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4-letter words (1 found)

LONG,

3-letter words (3 found)

GON,LOG,NOG,

2-letter words (4 found)

GO,LO,NO,ON,

You can make 8 words from long according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of long

long olng lnog nlog onlg nolg logn olgn lgon glon ogln goln lngo nlgo lgno glno nglo gnlo ongl nogl ognl gonl ngol gnol

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Definitions and meaning of long

long

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒŋ/
    • (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /lɔːŋ/
  • (General American) enPR: lông, IPA(key): /lɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) enPR: läng, IPA(key): /lɑŋ/
  • (Black Country) enPR: lo͝oŋg, IPA(key): /lʊŋɡ/
  • Hyphenation: long
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”). Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), North Frisian long, lung (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), Norwegian, West Frisian, Dutch and German lang (“long”), Swedish lång (“long”), Icelandic langur (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”), French long, Latin longus (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj), до́лго (dólgo), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”).

The word exceptionally retains the Old English darkening of -a- before nasals. Though there are other such examples in Middle and Modern English (e.g. bond, song, throng, wrong), the o-form may have been reinforced by Old French long, from Latin longus, from the same Indo-European word. Doublet of lungo and lunge.

Adjective

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

  2. 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).
    1. (informal) Having a long penis.
  3. Having great duration.
  4. Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring or tedious or tiring.
  5. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall.
  7. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
    Antonym: short
  8. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
  9. Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location, as weapons fire or landing aircraft.
  10. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
  11. (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
  12. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
  13. (African-American Vernacular, slang, of money) In great supply; abundant.
  14. (slang, MLE) Clipping of taking a long time.
    Synonyms: boring, late, slow, time-consuming
  15. (slang, MLE, by extension) stupid; annoying; bullshit
  16. (slang, MLE, by extension) serious; deadly.
    Synonyms: the end, curtains
Usage notes
  • Wide is usually used instead of long when referring to a horizontal dimension (left to right).
  • Tall or high are usually used instead 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
  • (having great duration): extended, lengthy, prolonged
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "having much distance from one point to another"): low (vertically upwards), shallow (vertically upwards or downwards), short
  • (antonym(s) of "having great duration"): brief, short
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • broad
  • wide

Noun

long (plural longs)

  1. (linguistics) A long vowel.
  2. (prosody) A long syllable.
  3. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
  4. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
  5. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
    Synonym: bull
  6. (finance) An investor having a long position in a security.
  7. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (finance) A long-term investment.
  8. (Oxbridge, dated) Clipping of long vacation (“summer vacation”).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English longe, lange, from Old English longe, lange, from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

  1. (chiefly sports) Over a great distance in space.
    Synonyms: a long way, far
    Antonym: a short distance
  2. For a particular duration.
  3. For a lengthy duration (see usage notes).
    Antonyms: an instant, a minute, a moment, a second, a short time, not long
Usage notes

The adverb long, when it means for a lengthy duration, is used freely in questions and negative statements. However, in standard English, it is only used in positive statements when it directly modifies an adjective or participle, or is itself modified by an adverb such as too or enough (see the example sentences above). In other situations, the phrase (for) a long time is used instead:

Does it take long?
— No, it doesn't take long.
(nonstandard) — Yes, it takes long.
— Yes, it takes a long time.
— Yes, it takes far too long.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • far
  • wide
  • broad

Etymology 3

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to long for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, lengthen, grow longer, summon, belong”), from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary”). Cognate with German langen (“to reach, be sufficient”), Swedish langa (“to push, pass by hand”), Icelandic langa (“to want, desire”), Dutch, German verlangen (“to desire, want, long for”).

Verb

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

  2. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
    Synonyms: ache, yearn
Usage notes
  • This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
  • belong
  • forlong
  • long for
  • longing
Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English long, lang, an aphetic form of Middle English ilong, ylong, from Old English ġelong, ġelang (“along, belonging, depending, consequent”); the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong.

Adjective

long (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) On account of, because of.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

Etymology 5

Shortening of longitude.

Noun

long (plural longs)

  2. Abbreviation of longitude.
Coordinate terms
  • lat

Etymology 6

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to belong, pertain”), from Old English *lang, which is of uncertain origin yet related to Old English ġelang (“dependent, attainable, present, belonging, consequent”), Old Saxon gilang (“ready, available”).

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To belong.

Further reading

  • “long”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “long”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch long, from Middle Dutch longe, also longen, longene, from Old Dutch *lungan, *lunganna, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔŋ/

Noun

long (plural longe, diminutive longetjie)

  1. lung

Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

From English along. Equivalent to Cantonese 同 (tung4) grammatically.

Preposition

long

  1. comitative case marker
  2. benefactive case marker
  3. ablative case marker

References

  • Umberto Ansaldo, Stephen Matthews, Geoff Smith (2010) “China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts”, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages‎[12], volume 25, number 1, →DOI, pages 63-94

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch longe, also longen, longene, from Old Dutch *lungan, *lunganna, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔŋ/
  • Hyphenation: long
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Noun

long f or m (plural longen, diminutive longetje n)

  1. lung

Usage notes

Traditionally feminine in the Netherlands, masculine in Belgium due to masculinisation.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: long
  • Negerhollands: longe
  • → Papiamentu: long (dated)
  • → Sranan Tongo: lon
    • → Caribbean Javanese: long

References

  • “long” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

long m (feminine singular longa, masculine plural longs, feminine plural longes)

  1. long

Derived terms

  • longior

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French long, from longe, longue, feminine of lonc, lunc, from Latin longus. Cognate with English long, origin of German Chaiselongue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔ̃/, (in liaison) /lɔ̃.k‿/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
  • Homophone: longs

Adjective

long (feminine longue, masculine plural longs, feminine plural longues)

  1. long
    Synonyms: épais, grand, haut, large, profond
    Antonyms: bas, court, étroit, mince

Derived terms

Noun

long m (plural longs)

  1. length

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “long”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French long (“long”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔ̃ɡ/, [lɔ̃ŋ]

Adjective

long

  1. long

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *C-luŋ (“big”), from Pre-Hlai *C-luŋ (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *ʰluəŋᴬ (“big”) (whence Thai หลวง (lǔuang)).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA(key): /loŋ˥˧/

Adjective

long

  1. big

Synonyms

  • dhuax

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi [Term?], from Hokkien 烺 (lóng, lōng, “bright”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔŋ]
  • Hyphenation: long

Noun

long (first-person possessive longku, second-person possessive longmu, third-person possessive longnya)

  1. large firecracker.
    Hypernym: petasan

Alternative forms

  • lung

Further reading

  • “long” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish long, from Latin (navis) longa (“long (ship)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̪ˠɔŋ/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠuːŋ(ɡ)/, [l̪ˠũːŋ(ɡ)]; /l̪ˠɔŋɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠʌŋ/

Noun

long f (genitive singular loinge, nominative plural longa)

  1. ship

Declension

Derived terms

  • bratlong (“flagship”)

Related terms

  • loingeas

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “long”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English long.

Adverb

long

  1. For a lengthy duration (see usage notes).

Usage notes

Unlike in standard English, in Jamaican creole the adverb long, when it means for a lengthy duration, is used freely in questions and statements, whether positive or negative.

Malay

Etymology

Compare Khmer លោង (loong), Cham [louŋ], Thai โลง (loong).

Pronunciation

Noun

long (Jawi spelling لوڠ, plural long-long, informal 1st possessive longku, 2nd possessive longmu, 3rd possessive longnya)

  1. coffin; casket
    Synonyms: larung, keranda

Further reading

  • “long” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

long

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lōng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lóng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lǒng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lòng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • longe, longue, lang, lange, langhe

Etymology

From Old English lang, from Proto-West Germanic *lang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔnɡ/, /lɔːnɡ/

Adjective

long

  1. long

Descendants

  • English: long
  • Geordie English: lang
  • Scots: lang
  • Yola: lhaung, long

References

  • “lō̆ng, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *looŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ.

Noun

long

  1. boat

References

  • Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese লং (loṅ), from Sanskrit लवङ्ग (lavaṅga).

Noun

long (plural longkhan)

  1. clove

Norman

Alternative forms

  • laong (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French long, a back-formation from longe, longue, the feminine form of Early Old French lonc, from Latin longus.

Adjective

long m

  1. (Jersey) long

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin longus.

Adjective

long m (feminine singular longa, masculine plural longs, feminine plural longas)

  1. long

Related terms

  • alongar

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lonɡ/, [loŋɡ]

Adjective

long

  1. Alternative form of lang

Declension

Old French

Alternative forms

  • lonc (early Old French)
  • lunc (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Backformation from longe, longue, the feminine form of lonc, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lõŋk/

Adjective

long m (oblique and nominative feminine singular longe or longue)

  1. long (length, duration)

Declension

Descendants

  • French: long
  • Norman: long (Jersey), laong (Guernsey)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos. Cognates include Old English lang, Old Saxon lang and Old Dutch *lang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloŋɡ/

Adjective

long

  1. long

Descendants

  • North Frisian: long, lung
  • Saterland Frisian: loang
  • West Frisian: lang

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

Generally assumed to be a Latin loan, from (navis) longa, but Joseph Loth believed it to be from Proto-Celtic; either way, cognate to Welsh llong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈oŋɡ/

Noun

long f (genitive lungae, nominative plural longa)

  1. boat
  2. ship

Inflection

Synonyms

  • bárc
  • cnairr
  • laídeng
  • scib

Descendants

  • Irish: long
  • Manx: lhong
  • Scottish Gaelic: long

Mutation

Pijin

Preposition

long

  1. to; toward; into
  2. in; at; near

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish long. Compare Welsh llong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̪ˠɔuŋk/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [l̪ˠãũŋk]

Noun

long f (genitive singular luinge, plural longan)

  1. ship

Derived terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English along.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loŋ/, [lɔŋ], [lɔ(ː)]

Preposition

long

  1. Used to mark spatial direct objects that something is oriented in the manner of, where English would use to, toward, into, or onto
      • These lights must rise in the sky to cast light toward the ground.
  2. Used to mark spatial direct objects that something is oriented in the location of, where English would use in, at, on, or near
      • These lights must rise in the sky to cast light toward the ground.
  3. Used to mark indirect objects, or direct objects of intransitive verbs, where English would use to
      • And God made a good speech to give strength to them. He said to them: "You varied things of the ocean, you must multiply and fill every part of the sea. And you birds, you must multiply on earth.
  4. Used to mark spatial direct objects that something is oriented in the manner opposite of, extracted from, or away from, where English would use from or out of
      • Then God made a woman out of that bone he had taken from the man, and later he brought the woman to go to the man.
  5. Used to mark temporal direct objects in which a condition lasts for a certain duration of time, where English would use for
      • And the Lord God said to the snake: "You did a bad deed, and so I have a powerful curse for you. You will have a great weight. The wight you carry will exceed that of any all animals. Now, and for all times, you will only walk on your stomach. And you will eat the dirt of the earth.
  6. Used to mark a verb whose subject is the direct object of another verb, where English would use to or from
      • And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.

Derived terms

  • long wanem

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [lɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lawŋ͡m˧˧]

Etymology 1

Compare lung as in lung lay.

Adjective

long

  1. loose
    răng long ― loose tooth

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 龍 (“dragon”).

Noun

long

  1. (only in compounds) dragon

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔŋ/

Noun

long

  1. Soft mutation of llong.

Mutation

Yola

Adjective

long

  1. Alternative form of lhaung

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116

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