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length
- /lɛŋ(k)θ/ Canada, US, UK
- /lɛn(t)θ/ Canada, US, UK
- /leŋ(k)θ/ Australia, New Zealand
- /len(t)θ/ Australia, New Zealand
- /leɪŋ(k)θ/ US, dialectal
- /leɪn(t)θ/ US, dialectal
- /læŋ(k)θ/ Canada, US, dialectal
Rhymes with -ɛŋkθ, -ɛŋθ, -ɛntθ, -ɛnθ
Where it comes from
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”).
noun lengths
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The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Similar: distance
- Duration. Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
- The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. five lengths ahead of the field
- Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- Total extent. the length of a book
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something. a length of rope
- A penis. , Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length.
- A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines. […] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […]
- The number of cards held in a particular suit. An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.
- The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
Similar: length, lengthiness, longitude, longness · Opposite: width
verb lengths · lengthing · lengthed
- To lengthen. Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: distance, duration, lengthwise, longitudinal, long, round, timeframe, sized, timeline, tranche, timing, piece, amount, time, quantity, amplitude
noun
Similar: length, lengthiness, longitude, longness · Opposite: width
Translations
Every language
noun distance along the longest dimension
| Español | largo, eslora, longitud, largor, largura, largueza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 길이 giri |
| 日本語 | 長さ nagasa, 全長 zenchō |
| 中文 | 長度 /长度 chángdù, 長 /长 cháng |
| हिन्दी | लंबाई lambāī |
| Kiswahili | urefu |
| Português | comprimento, extensão |
| Français | longueur |
| Deutsch | Länge, Längenmaß |
| Italiano | lunghezza |
| Ελληνικά | μήκος míkos |
| Română | lungime |
| Русский | длина́ dliná |
| Tiếng Việt | chiều dài |
| العربية | طُول ṭūl |
| עברית | אורך \ אֹרֶךְ |
noun length of a horse
| 日本語 | 馬身 bashin |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Pferdelänge |
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