linge

See also: Linge, lînge, lingë, and -linge

English

Etymology

From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

linge (third-person singular simple present linges, present participle linging, simple past and past participle linged)

1. (intransitive, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard.

Related terms

• lingy

Anagrams

• Elgin, Elgin., Eling, Ingle, Nigel, ingle

French

Etymology

From a substantivation of Old French linge, from Latin līneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̃ʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

linge m (plural linges)

1. linen
2. cloth
3. laundry
4. (Switzerland) towel
5. (North America, invariable) clothing

Derived terms

• blanc comme un linge
• épingle à linge
• sèche-linge (“tumble drier”)
• corde à linge (“clothesline”)
• laver son linge sale en public
• linge de corps
• lingerie (“linen room, lingerie”)
• pince à linge

Related terms

• ligne

Further reading

• “linge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ligne, ligné

Irish

Verb

linge

1. present subjunctive analytic of ling

Latin

Verb

linge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lingō

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

linge m (plural linges)

1. laundry

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lingere, present active infinitive of lingō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlindʒe]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

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Verb

a linge (third-person singular present linge, past participle lins) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to lick

Conjugation

    conjugation of linge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a linge
gerund			lingând
past participle			lins
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ling	lingi	linge	lingem	lingeți	ling
	imperfect	lingeam	lingeai	lingea	lingeam	lingeați	lingeau
	simple perfect	linsei	linseși	linse	linserăm	linserăți	linseră
	pluperfect	linsesem	linseseși	linsese	linseserăm	linseserăți	linseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ling	să lingi	să lingă	să lingem	să lingeți	să lingă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		linge			lingeți
	negative		nu linge			nu lingeți

Derived terms

• lingări
• lingău
• linguși
• lingere
• prelinge