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lang¹

  • /ˈlæŋ/
  • /ˈleɪ̯ŋ/
  • /ˈlɛ̃ŋ/

Sounds like Lang, Lange, leng (pre-ng tensing) · Rhymes with -æŋ

noun langs

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of language

lang²

  • /ˈlæŋ/
  • /ˈleɪ̯ŋ/
  • /ˈlɛ̃ŋ/

Sounds like Lang, Lange, leng (pre-ng tensing) · Rhymes with -æŋ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Northern Middle English lang (“long”) (southern long).

adjective langer · langest

  1. obsolete, outside Northumbria long

Lang³

proper noun Langs · Lange · Laing · Layng

  1. countable, uncountable An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old English lang (“long”), a nickname for a tall person.
  2. countable, uncountable A surname from German, a variant of Lange.
  3. countable, uncountable A surname from Dutch, a variant of de Lange.
  4. countable, uncountable A Manchu surname from Chinese, anglicized from Chinese 郎 (Láng), used as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡠᡵᡠ (niohuru, “Niohuru”, literally “wolf”) for its homophony with 狼 (láng, “wolf”).
  5. countable, uncountable A settlement in New South Wales, Australia.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in Styria, Austria. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lǫka (“meadow”), or perhaps of Celtic origin.
  7. countable, uncountable A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  8. countable, uncountable A village in Gilan Province, Iran. From Persian لنگ (lang).
  9. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Georgia, United States; named after postmaster Benjamin F. Lang.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sae, long, time, length, lane, syne, later, nearly, bac, well, far, mony, drawn-out, prolonged, lengthy, much

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@misc{lang_2026,
  title = {lang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}