different between oblate vs oblong

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ble?t/ (or IPA^(key): /??ble?t/ for adjective)
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ble?t/

Etymology 1

From French oblat and its source, post-classical Latin obl?tus (“person dedicated to religious life”), a nominal use of the past participle of offer? (“I offer”).

Noun

oblate (plural oblates)

1. (Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
2. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
   • 2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19

Related terms

• oblation
• offer
• offering

Etymology 2

From Late Latin obl?tus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + l?tus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after pr?l?tus (“extended, lengthened”)).

Adjective

oblate (comparative more oblate, superlative most oblate)

1. Flattened or depressed at the poles.

   The Earth is an oblate spheroid.

   • 1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses
   • 1997, ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to oblate.’ — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Translations

Antonyms

• prolate

Related terms

• oblatum

See also

• equidimensional

Etymology 3

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Verb

oblate (third-person singular simple present oblates, present participle oblating, simple past and past participle oblated)

1. To offer as either a gift or an oblation.

Anagrams

• boatel, lobate

Italian

Adjective

oblate

1. feminine plural of oblato

Anagrams

• balteo, belato

Latin

Participle

obl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of obl?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oblongus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

oblong (comparative more oblong, superlative most oblong)

1. Longer than wide or wider than long; not square.
2. Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal

Derived terms

• suboblong

Translations

Noun

oblong (plural oblongs)

1. Something with an oblong shape.
2. A rectangle having length greater than width or width greater than length.

Translations

Verb

oblong (third-person singular simple present oblongs, present participle oblonging, simple past and past participle oblonged)

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Related terms

• oblate
• obloid

See also

• prolate
• rectangle

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oblongus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /o?bl??k/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u?bl??/

Adjective

oblong (feminine oblonga, masculine plural oblongs, feminine plural oblongues)

1. oblong

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oblongus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.bl??/

Adjective

oblong (feminine singular oblongue, masculine plural oblongs, feminine plural oblongues)

1. oblong

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French oblong, from Latin oblongus.

Adjective

oblong m or n (feminine singular oblong?, masculine plural oblongi, feminine and neuter plural oblonge)

1. oblong

Declension