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Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French lointain.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lontan
- long
Adverb
lontan
- long ago
Ligurian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *longitānus, from Latin longē.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lontan (feminine singular lontaña, masculine plural lonten, feminine plural lontañe)
- distant
- Antonym: vixin
Adverb
lontan
- far
- Synonym: lonxi
- Antonym: vixìn
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian lontano, ultimately from Latin longe.
Adjective
lontan
- distant
Romansch
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *longitānus, from Latin longē.
Adjective
lontan m (feminine singular lontana, masculine plural lontans, feminine plural lontanas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) distant, remote, faraway
Noun
lontan m
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) distance, faraway places, distant places, remote places
Venetan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *longitānus.
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Pronunciation
Adjective
lontan (feminine lontana, masculine plural lontan, feminine plural lontane)
- distant, faraway
Adverb
lontan
- far
References
- “lontàn”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
- Basso, Walter (2005) “lontàn”, in Dizionario da scarsèla veneto–italiano, 2nd edition, Padua: Ed. ScantaBauchi, page 153
- Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “lontàn”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 375bc