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lung

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lung"

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish lunge, Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: lŭng, IPA(key): /ˈlʌŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Noun

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lung (plural lungs)

  1. (anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
  2. (in the plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
    He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.
  3. That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 123:
      Afterwards he found that the vague feeling of alarm had spread to the clients of the underground railway, and that the Sunday excursionists began to return from all the South-Western "lungs" - Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth - at unnaturally early hours[.]

Synonyms

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  • (organ): (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights (of an animal, used as food)

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Translations

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin longus. Compare Romanian lung.

Adjective

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lung m (feminine lunghe, masculine plural lundz, feminine plural lundzi)

  1. long
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Drung

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luŋ.

Noun

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lung

  1. stone

References

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Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎[1], Santa Barbara: University of California

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlʊŋ]
  • Hyphenation: lung

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

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lung (plural lung-lung)

  1. curve, bend
    Synonym: keluk
  2. archer's bow
    Synonym: busur

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Malay [Term?], from Hokkien [Term?] 籠／笼 (láng, lâng, lông, lóng, “bamboo container”).

Noun

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lung (plural lung-lung)

  1. bottomless coffin

Etymology 3

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Noun

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lung (plural lung-lung)

  1. alternative spelling of long (“large firecracker”)

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Lutuv

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r-lu(ŋ/k)

Noun

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lung

  1. stone, rock

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian long.

Adjective

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lung (comparative linger or långer, superlative lingst or långst)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) long

Inflection

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Inflection of lung (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
  masculine feminine /
neuter 		plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative / adverbial lung
attributive lungen lung lung
independent lungen
partitive lungs —
comparative
predicative / adverbial linger
attributive lingeren linger linger
independent lingeren
partitive lingers —
superlative
predicative / adverbial am lingsten
attributive — lingst lingst
independent lingsten
Inflection of lung (Mooring dialect)
  masculine feminine /
neuter 		plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative / adverbial lung
attributive / independent lungen lunge lung lunge
partitive lungs —
comparative
predicative / adverbial långer
attributive / independent långeren långere långer långere
partitive långers —
superlative
predicative / adverbial am långsten
attributive / independent — långste långst långste

Old French

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Adjective

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lung m (oblique and nominative feminine singular lunge)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of long

Declension

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Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject lungs lunge lung
oblique lung lunge lung
plural subject lung lunges lung
oblique lungs lunges lung

Derived terms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From the Latin longus (“long”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”).

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Adjective

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lung m or n (feminine singular lungă, plural lungi)

  1. long
    Antonym: scurt
    Asta e o stradă foarte lungă!
    This is a really long street!

Declension

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Declension of lung
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite lung lungă lungi lungi
definite lungul lunga lungii lungile
genitive-
dative 		indefinite lung lungi lungi lungi
definite lungului lungii lungilor lungilor

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Descendants

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  • → Romani: lùngo

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin longus.

Adjective

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lung m (feminine singular lunga, masculine plural lungs, feminine plural lungas)

  1. long

Vietnamese

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Adverb

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lung • (𢥆)

  1. (of thought) very hard

Adjective

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lung

  1. (only in compounds) loose

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