"lengthening" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛŋ(k)θənɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɛŋ(k)θnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɛŋ(k)θənɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: lengthenings [plural]
Etymology: From lengthen + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lengthen|ing|id2=gerund noun}} lengthen + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} lengthening (plural lengthenings)
  1. The process of making or growing longer.
    Sense id: en-lengthening-en-noun-VuSgv8js
  2. (phonology) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens Categories (topical): Phonology Translations (sound change): ἐπέκτασις (epéktasis) (Ancient Greek), pidentyminen (Finnish), allongement (French), alongamento [masculine] (Galician), Längung [feminine] (German), nyúlás (Hungarian), 延長 (enchō) (alt: えんちょう) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-lengthening-en-noun-cS7LD6Ya Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'sound change': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: compensatory lengthening

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛŋ(k)θənɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɛŋ(k)θnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɛŋ(k)θənɪŋ/ [General-American]
Etymology: From lengthen + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lengthen|ing|id2=gerund noun}} lengthen + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lengthening
  1. present participle and gerund of lengthen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lengthen
    Sense id: en-lengthening-en-verb-vzO60UUS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 42 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 5 28 67

Inflected forms

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