different between prolonged vs longer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?o??l??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p????l??d/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /p?o??l??d/
• Hyphenation: pro?longed

Adjective

prolonged (comparative more prolonged, superlative most prolonged)

1. lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.

Synonyms

• enduring, longsome; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Antonyms

• brief, temporary; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Translations

Verb

prolonged

1. simple past tense and past participle of prolong

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