longe

See also longé

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• lunge (UK)

Etymology

From French allonger (“to lengthen”), or Latin longa (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lʌndʒ/

• Audio (US)

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Verb

longe (third-person singular simple present longes, present participle longeing, simple past and past participle longed)

1. (US) To work a horse in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.

Translations

work a horse in a circle

• Dutch: longeren (nl)
• Finnish: juoksuttaa (fi)

• Norwegian: longere (no)

Noun

longe (plural longes)

1. A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and is used to control the animal while longeing.
2. (obsolete) A lunge; a thrust.

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3. The training ground for a horse.

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Translations

long rope used while longeing

• Finnish: juoksutusliina (fi)
• French: longe (fr) f

• Polish: lonża f

References

• “longe” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

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Esperanto

Adverb

longe

1. lengthily

Derived terms

• mallonge

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

longe

1. first-person singular present indicative of longer
2. third-person singular present indicative of longer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of longer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of longer
5. second-person singular imperative of longer

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Interlingua

Adjective

longe (comparative plus longe, superlative le plus longe)

1. long

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Latin

Etymology

From longus (“far, long”) + -ē. Compare English long and Icelandic langt and lengi.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈlon.ɡeː/

Adverb

longē (comparative longius, superlative longissimē)

1. (of space) long, a long way off, far, far off, at a distance

   Longe absum.

   I’m far away.

   Longe absum ab ejus crimine.

   I’m far away from my crimes.

2. (of time) long, for a long period of time
3. widely, greatly, much, very much

Synonyms

• (far): longiter

Derived terms

• longē sum

Related terms

Related terms

longaevitās longaevus longanimis longanimitās longanimiter longiloquium longinquē

longinquitās longinquō longinquus longipēs longiscō longiter

longitia longitūdō longiturnitās longiturnus longiusculē longiusculus

longivīvāx longulē longulus longuriō longurius longus

Descendants

Asturian: lloñe Catalan: lluny French: loin Italian: lungi

Occitan: luènh, luònh Portuguese: longe Spanish: lueñe

References

• longe in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin longe.

Adverb

longe (comparative mais longe superlative o mais longe)

1. far, a long way