elongate

English

Etymology

New Latin elongare, elongat-, a combination of ex- ("out") + longus ("long").

Adjective

elongate (comparative more elongate, superlative most elongate)

1. lengthened, extended.
2. slender.

Translations

lengthened

• Bulgarian: удължен (bg) (udǎlžen)

slender

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• Romanian: alungit, elongat, lungit, prelung, prelungit

Verb

elongate (third-person singular simple present elongates, present participle elongating, simple past and past participle elongated)

1. To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
2. (obsolete) To remove further off.

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Translations

to make long

• Bulgarian: удължавам, разтеглям (bg) (udǎlžavam, raztegljam)
• Finnish: pidentää (fi), venyttää (fi)
• French: allonger (fr)
• Hebrew: האריך (he) (he'eríkh)
• Hungarian: meghosszabbít (hu)

• Japanese: 引き伸ばす(hikinobasu)
• Ladino:

  Latin: alargar

• Romanian: alungi, lungi, prelungi

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Latin

Verb

ēlongāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of ēlongō