flatting
/ˈflætɪŋ/noun, verb
flatting is a noun meaning “The practice of living, with others, in a flat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-T-T-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flatting is flattings.
What does flatting mean?
noun
- 1
The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- 2
A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- 3
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
- 4
A flat part of something, a flattening.
- 5
The process of becoming flat.
- 6
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
flatting-mill
- 7
An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- 8
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of flat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flatting?
- /ˈflætɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_flatting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flatting
- flattings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flatting?
Flatting appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flatting come from?
From flat + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).