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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Antonyms 1.2.1.4 Derived terms 1.2.1.5 Translations 1.2.2 Adverb 1.2.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.2.3 Antonyms 1.2.2.4 Translations 1.2.2.5 See also 1.2.3 Noun 1.2.3.1 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Usage notes 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.3.1.3 Derived terms 1.3.1.4 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 See also 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Antonyms 4 Irish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pinyin syllable 5.1.1 Usage notes 6 Scottish Gaelic 6.1 Noun 7 Tok Pisin 7.1 Preposition 8 Veps 8.1 Noun 9 Vietnamese 9.1 Etymology 1 9.1.1 Adjective 9.2 Etymology 2 9.2.1 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
himself	go	how	#119: long	am	way	even

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɒŋ/, SAMPA: /lQN/
• (US) enPR: lông, läng, IPA: /lɔŋ/, /lɑŋ/, SAMPA: /lON/, /lAN/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒŋ

[ Etymology 1

Old English lang (for adjective, nominal), lange (for adverb)

[ Adjective

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

1. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).

   It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.

2. Having great duration.

   The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.

3. (finance) possessing or owning stocks, bonds or other financial instruments.
4. (cricket) of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position)

[ Usage notes

• Wide is usually used instead of long when referring to a horizontal dimension (left to right).
• Tall or high are usually used insted of long when referring to positive vertical dimension (upwards), and deep when referring to negative vertical dimension (downwards).

[ Synonyms

• (having much distance from one point to another): deep (vertically downwards), extended, high (vertically upwards), lengthy, tall (vertically upwards)
• (having great duration): extended, lengthy, prolonged

[ Antonyms

• (having much distance from one point to another): low (vertically upwards), shallow (vertically upwards or downwards), short
• (having great duration): brief, short

[ Derived terms

• longhand
• long-haul
• long paddock
• long pig
• long shot
• long vehicle
• the long arm of the law
• the long and the short of it

[ Translations

having much distance from one point to another

French: long fr(fr) m., longue fr(fr) f.

Italian: lungo it(it) m., lunga it(it) f.

having great duration

French: long fr(fr) m., longue fr(fr) f.

Italian: lungo it(it) m., lunga it(it) f.

• Albanian: gjatë sq(sq)
• Arabic (Egyptian): طويل (ṭawiil)
• Armenian: երկար (yerkar)
• Catalan: llarg
• Chinese: 长 (cháng)
• Croatian: dug hr(hr)
• Czech: dlouhý m., dlouhá f., dlouhé n. (1)
• Danish: lang da(da)
• Dutch: lang nl(nl), lange nl(nl)
• Esperanto: longa eo(eo)
• Finnish: pitkä fi(fi)
• German: lang (1)
• Hebrew: אָרֹךְ (arokh) m., אֲרֻכָּה (aruka) f.
• Hindi: लम्बा (lambaa)
• Hungarian: hosszú hu(hu)
• Icelandic: langur is(is)
• Ido: longa
• Irish: fada ga(ga)
• Japanese: 長い (ながい, nagai)
• Korean: (1) 길다 (gilda), 멀다 (meolda); (2) 오래되다 (oraedoeda)
• Kurdish: dirêj ku(ku), درێژ
• Latin: longus m., longa f., longum n.
• Lithuanian: ilgas m., ilga f., ilga n.
• Malay: panjang ms(ms), lama ms(ms)
• Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠲᠤ (urtu)
• Persian: بُلَند fa(fa) (bolænd)
• Polish: długi pl(pl) m., długa pl(pl) f., długie pl(pl) n.
• Portuguese: longo pt(pt), comprido pt(pt)
• Romanian: lung m., lungă f.
• Russian: длинный (dlínnyj) (1), долгий (dólgij) (1,2)
• Scots: lang
• Slovak: dlhý m., dlhá f., dlhé n.
• Slovene: dolg sl(sl) m., dolga sl(sl) f., dolgo sl(sl) n.
• Spanish: largo es(es) m., larga es(es) f.
• Swedish: lång (1)
• Telugu: పొడవైన (poDavaina)
• Thai: ยาว (yao)

[ Adverb

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

1. Over a great distance in space.

   He threw the ball long.

2. For a particular duration.

   How long is it until the next bus arrives?

3. For a long duration.

   Will this interview take long?

[ Quotations

• 1594 — William Shakespeare, Hamlet i 3

  I stay too long: but here my father comes.

[ Synonyms

• (over a great distance): a long way, far
• (for a long duration): a long time

[ Antonyms

• (over a great distance): a short distance, a short way
• (for a long duration): an instant, a minute, a moment, a second, a short time, not long

[ Translations

over a great distance

Korean: 길게 (gilge), 멀리 (meolli)

Spanish: lejos es(es)

particular duration

French: temps fr(fr) m. how long — combien de temps

Italian: tempo it(it) m. how long — quanto tempo

long duration

French: longtemps fr(fr)

• Korean: 길이 (girI), 오래 (orae)
• Spanish: mucho es(es), harto es(es)

[ See also

• far
• wide
• broad

[ Noun

Singular long

Plural longs

long (plural longs)

1. (linguistics) A long vowel.

[ See also

• broad
• wide

[ Etymology 2

Old English langian

[ Verb

Infinitive to long

Third person singular longs

Simple past longed

Past participle longed

Present participle longing

to long (third-person singular simple present longs, present participle longing, simple past and past participle longed)

1. (intransitive) To await, to aspire, to desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

   She longed for him to come back.

[ Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes thee to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[ Synonyms

• (desire greatly): ache, yearn

[ Derived terms

• longing

[ Translations

to wait, to aspire

Albanian: dëshiron Bosnian: čeznuti bs(bs) Catalan: enyorar Chinese: 渴望 (kěwàng) Croatian: čeznuti hr(hr) Czech: toužit po, dychtit po, přát (si) Danish: længes Dutch: verlangen nl(nl) Esperanto: deziri eo(eo) Finnish: ikävöidä fi(fi) French: aspirer à fr(fr) German: (sich) sehnen Hungarian: vágyik hu(hu)

Icelandic: þrá is(is) Italian: bramare it(it) Korean: 바라다 (barada), 기다리다 (gidarida), 갈망하다 (galmang-hada) Kurdish: bêrî kirin ku(ku), hesret kirin ku(ku) Polish: pragnąć, tęsknić, wzdychać do Portuguese: ansiar pt(pt), suspirar pt(pt) Romanian: dori ro(ro) Serbian: Cyrillic: чезнути Roman: čeznuti Slovak: túžiť, cnieť Spanish: desear es(es), anhelar es(es) Swedish: längta sv(sv)

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[ Dutch

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

long c. (plural longen, diminutive longetje)

1. (anatomy) lung

[ See also

• kieuw f.

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[ French

[ Pronunciation

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• IPA: [lõ

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[ Adjective

long m (longue f, longs m, pl, longues f, pl

1. long

[ Synonyms

grand, haut, large, épais, profond

[ Antonyms

court, bas, étroit, mince

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[ Irish

[ Noun

long f.

1. ship

[ Declension

Second declension

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