prolong

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈlɒŋ/
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• /pɹoʊˈlɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /pɹoʊˈlɑŋ/
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• Canada, dialectal: /pɹoʊˈlɒŋ/ of the US
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• Australian: /pɹəʉˈlɔŋ/
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• New-Zealand: /pɹɐʉˈlɒŋ/
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• New-Zealand: [pɹɐʉˈlɔ̟ŋ]
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• rhymes with -ɒŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 L AO1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Either a back-formation from prolongation, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from Latin prōlongō, from prō + longō. Doublet of purloin.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَطَالَ (ʔaṭāla) — to extend in space or length
• Armenian: երկարացնել (erkaracʻnel) — to extend in space or length
• Bulgarian: удължавам (udǎlžavam) — to extend in space or length
• Czech: prodloužit — to extend in space or length
• Czech: zvětšit — to extend in space or length
• Esperanto: vastigi — to extend in space or length
• Estonian: pikendama — to extend in space or length
• Finnish: pidentää — to extend in space or length
• Finnish: jatkaa — to extend in space or length
• Finnish: venyttää — to extend in space or length
• French: prolonger — to extend in space or length
• Galician: prolongar — to extend in space or length
• Georgian: დაგრძელება (dagrʒeleba) — to extend in space or length
• German: ausdehnen — to extend in space or length
• Ancient Greek: μακρύνω (makrúnō) — to extend in space or length
• Hungarian: meghosszabbít — to extend in space or length
• Māori: whakaroa — to extend in space or length
• Portuguese: prolongar — to extend in space or length
• Romanian: prelungi — to extend in space or length
• Romanian: lungi — to extend in space or length
• Romanian: alungi — to extend in space or length
• Romanian: extinde — to extend in space or length
• Russian: продлева́ть (prodlevátʹ) — to extend in space or length
• Russian: продли́ть (prodlítʹ) — to extend in space or length
• Spanish: prolongar — to extend in space or length
• Swedish: förlänga — to extend in space or length
• Tagalog: ipadayon — to extend in space or length
• Telugu: పొడిగించు (poḍigiñcu) — to extend in space or length
• Uyghur: ئۇزارتماق (uzartmaq) — to extend in space or length
• Arabic: أَطَالَ (ʔaṭāla) — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Armenian: երկարաձգել (erkarajgel) — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Catalan: perllongar — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Catalan: prolongar — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Czech: prodloužit — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Dutch: bestendigen — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Esperanto: longigi — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Estonian: pikendama — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Finnish: pidentää — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Finnish: jatkaa — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Finnish: pitkittää — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Finnish: venyttää — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Georgian: გახანგრძლივება (gaxangrʒliveba) — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• German: verlängern — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Ancient Greek: μακρύνω (makrúnō) — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Latin: prōrogō — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Latin: protraho — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Māori: aukume — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Māori: whakaupa — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Māori: autō — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Māori: whakaupaupa — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Portuguese: prolongar — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Romanian: prelungi — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Russian: продлева́ть (prodlevátʹ) — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Russian: продли́ть (prodlítʹ) — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Spanish: prolongar — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Spanish: prorrogar — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Spanish: aplazar — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Swedish: förlänga — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Uyghur: ئۇزارتماق (uzartmaq) — to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
• Bulgarian: отлагам (otlagam) — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Czech: odkládat — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Esperanto: prokrasti — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Estonian: edasi lükkama — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Finnish: pidentää — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Finnish: venyttää — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Finnish: pitkittää — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• German: hinauszögern — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Hungarian: elhalaszt — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Māori: tinaku — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Māori: whakaupa — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Māori: whakaupaupa — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Portuguese: adiar — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Romanian: amâna — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Russian: откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Russian: отложи́ть (otložítʹ) — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Spanish: prolongar — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Spanish: prorrogar — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Spanish: aplazar — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Swedish: skjuta upp — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
• Uyghur: كېچىكتۈرمەك (këchiktürmek) — to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone