alongamento

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From alongar (“to lengthen”) +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aloŋɡaˈmentʊ]

Noun

alongamento m (plural alongamentos)

1. an instance of lengthening (making or becoming longer)
2. stretching (form of physical exercise)
3. (phonetics) lengthening (sound change in which a phoneme becomes long)
4. (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: ILG
• 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lõ.ɡaˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lõ.ɡaˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lõ.ɡaˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lõ.ɡɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧lon‧ga‧men‧to

Noun

alongamento m (plural alongamentos)

1. an instance of lengthening (making or becoming longer)
2. stretching (form of physical exercise)
3. (phonetics) lengthening (sound change in which a phoneme becomes long)
4. allonge (slip of paper attached to a document that is out of space)

   Synonym: alongue

Related terms

• alonga
• alongadamente
• alongado
• alongador
• alongar
• alongue