ウイング
also: ウィング
Meanings
wing; aircraft wing; bird wing
A katakana noun for a physical wing, especially of an aircraft or as a design/product term. For birds, native words such as 翼 or 羽 are often more ordinary, but ウイング is still attested.
Ice had formed on the airplane's wing.
This model lets you adjust the angle of the wings.
winger; wing position
Sports use for a player or position on the side of the field, especially in soccer or rugby. Common in compounds such as 左ウイング and 右ウイング.
He started as the left winger.
The coach substituted the right winger in the second half.
building wing; side wing
Used for a separate section or side part of a large building, hotel, museum, shopping complex, and similar facilities.
The conference room is in the hotel's east wing.
unbalanced edge in Othello
Technical Othello/Reversi term for a particular unstable edge formation; not a general everyday use of the word.
In Othello, this edge formation is sometimes called a wing.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉がウイングを務めるfor someone to play as a winger
He plays as the left winger for the national team.
- 〈場所〉のウイングに位置するto be located in the wing (section) of a building
The new gallery is located in the east wing of the museum.
- ウイングを広げるto spread one's wings
The bird spread its large wings and took off.