English

Preposition

longa

1. (Australian Aboriginal) on, in, at, to
   • 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook

     He wait longa river.

Synonyms

• la
• 'long

Etymology 2

From Latin longa.

Noun

longa, in musical notation

longa ‎(plural longas)

1. (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.

Anagrams

• along, anglo, Logan, logan

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlonɡa/
• Hyphenation: lon‧ga

Adjective

longa ‎(accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)

1. long
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.

     Post longa tempo mortis la reĝo de Egiptujo.

     After a long time the king of Egypt died.

Antonyms

• mallonga

Derived terms

• longiĝi
• longtempa

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto longa.

Adjective

longa

1. long

Antonyms

• kurta

Derived terms

• longeskar ‎(“to lengthen”, transitive verb)
• longigar ‎(“to lengthen, elongate, prolong”, intransitive verb)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔŋə], [ˈl̪ˠɔŋɡə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋɡə]

Noun

longa f pl

1. nominative plural of long
2. vocative plural of long
3. dative plural of long

Latin

Adjective

longa

1. nominative feminine singular of longus
2. nominative neuter plural of longus
3. accusative neuter plural of longus
4. vocative feminine singular of longus
5. vocative neuter plural of longus

longā

1. ablative feminine singular of longus

Noun

longa f ‎(genitive longae); first declension

1. (music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)

Inflection

First declension.

References

• LONGA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “longa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
    
  • (ambiguous) to begin with a long syllable: oriri a longa (De Or. 1. 55. 236)
    
  • (ambiguous) a man-of-war: navis longa
    

Neapolitan

Adjective

longa f sg

1. feminine singular of luongo

Portuguese

Etymology

From longo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/

Adjective

longa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective longo.

Derived terms

• longa-duração
• longa-metragem

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (grammar) long syllable
2. (music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)
3. Short for longa-metragem.

Spanish

Noun

longa f ‎(plural longas)

1. (music) longa