oblong

English

Adjective

oblong (comparative more oblong, superlative most oblong)

1. Describing something that is longer than it is wide.
2. Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.

Translations

longer than wide

• Armenian: երկարավուն (hy) (erkaravun)
• Catalan: oblong (ca)
• Dutch: langwerpig (nl)
• French: oblong (fr)
• German: länglich (de)
• Icelandic: ílangur (is)

• Jèrriais: bêlong
• Romanian: prelung (ro)
• Russian: продолговатый (ru) (prodolgovatyj), вытянутый (ru) (vytjanutyj)
• Spanish: oblongo (es)
• Swedish: avlång (sv)

roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal

• French: oblong (fr)
• Jèrriais: bêlong

• Spanish: oblongo (es)
• Swedish: avlång (sv)

Noun

oblong (plural oblongs)

1. Something with an oblong shape.
2. A rectangle having length greater than width.

Translations

with an oblong shape

Related terms

• oblate

See also

• prolate
• rectangle

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin oblongus.

Adjective

oblong m (feminine oblonga, masculine plural oblongs, feminine plural oblongues)

1. oblong

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French

Adjective

oblong m (feminine oblongue, masculine plural oblongs, feminine plural oblongues)

1. oblong