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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslong
Pronunciation / Transliteration: lông
"Ce fut une réunion longue et fatigante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Of great and typically excessive length; protracted or prolonged.
"The committee held a lengthy discussion before reaching a final decision." - 2
Continuing for a long time, often tediously so.
"She had to read through several lengthy reports for the audit."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English 'lengþu', meaning length, coming from Proto-Germanic roots, combined with the suffix '-y'. Over centuries, it evolved from signifying physical measurement to denoting extended duration or verbosity in speech and writing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lengthy" is said worldwide
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long
Transliteration: lông
"Ce fut une réunion longue et fatigante."
langwierig
Transliteration: lahng-veer-ikh
"Es gab eine langwierige Diskussion über das Thema."
lungo
Transliteration: loon-go
"Abbiamo fatto un discorso molto lungo."
prolongado
Transliteration: pro-lon-gah-do
"Tuvieron una conversación muy prolongada."
prolongado
Transliteration: pro-lon-gah-du
"O relatório era excessivamente prolongado."
लंबा
Transliteration: lamba
"यह एक बहुत लंबा और कठिन काम था।"
冗长的
Transliteration: rǒng cháng de
"这是一场冗长的会议。"
장황한
Transliteration: jang-hwang-han
"그는 장황한 설명을 늘어놓았다."
長ったらしい
Transliteration: nagattarashii
"彼らは長ったらしい議論を続けた。"
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