barlong
French
Alternative forms
- berlong (obsolete)
Etymology
From berlong, from Old French beslong, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *bislongus (“twice as long as it is wide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʁ.lɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: barlongs
Adjective
barlong (feminine barlongue, masculine plural barlongs, feminine plural barlongues)
- (literary) oblong
- Synonym: oblong
Further reading
- “barlong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.