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Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. From alongar (“to lengthen”) + -mento.
Pronunciation
Noun
alongamento m (plural alongamentos)
- an instance of lengthening (making or becoming longer)
- stretching (form of physical exercise)
- (phonetics) lengthening (sound change in which a phoneme becomes long)
- (archaic) delay
1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 238:Desy gisárõsse ben de quanto mester auj́ã et, sen outro alongamento, forõ buscar al rrey Cástor et el rrey Polus- first they outfitted themselves with everything they needed and, without further delay, they went searching for king Castor and king Pollux
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alongamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alongamento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alongamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alongamento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From alongar (“to lengthen”) + -mento.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lon‧ga‧men‧to
Noun
alongamento m (plural alongamentos)
- an instance of lengthening (making or becoming longer)
- stretching (form of physical exercise)
- (phonetics) lengthening (sound change in which a phoneme becomes long)
- allonge (slip of paper attached to a document that is out of space)
- Synonym: alongue