noun🔗ShareVoyelle longueA long vowel."The "o" in "boat" is a long vowel sound. "Le « o » dans « boat » est une voyelle longue.phoneticslanguagegrammarlinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSyllabe longueA long syllable."The "long" syllable in the word "mountain" makes it sound important. "La syllabe longue dans le mot « mountain » lui donne une sonorité importante.phoneticslanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLongueA note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve."The music teacher explained that a "long" note was half the duration of a whole note. "Le professeur de musique a expliqué qu'une note « longue » durait la moitié d'une note entière.musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEntier longA long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long."The programmer declared a long variable to store the total number of students in the school. "Le programmeur a déclaré une variable de type entier long pour stocker le nombre total d'élèves de l'école.computingtechnicalelectronicsnumberessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePosition longueAn entity with a long position in an asset."Every uptick made the longs cheer."Chaque hausse a fait applaudir les positions longues.businessfinanceassetpositionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlacement à long termeA long-term investment."My grandmother's investment in the family farm is a long-term project. "L'investissement de ma grand-mère dans la ferme familiale est un placement à long terme.businessfinanceassetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLes longues vacances d'été dans les universités anglaisesThe long summer vacation at the English universities."The long summer vacation at the English universities was highly anticipated by the students. "Les longues vacances d'été dans les universités anglaises étaient très attendues par les étudiants.educationtimeholidayessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe positionner à la hausseTo take a long position in."My brother is long on his stock portfolio, expecting the price to rise. "Mon frère est positionné à la hausse sur son portefeuille d'actions, s'attendant à une hausse des prix.businessfinanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLongHaving much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below)."The long hallway stretched from the front door all the way to the classroom. "Le long couloir s'étendait de la porte d'entrée jusqu'à la salle de classe.appearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLong, durableHaving great duration."The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time."Les pyramides d'Égypte existent depuis longtemps.timequalityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLong, ennuyeuxSeemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring."The history lesson was so long and boring that I almost fell asleep. "La leçon d'histoire était si longue et ennuyeuse que je me suis presque endormi.timesensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLong, grandNot short; tall."The teacher had a long, thin pencil. "Le professeur avait un long crayon fin.appearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAcheteur, haussierPossessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value."My uncle is long on technology stocks, hoping they will increase in value. "Mon oncle est acheteur sur les actions technologiques, espérant qu'elles prendront de la valeur.businessfinanceeconomyassetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLongOf a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position)."The long left fielder positioned himself close to the boundary line to catch the fly ball. "Le voltigeur gauche long s'est positionné près de la ligne de démarcation pour attraper la balle au vol.sportpositionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLong, dehors(of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out."That forehand is long."Ce coup droit est long.sportessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLong, lointainOccurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away."My grandmother's visit was a long-awaited event. "La visite de ma grand-mère était un événement attendu depuis longtemps.timepastfutureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareLongtemps, loinOver a great distance in space."He threw the ball long."Il a lancé la balle loin.spacegeographyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareLongtempsFor a particular duration."How long is it until the next bus arrives?"Combien de temps avant l'arrivée du prochain bus ?timeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareLongtempsFor a long duration."Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world."Paris est considéré depuis longtemps comme l'une des villes les plus cultivées du monde.timeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAspire, désirer ardemmentTo await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)"She longed for him to come back."Elle aspirait à ce qu'il revienne.emotionattitudemindessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAppartenir àTo be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to."The rules of the school uniform belong to the student handbook. "Les règles de l'uniforme scolaire appartiennent au manuel de l'élève.rightpropertylawessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEn raison de, à cause deOn account of, because of."Because of the rain, the school was closed today. "En raison de la pluie, l'école était fermée aujourd'hui.languagegrammaressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLongitude"My brother's house is located at a longitude of 75 degrees West. "La maison de mon frère est située à une longitude de 75 degrés ouest.geographynauticalastronomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAppartenirTo belong."My new shoes belong to my younger sister; she's the one who wore them for a few days. "Mes nouvelles chaussures appartiennent à ma jeune sœur ; c'est elle qui les a portées pendant quelques jours.beingstateconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
