belong

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈlɒŋ/
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• General-American: bĭ-lôngʹ
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• General-American: /bɪˈlɔŋ/
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• cot-caught-merger: /bɪˈlɑŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɒŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH0 L AO1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Compare Australian Kriol blanga, Bislama blong, Tok Pisin bilong, and Torres Strait Creole blong.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epider. Proto-Indo-European *h1pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English be- Proto-Germanic *langōną Proto-West Germanic *langōn Old English langian Middle English longen Middle English belongen English belong From Middle English belongen, bilongen, from Middle English be- + longen (“to be fitting, be suitable”), from Old English langian (“to pertain to, suit”), equivalent to be- + long (“to belong”). Compare Saterland Frisian beloangje (“to attain, reach, meet”), Dutch belangen (“to concern”), German belangen (“to sue, concern”).

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hoort — have its proper place
• Arabic: اِنْتَمَى (intamā) — have its proper place
• Arabic: ينتمي (yentemi) — have its proper place
• Bulgarian: принадлежа́ (prinadležá) — have its proper place
• Catalan: pertànyer — have its proper place
• Czech: patřit — have its proper place
• Danish: have sin plads — have its proper place
• Danish: passe — have its proper place
• Danish: tilhøre — have its proper place
• Dutch: thuishoren — have its proper place
• Dutch: horen — have its proper place
• Finnish: kuulua — have its proper place
• Finnish: lukeutua — have its proper place
• French: avoir sa place — have its proper place
• Galician: pertencer — have its proper place
• German: hingehören — have its proper place
• German: dazugehören — have its proper place
• Latin: insum — have its proper place
• Macedonian: припаѓа (pripaǵa) — have its proper place
• Pennsylvania German: aabelange — have its proper place
• Portuguese: pertencer — have its proper place
• Quechua: kapuy — have its proper place
• Russian: быть «свои́м» — have its proper place
• Scottish Gaelic: buin — have its proper place
• Serbo-Croatian: pripadati — have its proper place
• Serbo-Croatian: spadati — have its proper place
• Spanish: pertenecer — have its proper place
• Swedish: höra — have its proper place
• Swedish: höra hemma — have its proper place
• Yiddish: באַלאַנגען (balangen) — have its proper place
• Afrikaans: behoort — be accepted in a group
• Catalan: pertànyer — be accepted in a group
• Danish: høre hjemme — be accepted in a group
• Dutch: horen — be accepted in a group
• Dutch: behoren — be accepted in a group
• Dutch: thuishoren — be accepted in a group
• Finnish: kuulua — be accepted in a group
• French: trouver sa place — be accepted in a group
• French: faire partie — be accepted in a group
• French: s'intégrer — be accepted in a group
• Galician: pertencer — be accepted in a group
• German: dazugehören — be accepted in a group
• German: hingehören — be accepted in a group
• Latin: insum — be accepted in a group
• Pennsylvania German: aabelange — be accepted in a group
• Portuguese: pertencer — be accepted in a group
• Scottish Gaelic: buin — be accepted in a group
• Spanish: pertenecer — be accepted in a group
• Swedish: höra hit — be accepted in a group
• Swedish: tillhöra — be accepted in a group
• Yiddish: געהערן (gehern) — be accepted in a group
• Afrikaans: behoort — be part of a group
• Bulgarian: принадлежа́ (prinadležá) — be part of a group
• Bulgarian: членувам (členuvam) — be part of a group
• Catalan: pertànyer — be part of a group
• Chinese Mandarin: 屬於 /属于 (shǔyú) — be part of a group
• Czech: patřit — be part of a group
• Dutch: horen bij — be part of a group
• Dutch: thuishoren bij — be part of a group
• Esperanto: ani — be part of a group
• Finnish: kuulua — be part of a group
• French: appartenir — be part of a group
• Galician: pertencer — be part of a group
• German: dazugehören — be part of a group
• German: gehören — be part of a group
• Japanese: 所属する (shozoku suru) — be part of a group
• Japanese: 属する (zokusuru) — be part of a group
• Korean: 속하다 (sokhada) — be part of a group
• Latin: insum — be part of a group
• Latvian: piederēt — be part of a group
• Pennsylvania German: aabelange — be part of a group
• Polish: należeć — be part of a group
• Portuguese: pertencer — be part of a group
• Romanian: aparține — be part of a group
• Romanian: face parte — be part of a group
• Russian: принадлежа́ть (prinadležátʹ) — be part of a group
• Scottish Gaelic: buin — be part of a group
• Spanish: pertenecer — be part of a group
• Ukrainian: нале́жати (naléžaty) — be part of a group
• Yiddish: געהערן (gehern) — be part of a group
• Afrikaans: behoort — be the property of
• Armenian: պատկանել (patkanel) — be the property of
• Azerbaijani: məxsus olmaq — be the property of
• Azerbaijani: mənsub olmaq — be the property of
• Belarusian: нале́жаць (naljéžacʹ) — be the property of
• Bulgarian: собственост съм на (sobstvenost sǎm na) — be the property of
• Catalan: pertànyer — be the property of
• Chinese Mandarin: 屬於 /属于 (shǔyú) — be the property of
• Czech: patřit — be the property of
• Danish: tilhøre — be the property of
• Danish: høre til — be the property of
• Dutch: toebehoren aan — be the property of
• Dutch: van iemand zijn — be the property of
• Esperanto: aparteni al — be the property of
• Estonian: kuuluma — be the property of
• Finnish: kuulua — be the property of
• French: appartenir à — be the property of
• Galician: pertencer — be the property of
• German: gehören zu — be the property of
• German: gehören — be the property of
• Greek: ανήκω (aníko) — be the property of
• Ancient Greek: πρόσκειμαι (próskeimai) — be the property of
• Hebrew: שייך — be the property of
• Hungarian: tartozik — be the property of
• Icelandic: tilheyra — be the property of
• Italian: appartenere a — be the property of
• Latvian: piederēt — be the property of
• Livonian: kūlõ — be the property of
• Macedonian: припаѓа (pripaǵa) — be the property of
• Malay: punya — be the property of
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilhøre — be the property of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilhøyre — be the property of
• Pennsylvania German: aabelange — be the property of
• Polish: należeć impf do — be the property of
• Portuguese: pertencer — be the property of
• Russian: принадлежа́ть (prinadležátʹ) — be the property of
• Campidanese Sardinian: appartènnere — be the property of
• Sardinian: dittare — be the property of
• Sardinian: ispettare — be the property of
• Sardinian: pertoccàre — be the property of
• Sardinian: appartènnere — be the property of
• Scottish Gaelic: buin — be the property of
• Serbo-Croatian: pripadati — be the property of
• Slovak: patriť — be the property of
• Spanish: pertenecer a — be the property of
• Swedish: tillhöra — be the property of
• Ukrainian: нале́жати (naléžaty) — be the property of
• Ukrainian: бу́ти части́ною (búty častýnoju) — be the property of
• Yiddish: געהערן (gehern) — be the property of
• Afrikaans: behoort — be the guardian, spouse or partner of
• Czech: patřit — be the guardian, spouse or partner of
• Danish: henhøre — be the guardian, spouse or partner of
• Dutch: horen bij — be the guardian, spouse or partner of
• Dutch: bij iemand zijn — be the guardian, spouse or partner of
• Finnish: kuulua — be the guardian, spouse or partner of
• Latin: insum — be the guardian, spouse or partner of
• Afrikaans: behoort — set theory: be an element of
• Bulgarian: принадлежа́ (prinadležá) — set theory: be an element of
• Catalan: pertànyer — set theory: be an element of
• Czech: patřit — set theory: be an element of
• Danish: tilhøre — set theory: be an element of
• Dutch: behoren tot — set theory: be an element of
• Esperanto: aparteni al — set theory: be an element of
• Finnish: kuulua — set theory: be an element of
• French: appartenir à — set theory: be an element of
• Galician: pertencer — set theory: be an element of
• German: ist Element von — set theory: be an element of
• German: sind Element von — set theory: be an element of
• Latin: insum — set theory: be an element of
• Portuguese: pertencer — set theory: be an element of
• Russian: принадлежа́ть (prinadležátʹ) — set theory: be an element of
• Scottish Gaelic: buin — set theory: be an element of
• Spanish: pertenecer — set theory: be an element of
• Swedish: tillhöra — set theory: be an element of
• Swedish: höra till — set theory: be an element of
• Tatar: belän — set theory: be an element of