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==English==

===Adjective===
{{head|en|adjective}}

# {{non-gloss|Used literally:}} what [[length]].
#: {{ux|en|'''How long''' is that piece of string?}}
#: {{ux|en|I don't know '''how long''' the Amazon River is.}}
# {{non-gloss|Used literally:}} what [[duration]].
#: {{ux|en|'''How long''' is the flight?}}
#: {{ux|en|'''How long''' is it to lunch?}}

====Derived terms====
* [[how long is a piece of string|How long is a piece of string?]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|how long (distance)}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[多]][[長]]|tr=duō cháng}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|hoe lang}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kui kaua}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kuinka]] [[pitkä]]}}
* German: {{t|de|wie lange}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[milyen]] [[hosszú]]}}, {{q|what size in general}} {{t+|hu|mekkora}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|колку долг}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|како́й длины́}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|que largo}}
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===Adverb===
{{head|en|adverb}}

# {{non-gloss|Used literally:}} for what [[duration]].
#: {{ux|en|'''How long''' have you lived in Chicago?}}
#: {{ux|en|He won't tell me '''how long''' he is going to stay.}}
#* {{RQ:Falkner Moonfleet|year=1934|passage='''How long''' I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|how long (length of time)}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|كَم وَقْتًا}}, {{t|ar|إِلَى مَتَى}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|多久|tr=duōjiǔ}}
* Danish: {{t|da|hvor længe}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kuinka]] [[pitkään]]}}, {{t|fi|kuinka kauan}}
* French: {{t|fr|[[pour]] [[combien de temps]]}}, {{t|fr|[[depuis]] [[combien de temps]]}}, {{t|fr|depuis quand}}, {{t|fr|combien de temps}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|რამდენი ხნით}}, {{t|ka|რამდენ ხანს}}, {{t|ka|რა ხანგრძლივობით}}, {{t|ka|რა ხანგრძლივობის}}
* German: {{t|de|wie lange}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|כַּמָּה זְמַן|tr=káma zman}}, {{t+|he|עַד מָתַי|tr='ad matáy}}
* Hungarian: {{q|excluding the present}} {{t+|hu|meddig}}, {{t|hu|[[mennyi]] [[ideig]]}}, {{q|including the present}} {{t+|hu|mióta}}, {{t|hu|[[mennyi]] [[ideje]]}}
* Italian: {{t|it|quanto tempo}}, {{t|it|da quando}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|どの位|tr=どのくらい, donokurai}}, {{t|ja|どの位|tr=どのぐらい, donogurai}}, {{t|ja|どれくらい|tr=dorekurai}}, {{t|ja|どれぐらい|tr=doregurai}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ប៉ុន្មានត|tr=ponmaan tɑɑ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|យូរប៉ុណ្ណា|tr=yuu ponnaa|sc=Khmr}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|얼마나|sc=Kore}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ດົນປານໃດ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|quamdiu}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|muda hindri}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|combian d'temps}} {{qualifier|Guernsey}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|jak długo}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[quanto]] [[tempo]]|lit=how much time}}, {{t|pt|[[desde]] [[quando]]|lit=since when}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|как до́лго}}, {{t+|ru|ско́лько}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|koliko dugo?}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|cuánto tiempo}}, {{t|es|desde cuándo}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|hur länge}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ఎందాక}}
* Thai: {{t|th|นานแค่ไหน|tr=naan kâe năi}}, {{t|th|นานเท่าไร|tr=naan tâo rai}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bao lâu}}
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{{cln|en|interrogative adverbs}}