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lung

English

Etymology

From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganj?, an enlargement of *lungô (the light organ, lung), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (not heavy, agile, nimble); compare *h?leng??-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish lunge, Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian ?????? (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ??????? (elaphrós, light in weight) and perhaps Albanian lungë (blister, bulge). Compare Latin levis and Old English l?oht (Modern English light). See also lights (lungs). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (lung), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (lung).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: l?ng, IPA(key): /?l??/
  • Rhymes: -??

Noun

lung (plural lungs)

  1. (anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
  2. (in the plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
  3. That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.

Synonyms

  • (organ): (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights (of an animal, used as food)

Derived terms

See also

  • pneumonic
  • pulmonary

Translations


Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • lungu

Etymology

From Latin longus. Compare Romanian lung.

Adjective

lung m (feminine lunghe, masculine plural lundz, feminine plural lundzi)

  1. long

Related terms

  • lundzest

See also

  • larg

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?l??]
  • Hyphenation: lung

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

lung (first-person possessive lungku, second-person possessive lungmu, third-person possessive lungnya)

  1. curve, bend.
    Synonym: keluk
  2. archer's bow.
    Synonym: busur

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay [Term?], from Hokkien [Term?] ??? (láng, lâng, lông, lóng, “bamboo container”).

Noun

lung (first-person possessive lungku, second-person possessive lungmu, third-person possessive lungnya)

  1. bottomless coffin.

Etymology 3

Noun

lung (first-person possessive lungku, second-person possessive lungmu, third-person possessive lungnya)

  1. alternative spelling of long (large firecracker).

Further reading

  • “lung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu?/

Verb

lung

  1. to force someone to put (something inside something)

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Old French

Adjective

lung m (oblique and nominative feminine singular lunge)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of long

Declension

Derived terms

  • lungement

Romanian

Etymology

From the Latin longus (long, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *dl?h?g?ós (long).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu??/

Adjective

lung m or n (feminine singular lung?, plural lungi)

  1. long
    Asta e o strad? foarte lung?!
    This is a really long street!

Declension

Antonyms

  • scurt

Derived terms

  • lungan
  • lung?re?
  • lungi
  • lunguie?

Related terms

  • alunga
  • prelung

See also

  • alungi

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin longus.

Adjective

lung m (feminine singular lunga, masculine plural lungs, feminine plural lungas)

  1. long

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [l?w??m??]
  • (Hu?) IPA(key): [l?w??m??]
  • (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [l?w??m??]

Adverb

lung • (????)

  1. (of thought) very hard

Adjective

lung

  1. (only in compounds) loose

Derived terms

lung From the web:

  • what lung has 3 lobes
  • what lung sounds are heard with pneumonia
  • what lung is bigger
  • what lungs look like after smoking


lunglike

English

Etymology

lung +? -like

Adjective

lunglike (comparative more lunglike, superlative most lunglike)

  1. Resembling a lung or some aspect of one.

lunglike From the web:

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