English
Adjective
long (longer, longest )
- The state of having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Long usually applies to horizontal dimensions.
- Long in horizontal dimension is usually said wide.
- Long in the positive vertical dimension is usually said tall. Negative vertical dimension is referred to as deep.
- In finance -- possessing or owning stocks , bonds or other financial instruments.
Synonyms
tall, high, wide, broad, deep
Antonyms
short, low, narrow, slim, shallow
Translations
- Chinese: 长 (cháng)
- Dutch: lang, lange
- French: long m, longue f
- Finnish: pitkä
- German: lang (1)
- Ido: longa
- Irish: fada
- Japanese: 長い (ながい, nagai)
- Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠲᠤ (urtu)
- Persian: بُلَند (bolænd)
- Polish: długi m, długa f, długie n
- Portuguese: longo m, longa f; comprido m, comprida f
- Romanian: lung m, lungă f
- Slovak: dlhý m, dlhá f, dlhé n
- Spanish: largo m, larga f
- Swedish: lång (1)
Verb
to long
- to await, to aspire, to want (for something to occur)
- She longed for him to come back
Translations
- Dutch: verlangen
- Finnish: ikävöidä
- German: verlangen , ersehnen
- Polish: pragnąć , tęsknić , wzdychać do
- Portuguese: ansiar por , suspirar por
- Romanian: a tânji
- Slovak: cnieť
- Swedish: längta
Dutch
Noun
long (plural: longen , diminutive: longetje , plural diminutive: longetjes )
- organ that extracts oxygen from the air
Translations
French
Adjective
long m (longue f, longs m, pl, longues f, pl
- The state of having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Long usually applies to horizontal dimensions.
Synonyms
grand, haut, large, épais , profond
Antonyms
court, bas, étroit , mince
Translations
Tok Pisin
Preposition
long
- to, toward, into
- in, at, near
