linge

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See also: Linge, lînge, lingë, and -linge

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English lengen (to linger), from Old English lengan (to make long, lengthen), from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (to make long). Cognate with Scots ling (to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue). More at linger.

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Verb

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linge (third-person singular simple present linges, present participle linging, simple past and past participle linged)

  1. (intransitive, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard.
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French

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Etymology

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From a substantivation of Old French linge, from Latin līneus.

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  • IPA(key): /lɛ̃ʒ/
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Noun

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linge m (plural linges)

  1. linen
  2. cloth
  3. laundry
  4. (Switzerland) towel
  5. (North America, invariable) clothing

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Irish

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linge

  1. present subjunctive analytic of ling

Latin

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linge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lingō

Occitan

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linge m (plural linges)

  1. laundry

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin lingere.

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a linge (third-person singular present linge, past participle lins) 3rd conj.

  1. (transitive) to lick
  2. (transitive, colloquial) Synonym of linguși (to bootlick)
  3. (reciprocal, slang) to make out

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