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langer

See also: Langer, lánger, and länger

English edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Suggestions include:

  • from langur monkeys, via the Munster Fusiliers regiment stationed in India
  • from languor
  • from lang, variant of long
  • from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam
  • from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

langer (plural langers)

  1. (slang, Ireland, derogatory) Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
  2. (slang, Ireland, derogatory, offensive, used in Cork) A person from south county Dublin.
    • 1996, Enda Walsh, Disco Pigs, →ISBN, page 8:
      "Give it up will ya! get a job, ja langer!"
    • 2006, September 3, Brendan O'Connor Roy: the discreet object of our desire, Irish Independent:
      And central to it all is wind-up, making a langer out of people, to use that now unfortunate word that can still only be used correctly and said correctly by Cork people, even though the rest of the country has taken to it with gusto, embarrassing themselves like white people trying to talk black slang to be "street".
    • 2006 November 22, Hurling abuse when there’s no team in sight, Irish Independent:
      "Langers boy, every wan of ‘em. Golfers are only langers. They’re only golfing cos they can’t hurl. Anyone that golfs in Cork is only a failed hurler and a langer, boy. "
  3. (slang, Ireland, vulgar) Penis.
    • 2006, Eoin Colfer, “Taking on PJ”, in Ken Bruen, editor, Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American, →ISBN, page 23:
      Mike opened his knees wide, so that his langer would be framed by the gap between his legs. For first impressions a boner would have been good, but not likely.
    • 2005, Fergal Keane, All of These People: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 88:
      He showed me a photograph. There was a woman and a man doing something, but I wasn't sure what. The man was standing over the woman holding his langer (the Cork word) and she was looking up at him smiling. I felt ill and started to walk backwards.

Usage notes edit

  • Originally from Dublin but enjoyed immense popularity in County Cork

Synonyms edit

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Pronunciation edit

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  • Rhymes: -ɑŋər

Adjective edit

langer

  1. comparative degree of lang

French edit

Etymology edit

Related to langes (“swaddling clothes”).

Verb edit

langer

  1. to diaper (to put diapers on someone)

Conjugation edit

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written lange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of langer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple langer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple langeant
/lɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle langé
/lɑ̃.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lange
/lɑ̃ʒ/ 		langes
/lɑ̃ʒ/ 		lange
/lɑ̃ʒ/ 		langeons
/lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		langez
/lɑ̃.ʒe/ 		langent
/lɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect langeais
/lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		langeais
/lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		langeait
/lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		langions
/lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		langiez
/lɑ̃.ʒje/ 		langeaient
/lɑ̃.ʒɛ/
past historic2 langeai
/lɑ̃.ʒe/ 		langeas
/lɑ̃.ʒa/ 		langea
/lɑ̃.ʒa/ 		langeâmes
/lɑ̃.ʒam/ 		langeâtes
/lɑ̃.ʒat/ 		langèrent
/lɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
future langerai
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		langeras
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		langera
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		langerons
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		langerez
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		langeront
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional langerais
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		langerais
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		langerait
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		langerions
/lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		langeriez
/lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ 		langeraient
/lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lange
/lɑ̃ʒ/ 		langes
/lɑ̃ʒ/ 		lange
/lɑ̃ʒ/ 		langions
/lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		langiez
/lɑ̃.ʒje/ 		langent
/lɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect2 langeasse
/lɑ̃.ʒas/ 		langeasses
/lɑ̃.ʒas/ 		langeât
/lɑ̃.ʒa/ 		langeassions
/lɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		langeassiez
/lɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ 		langeassent
/lɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lange
/lɑ̃ʒ/ 		— langeons
/lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		langez
/lɑ̃.ʒe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

langer

  1. inflection of lang:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål edit

See also edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlâŋ.ŋər/, [ˈlɑ̂ŋ.ŋəɾ], [ˈlɑ̂ŋ.ŋəʁ]

Etymology 1 edit

lange (“send, deal”) +‎ -er (“-er”, agent nominalization suffix)

Noun edit

langer m (definite singular langeren, indefinite plural langere, definite plural langerne)

  1. dealer, peddler; someone who deals or peddles
    1. drug dealer; someone who deals narcotics

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

langer

  1. present of lange

References edit

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.

Adjective edit

langer

  1. long

Declension edit

Declension of langer (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative langer lang langt
accusative langan langa langt
dative langum
langom 		langri
langre 		langu
lango
genitive langs langrar langs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative langir
langer 		langar lang
accusative langa langar lang
dative langum
langom 		langum
langom 		langum
langom
genitive langra
langa 		langra
langa 		langra
langa
Declension of langer (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative langi
lange 		langa langa
accusative langa langu
lango 		langa
dative langa langu
lango 		langa
genitive langa langu
lango 		langa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative langu
lango 		langu
lango 		langu
lango
accusative langu
lango 		langu
lango 		langu
lango
dative langu
lango 		langu
lango 		langu
lango
genitive langu
lango 		langu
lango 		langu
lango

Descendants edit

  • Swedish: lång

Scots edit

Adjective edit

langer

  1. comparative degree of lang

Adverb edit

langer

  1. comparative degree of lang
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