furlong

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːlɒŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈfɝˌlɔŋ/
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PIE word *dlonghos From Middle English furlong, forlong (“unit of distance about one-eighth of a mile; quantity of land equal to one square furlong; racetrack for foot races; foot race”) [and other forms], from Old English furlang, furlung, from furh (“a furrow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig; to open; to rip up”) + lang (“long”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlonghos (“long”)), originally the typical length of a furrow in an average field.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فرلنغ — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Belarusian: фурлонг (furlónh) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Bulgarian: фърлонг (fǎrlong) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Chinese Cantonese: 化郎 — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Chinese Cantonese: 浪 (long6) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Chinese Mandarin: 化朗 (huàlǎng) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Chinese Mandarin: 浪 (làng) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Chuvash: фурло́нг (furlóng) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Finnish: vakomitta — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• French: furlong — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• French: sillon — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• French: stade — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Georgian: ფერლონგი (perlongi) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Hindi: फर्लांग (pharlāṅg) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Japanese: ファーロング (fārongu) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Japanese: ハロン (haron) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Kazakh: фурлонг (furloñ) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Korean: 펄롱 (peollong) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Northern Kurdish: furlong — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Macedonian: фу́рлонг (fúrlong) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Marathi: फरलाँग (pharlŏṅga) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Middle English: furlong — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Persian: فرلانگ — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Plautdietsch: Achtel (nds) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Plautdietsch: Achtelmiel — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Polish: furlong — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Russian: фурло́нг (furlóng) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Russian: фарло́нг (farlóng) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Swedish: furlong — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Tulu: ಪರ್ಲಾಂಗ್ (parlāṅgŭ) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Ukrainian: фу́рлонг (fúrlonh) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Ukrainian: фа́рлонг (fárlonh) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Urdu: فرلانگ (pharlāṅg) — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Welsh: ystaden — unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile
• Finnish: neliövakomitta — unit of land area one furlong square
• Polish: furlong — unit of land area one furlong square
• Finnish: palsta — undefined portion of an unenclosed field
• Northern Kurdish: parçe-erd — undefined portion of an unenclosed field
• Polish: skrawek — undefined portion of an unenclosed field