length

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
2. (countable, uncountable) Duration.
3. (countable, uncountable) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
4. (countable, uncountable) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
5. (countable, uncountable) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Total extent.
7. (countable, uncountable) Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) A penis.
9. (countable, uncountable) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
10. (countable, uncountable) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
11. (countable, uncountable) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.

Verb

To lengthen.

Concepts

longueur

durée

taille

distance

bande

étendue

hauteur

largeur

profondeur

longueur de flottaison

long

métrage

avantage et inconvénient

long et court

longueur coque

longueur de coque

longueur flottaison

longitude

Synonymes

height

duration

distance

extension

extent

tallness

depth

long

size

range

span

stature

interval

elongation

lengthiness

longness

measure

sheet

space

strip

section

overall length

longitudinal

milage

mileage

palm

period

piece

prolongation

reach

remoteness

row

segment

separation

short

side

standing

strand

stretch

tall

time

⌚

unequal

weigh

width

yardage

L

L

longtitude

front-to-back

great length

standoffishness

measurement

ulteriority

waterline length

all

broken rice piece

part

amplitude

clearance

compass

🧭

continuance

continuation

cord

course

cut

diameter

endurance

expansion

extensiveness

footage

frigidness

going

gossip

growth

instance

l

l

longitude

Traductions

Länge

longitud

lengte

largura

boy

duración

Dauer

largo

uzunluk

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɛŋ(k)θ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: lengthe

Hérité de ancien anglais: lengþ

Appartenant à écossais: lenth

Appartenant à saterlandais: Loangte

Appartenant à frison occidental: lingte

Appartenant à néerlandais: lengte

Appartenant à danois: længde

Appartenant à suédois: längd

Appartenant à islandais: lengd

In summary

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).

Phrases

He had a great memory for poetry and often quoted it at length .

Il avait un grand souvenir pour la poésie et l'a souvent cité longuement.

Each discipline's program runs two years in length .

Le programme de chaque discipline dure deux ans.