oblong

English

Etymology

From Latin oblongus.

Adjective

oblong ‎(comparative more oblong, superlative most oblong)

1. Longer than wide.
2. Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.

Translations

longer than wide

• Armenian: երկարավուն (hy) ‎(erkaravun)
• Catalan: oblong (ca)
• Dutch: langwerpig (nl)
• French: oblong (fr)
• Georgian: მოგრძო ‎(mogrʒo), წაგრძელებული ‎(c̣agrʒelebuli)
• German: länglich (de)
• Greek: στενόμακρος (el) ‎(stenómakros)

• Icelandic: ílangur (is)
• Norman: bêlong
• Portuguese: oblongo (pt), oblongado
• Romanian: prelung (ro)
• Russian: продолговатый (ru) ‎(prodolgovatyj), вытянутый (ru) ‎(vytjanutyj)
• Spanish: oblongo (es)
• Swedish: avlång (sv)

roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal

• French: oblong (fr)
• Norman: 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

• German: Oblong n, Oblongum n, Quadratum oblongum n, längliches Rechteck

• Latin: rectangulum oblongum

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 singular oblongue, masculine plural oblongs, feminine plural oblongues)

1. oblong

External links

• “oblong” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).