different between longe vs longa

English

Alternative forms

• lunge (UK)

Etymology 1

From French allonger (“to lengthen”), or Latin longa (“long”), i.e. the long rope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nd?/

Verb

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

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

Translations

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 used to control the animal while longeing.
2. (obsolete) A lunge; a thrust.
   • 1748, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random, London: J. Osborn, Volume 2, Chapter 59, p. 252,^[1]

     […] he parried my thrusts with great calmness, until I had almost exhausted my spirits; and when he perceived me beginning to flag, attacked me fiercely in his turn.—Finding himself however better opposed than he expected, he resolved to follow his longe, and close with me; accordingly, his sword entered my waistcoat […]

3. (military) The training ground for a horse.
   • 1885, Edward S. Farrow, Farrow’s Military Encyclopedia, New York: for the author, Volume 2, p. 230,^[2]

     LONGE.—The training ground for the instruction of a young horse, to render him quiet, tractable, and supple; to give him free and proper use of his limbs, to form his paces, and to prepare him in all respects for the cavalry service.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• longæ
• longas

Noun

longe

1. plural of longa

References

• “longe” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Leong, elong, on leg

Afrikaans

Noun

longe

1. plural of long

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lon?e/
• Hyphenation: lon?ge
• Rhymes: -on?e

Adverb

longe

1. lengthily

Derived terms

• anta?longe (“long ago”)
• mallonge (“briefly”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???/

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. third-person singular present subjunctive of longer
5. second-person singular imperative of longer

Interlingua

Adjective

longe (comparative plus longe, superlative le plus longe)

1. long

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lon.?e?/, [??????e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lon.d??e/, [?l?n??d???]

Adverb

long? (comparative longius, superlative longissim?)

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

   Longe absum.

   I’m far away.

   Longe absum ab eius criminibus.

   I’m far away from his crimes.

2. (of time) long, for a long period of time

   (Charles François Lhomond, De Viris Illustribus Urbis Romae, Lucius Cornelius Sulla)

3. widely, greatly, much, very much

   (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 14)

Synonyms

• (far): longiter

Derived terms

• long? sum

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

longe

1. vocative masculine singular of longus

References

• longe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• longe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• longe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

Neapolitan

Adjective

longe

1. feminine plural of luongo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Derived from French long (“long”).

Noun

longe m (definite singular longen, indefinite plural longer, definite plural longene)

1. a rein for horses

Etymology 2

From Old Norse l?ngu, oblique singular case of langa, whence the form lange.

Noun

longe f or m (definite singular longa or longen, indefinite plural longer, definite plural longene)

1. common ling, Molva molva

References

• “longe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• logne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Derived from French long (“long”).

Noun

longe m (definite singular longen, indefinite plural longar, definite plural longane)

1. a rein for horses

Etymology 2

From Old Norse l?ngu, neuter dative singular of langr (“long”).

Alternative forms

• longo (obsolete form)

Adverb

longe

1. a long time ago
2. already

Etymology 3

From Old Norse l?ngu, oblique singular case of langa (“ling”).

Noun

longe f (definite singular longa, indefinite plural longer, definite plural longene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by lange

Anagrams

• logne, ongle

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lon.?e/, [?lo?.?e]

Adverb

longe

1. Alternative spelling of lange

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese longe, from Latin longe.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?lõ.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?lõ.?i/, [?l?õ????.??]

Adverb

longe (comparative mais longe superlative o mais longe)

1. far, a long way

   Antonym: perto

Adjective

longe m or f (plural longes, comparable)

1. distant, faraway

Further reading

• “longe” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

English

Etymology 1

From Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

longa

1. (Australian Aboriginal) Belonging to; of, in, at, to. [from 19th c.]
   • 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:

     This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia.

   • 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook:

     He wait longa river.

Synonyms

• la
• 'long

Etymology 2

From Latin longa.

Noun

longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)

1. (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.

   Synonym: (U.S.) quadruple whole note

Anagrams

• Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, Logan, NALGO, along, anglo, anglo-, logan

Esperanto

Etymology

From English and French long, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lon?a/
• Hyphenation: lon?ga
• Rhymes: -on?a

Adjective

longa (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)

1. long
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.

     Post longa tempo mortis la re?o de Egiptujo.

     After a long time the king of Egypt died.

   Antonym: mallonga

Derived terms

• longi?i
• longtempa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse langa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??ka/
• Rhymes: -??ka

Noun

longa f (genitive singular longu, plural longur)

1. ling (fish)
2. common ling

Declension

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto longa.

Adjective

longa

1. long

Antonyms

• kurta

Derived terms

• longeskar (“to lengthen”, transitive verb)
• longigar (“to lengthen, elongate, prolong”, intransitive verb)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?????], [?l??????], [?l?????], [?l??????]

Noun

longa f pl

1. nominative plural of long
2. vocative plural of long
3. dative plural of long

Italian

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of longo

Latin

Adjective

longa

1. inflection of longus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

long?

1. ablative feminine singular of longus

Noun

longa f (genitive longae); first declension

1. (music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: longa

References

• longa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• longa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Neapolitan

Adjective

longa f sg

1. feminine singular of luongo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

longa f

1. definite singular of longe

Anagrams

• logna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

longa f (definite singular longa, indefinite plural longer or longor, definite plural longene or longone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by lange
2. definite singular of longe

Anagrams

• logna, ongla

Occitan

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of long

Portuguese

Etymology

From longo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?lõ.??/

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of longo

Derived terms

• longa-duração
• longa-metragem

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (grammar) long syllable
2. (music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)

Noun

longa f (Portugal) or m (Brazil) (plural longas)

1. Clipping of longa-metragem.

Spanish

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (music) longa