɡaːnɡ/|/ɡɔnɡ/|/ɡɔːnɡ/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|gonges}}

# An [[outhouse]]; a [[building]] used as a [[lavatory]].
# {{lb|enm|Northern}} A [[group]] or [[set]] of [[item]]s.
# {{lb|enm|mainly|Northern|uncommon}} A [[walk]]; a [[journey]], especially by foot.
# {{lb|enm|Northern|rare}} A [[gait]]; the way one [[walk]]s.
# {{lb|enm|poetic|rare}} A [[band]] or [[company]] of armed men.

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|gang|id1=noun}} {{see desc}}; {{l|en|gong|id=outhouse}}, {{l|en|goung}} {{q|obsolete}}
* {{desc|sco|gang|gaung|ging}}
*: Northeastern: {{desc|sco|dyang|gyang|nolb=1}}

===References===
* {{R:MED Online|gā̆ng, gō̆ng|n|MED18161}}

{{C|enm|Buildings and structures|Collectives|Gaits|Military|Travel|Toilet (room)}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|nb|ms|gong}}.

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# {{lb|nb|musical instruments}} a {{l|en|gong}} {{q|percussion instrument}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nb|gongong}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|no|/ɡɔŋː/}}

===Etymology 1===
From the verb {{m|nn|gå}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-irreg|m|gongen|gonger|gongene|ip2=gongar|dp2=gongane}}

# [[time]]
#: {{ux|nn|Kor mange '''gonger''' hende det?|How many '''times''' did it happen?}}

=====See also=====
* {{l-nb|gang}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nn|ms|gong}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# {{lb|nn|musical instruments}} a {{l|en|gong}} {{q|percussion instrument}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nn|gongong}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Old English==

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|m}}

# {{alternative form of|ang|gang}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}
[[File:MIM PHX 2011-04-26 0128.jpg|thumb|gong]]

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|ms-cla|jv}}
{{bor+|pl|ms|gong}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-gong.wav}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{l|en|gong}} {{gl|percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer}}
# [[sound]] made by the {{l|en|gong}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-anml}}

# {{lb|pl|colloquial}} [[fist]] [[blow]]
#: {{hyper|pl|cios}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-anml}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:PWN Encyclopedia}}

{{C|pl|Percussion instruments|Sounds|Violence}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|gong}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|gonguri}}

# {{l|en|gong}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Spanish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|es|gongo}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|es|ms|gong}}.

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|gong}}

====See also====
* {{l|es|batintín}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Musical instruments}}

==Zou==

===Adjective===
{{head|zom|adjective}}

# [[thin]]

====References====
* http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf