oblong

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒblɒŋ/
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• US, dialectal: /ˈɑblɔŋ/ without the cot–caught merger
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /ˈɑblɑŋ/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈɒblɒŋ/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈɔblɔŋ/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɒblɒŋ/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɔ̟blɔ̟ŋ]
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• rhymes with -ɒŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 B L AO0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English oblong, oblonge, borrowed from Latin oblongus.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: երկարավուն (erkaravun) — longer than wide
• Bulgarian: продълговат (prodǎlgovat) — longer than wide
• Bulgarian: удължен (udǎlžen) — longer than wide
• Catalan: oblong — longer than wide
• Czech: podlouhlý — longer than wide
• Danish: aflang — longer than wide
• Danish: langagtig — longer than wide
• Dutch: langwerpig — longer than wide
• Esperanto: oblonga — longer than wide
• Esperanto: longforma — longer than wide
• French: oblong — longer than wide
• Georgian: მოგრძო (mogrʒo) — longer than wide
• Georgian: წაგრძელებული (c̣agrʒelebuli) — longer than wide
• German: länglich — longer than wide
• German: lang — longer than wide
• German: quer — longer than wide
• German: breit — longer than wide
• Greek: στενόμακρος (stenómakros) — longer than wide
• Ancient Greek: στενόμακρος (stenómakros) — longer than wide
• Icelandic: ílangur — longer than wide
• Latin: oblongus — longer than wide
• Macedonian: долгманест (dolgmanest) — longer than wide
• Māori: tapawhā hāngai — longer than wide
• Norman: bêlong — longer than wide
• Norwegian Bokmål: avlang — longer than wide
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avlang — longer than wide
• Polish: podłużny — longer than wide
• Portuguese: oblongo — longer than wide
• Portuguese: oblongado — longer than wide
• Romanian: prelung — longer than wide
• Russian: продолговатый (prodolgovatyj) — longer than wide
• Russian: вытянутый (vytjanutyj) — longer than wide
• Serbo-Croatian: duguljast — longer than wide
• Spanish: oblongo — longer than wide
• Swedish: avlång — longer than wide
• French: oblong — roughly rectangular or elliptical
• German: rechteckig — roughly rectangular or elliptical
• German: oblong — roughly rectangular or elliptical
• Latin: oblongus — roughly rectangular or elliptical
• Norman: bêlong — roughly rectangular or elliptical
• Spanish: oblongo — roughly rectangular or elliptical
• Swedish: avlång — roughly rectangular or elliptical
• Dutch: rechthoek — with an oblong shape
• Dutch: oblong — with an oblong shape
• German: Oblong — with an oblong shape
• German: Oblongum — with an oblong shape
• German: Quadratum oblongum — with an oblong shape
• German: längliches Rechteck — with an oblong shape
• German: Rechteck — with an oblong shape
• Latin: rectangulum oblongum — with an oblong shape