Complete Definition of "lang"

see|lång|l�ng|láng|l�ng|làng
English

Noun
en-noun

  1. form of|Abbreviation|language

Dutch

Adjective
nl-adj

  1. long

#: Het was een lange dag. — It's been a long day.

  1. tall

#: Een lange man. — A tall man.

  1. lengthy (time)

#: Het duurt lang. — It takes a long time.

Antonyms
kort

Related terms
lengte


German

Etymology
OHG.|de term|lang|lang=goh.

Pronunciation
IPA|[la�]

Adjective
de-adj|comparativelänger|superlativelängsten

  1. long
  2. tall, high, lofty
  3. lengthy (time)

Antonyms
kurz

Adverb
infl|de|adverb

  1. long
  2. during

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
lang

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, l�ng, láng, l�ng, or làng.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin


Old English

Etymology
PG.|ang *term||la�go-, from PIE.|ang *term||lo�gho-. Cognate with Old Saxon term|lang#Old Saxon|lang (Dutch term|lang|langnl), Old High German term|lang|langgoh (German term|lang|langde), Old Norse term|langr|langnon (Swedish term|lång).

Pronunciation
IPA|/l��g/

Adjective
lang (comparative langra, superlative langrost)

  1. long

Descendants
English: long
Scots: #Scots|lang

Category:Old English adjectives


Old High German

Etymology
proto|Germanic|langaz|langgoh, whence also Old English term|lang|langang, Old Norse term|langr|lang=non.

Adjective
infl|goh|adjective

  1. long

Tagalog

Adverb
infl|tl|adverb

  1. only

da:lang
de:lang
el:lang
es:lang
fr:lang
ko:lang
io:lang
id:lang
it:lang
hu:lang
nl:lang
no:lang
pl:lang
fi:lang
vi:lang
tr:lang
zh:lang

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