different between longer vs lounger

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??.??/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?l??.??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

Adjective

longer

1. comparative form of long: more long

Adverb

longer

1. comparative form of long: more long

Derived terms

• no longer

Etymology 2

long (“yearn”) +? -er

Noun

longer (plural longers)

1. One who longs or yearns for something.

French

Etymology

From long +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??.?e/

Verb

longer

1. to walk along, run along

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written longe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

See also

• border
• côtoyer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• grêlon

English

Etymology

lounge +? -er

Noun

lounger (plural loungers)

1. One who lounges; an idler.
2. A chair made for lounging.

   Coordinate terms: recliner, lazyboy, barcalounger

Derived terms

• barcalounger

Translations

Anagrams

• regulon

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lounger m

1. indefinite plural of lounge