longitude

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/ (non-yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈlɒnɡɪtjuːd/ (more traditional) IPA(key): /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtjuːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑnd͡ʒəˌtud/, /ˈlɔnd͡ʒəˌtud/ === Noun === longitude (countable and uncountable, plural longitudes) (geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian. Coordinate term: latitude (geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole. Synonym: meridian (archaic) Length. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== easting equator prime meridian == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɔ̃.ʒi.tyd/ === Noun === longitude f (plural longitudes) (geography, astronomy) longitude ==== Related terms ==== long === Further reading === “longitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ Hyphenation: lon‧gi‧tu‧de === Noun === longitude f (plural longitudes) (geography) angular distance measured west or east of the Greenwich Meridian (geography, astronomy) an imaginary line perpendicular to the equator, passing through the North Pole and South Pole ==== Synonyms ==== meridiano ==== Related terms ==== longo === Further reading === “longitude”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “longitude”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026