linger

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• General-American: /ˈlɪŋɡɚ/
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• /ˈliŋɡɚ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋɡə/
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• rhymes with -ɪŋɡə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: L IH1 NG G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to stay, dwell, tarry”), from Old English lenġan (“to lengthen, delay, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (compare West Frisian lingje (“to linger”), Dutch lengen, German längen, Icelandic lengja (“to lengthen”)), related to the root of English long. Equivalent to linge or long + -er (frequentative verb suffix).

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: задържам се (zadǎržam se) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Bulgarian: заседявам се (zasedjavam se) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Catalan: romandre — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Catalan: durar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Catalan: persistir — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 逗留 (dòuliú) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 流連 /流连 (liúlián) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 猶豫 /犹豫 (yóuyù) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 躊躇 /踌躇 (chóuchú) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Czech: zdržovat se — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Czech: prodlévat — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Dutch: treuzelen — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Dutch: talmen — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Dutch: blijven hangen — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Esperanto: resti — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Finnish: viipyä — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Finnish: viipyillä — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Finnish: viivytellä — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• French: s'installer — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• French: stagner — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• French: s'incruster — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• French: perdurer — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• French: rester — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• French: persister — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: herumlungern — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: verzögern — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: Zeit brauchen — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: verweilen — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: bleiben — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: sich herumdrücken — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: herumtrödeln — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: trödeln — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: sich aufhalten — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: ausharren — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: sich Zeit lassen — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: zurückbleiben — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• German: nachklingen — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Ancient Greek: χρονίζω (khronízō) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Hebrew: הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ (hitmahméah) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Hebrew: הִתְעַכֵּב (hit'akév) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Hungarian: marad — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Hungarian: időzik — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Ido: restar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Ido: langorar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Ido: durar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Ido: tardigar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Ingrian: kähnätä — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Italian: indugiare — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Italian: sostare — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Italian: trattenersi — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Italian: attardarsi — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Italian: protrarsi — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Kazakh: кідіру (kıdıru) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Latin: moror — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Latin: cunctor — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Latin: sedeō — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Macedonian: се за́држи (se zádrži) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Macedonian: се за́седи (se zásedi) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Māori: whakahakune — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Māori: whakawhēauau — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Portuguese: ficar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Portuguese: permanecer — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Romanian: sta — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Romanian: rămâne — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Romanian: zăbovi — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Russian: заде́рживаться (zadérživatʹsja) — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Spanish: permanecer — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Spanish: demorar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Spanish: persistir — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Spanish: perdurar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Spanish: quedarse — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Swedish: dröja kvar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Swedish: söla — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Swedish: bestå — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Swedish: leva kvar — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Swedish: fortleva — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Swedish: släntra — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Turkish: durmak — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Turkish: oyalanmak — to stay or remain in a place or situation
• Catalan: perviure — to remain alive or existent
• Chinese Mandarin: 苟延殘喘 /苟延残喘 (gǒuyáncánchuǎn) — to remain alive or existent
• Czech: přežívat — to remain alive or existent
• Dutch: aanslepen — to remain alive or existent
• Finnish: riutua — to remain alive or existent
• French: s'éteindre — to remain alive or existent
• German: ausharren — to remain alive or existent
• German: aushalten — to remain alive or existent
• German: durchhalten — to remain alive or existent
• German: fortbestehen — to remain alive or existent
• German: herauszögern — to remain alive or existent
• German: hinauszögern — to remain alive or existent
• German: verbleiben — to remain alive or existent
• Italian: restare vivo — to remain alive or existent
• Italian: sopravvivere — to remain alive or existent
• Italian: tirare avanti — to remain alive or existent
• Macedonian: се ра́звлече (se rázvleče) — to remain alive or existent
• Macedonian: се про́тегне (se prótegne) — to remain alive or existent
• Macedonian: се одолго́влечи (se odolgóvleči) — to remain alive or existent
• Macedonian: се о́должи (se ódolži) — to remain alive or existent
• Macedonian: се вле́чка (se vléčka) — to remain alive or existent
• Russian: протя́гивать (protjágivatʹ) — to remain alive or existent
• Spanish: pervivir — to remain alive or existent
• Asturian: atalantar — to consider or contemplate
• Bulgarian: обмислям (obmisljam) — to consider or contemplate
• Catalan: rumiar — to consider or contemplate
• Chinese Mandarin: 深思 (shēnsī) — to consider or contemplate
• Czech: promýšlet si — to consider or contemplate
• Czech: uvažovat — to consider or contemplate
• Dutch: weifelen — to consider or contemplate
• Finnish: tuumiskella — to consider or contemplate
• German: sich aufhalten — to consider or contemplate
• German: überdenken — to consider or contemplate
• German: zögern — to consider or contemplate
• Macedonian: ра́змисли (rázmisli) — to consider or contemplate
• Macedonian: о́бмисли (óbmisli) — to consider or contemplate
• Macedonian: про́мисли (prómisli) — to consider or contemplate
• Norwegian Bokmål: dvele — to consider or contemplate
• Russian: размышлять (razmyšljatʹ) — to consider or contemplate
• Russian: обдумывать (obdumyvatʹ) — to consider or contemplate
• Russian: анализировать (analizirovatʹ) — to consider or contemplate
• Spanish: inquirir — to consider or contemplate