oblong

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English oblong, oblonge, borrowed from Latin oblongus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒblɒŋ/ (US, dialectal, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑblɔŋ/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑblɑŋ/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈɒblɒŋ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔblɔŋ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɒblɒŋ/, [ˈɔ̟blɔ̟ŋ] Rhymes: -ɒŋ === Adjective === oblong (comparative more oblong, superlative most oblong) Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Roughly rectangular or elliptical. (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== oblongate ==== Translations ==== === Noun === oblong (plural oblongs) Something with an oblong shape. A rectangle with length and width that are different. An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === oblong (third-person singular simple present oblongs, present participle oblonging, simple past and past participle oblonged) To extend so as to form an oblong shape. To give an oblong shape to. ==== Related terms ==== oblate obloid === See also === prolate rectangle == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin oblongus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [uˈβloŋ] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈbloŋk] === Adjective === oblong (feminine oblonga, masculine plural oblongs, feminine plural oblongues) oblong == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin oblongus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.blɔ̃/ === Adjective === oblong (feminine oblongue, masculine plural oblongs, feminine plural oblongues) oblong === Further reading === “oblong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French oblong, from Latin oblongus. === Adjective === oblong m or n (feminine singular oblongă, masculine plural oblongi, feminine/neuter plural oblonge) oblong ==== Declension ====