different between lungi vs lunge

English

Alternative forms

• longyi, lungyi
• loonghee, loonghi (archaic)

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (lu?g?)/Urdu ????? (lung?).

Noun

lungi (plural lungis)

1. A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.

Synonyms

• (garment): sarong

Translations

References

• “lungi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “lungi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2021.
• “lungi”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• ULing, luing

Italian

Alternative forms

• lunge (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin long?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lun.d??i/
• Hyphenation: lùn?gi

Adverb

lungi

1. (literary) distant, far
2. (followed by da) far (from)

Romani

Adjective

lungi

1. plural of lungo

Romanian

Etymology

From lung. Also possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *long?re for Latin long?sc?re, present active infinitive of long?sc?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lun?d??i/

Verb

a lungi (third-person singular present lunge?te, past participle lungit) 4th conj.

1. to lengthen, elongate, extend
2. to prolong

Conjugation

Derived terms

• alungi

Related terms

• lungime

English

Alternative forms

• longe (US)

Etymology

From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

lunge (plural lunges)

1. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
2. A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
3. An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
4. A fish, the namaycush.

Derived terms

• lunge whip

Translations

Verb

lunge (third-person singular simple present lunges, present participle lunging or lungeing, simple past and past participle lunged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to make) a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

   I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.

   • 2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork

     With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!

2. (transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

Translations

Anagrams

• Leung

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), cognate with Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, German Lunge, English lung. The noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l???]

Noun

lunge c (singular definite lungen, plural indefinite lunger)

1. (anatomy) lung

Inflection

Derived terms

• lungebetændelse
• lungekapacitet
• lungekræft
• lungetransplantation

References

• “lunge” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “lunge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lun.d??e/
• Hyphenation: lùn?ge

Adverb

lunge

1. Archaic form of lungi.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lungô (“the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, German Lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.

Noun

lunge m or f (definite singular lunga or lungen, indefinite plural lunger, definite plural lungene)

1. (anatomy) a lung

Derived terms

• lungebetennelse
• lungekreft
• lungeskade

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lungô (“the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“light, agile, nimble”). Akin to English lung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²l????/

Noun

lunge f (definite singular lunga, indefinite plural lunger, definite plural lungene)

1. (anatomy) a lung

Derived terms

• lungebetennelse
• lungekreft
• lungeskade

Further reading

• “lunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.