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. (bookbinding) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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) (transitive) To extend so as to form an oblong shape. (transitive) To give an oblong shape to. ==== Related terms ==== === 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 ====