"longer" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/ [UK], /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/ [General-American], /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/ [cot-caught-merger], [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ] (note: Ireland (rural)) Audio: en-us-longer.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|longer}} Middle English longer, {{inh|en|enm|lenger}} Middle English lenger, {{inh|en|ang|lengra||longer}} Old English lengra (“longer”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*langizô||longer}} Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*langaz||long}} Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), {{suffix|en|long|er}} long + -er, {{cog|stq|laanger||longer}} Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), {{cog|fy|langer||longer}} West Frisian langer (“longer”), {{cog|nl|langer||longer}} Dutch langer (“longer”), {{cog|de|länger||longer}} German länger (“longer”), {{cog|da|længere||longer}} Danish længere (“longer”), {{cog|sv|längre||longer}} Swedish längre (“longer”), {{cog|is|lengri||longer}} Icelandic lengri (“longer”) Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} longer
  1. comparative form of long: more long Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: long (extra: more long)
    Sense id: en-longer-en-adj-JMref8hi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/ [UK], /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/ [General-American], /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/ [cot-caught-merger], [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ] (note: Ireland (rural)) Audio: en-us-longer.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|longer}} Middle English longer, {{inh|en|enm|lenger}} Middle English lenger, {{inh|en|ang|lengra||longer}} Old English lengra (“longer”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*langizô||longer}} Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*langaz||long}} Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), {{suffix|en|long|er}} long + -er, {{cog|stq|laanger||longer}} Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), {{cog|fy|langer||longer}} West Frisian langer (“longer”), {{cog|nl|langer||longer}} Dutch langer (“longer”), {{cog|de|länger||longer}} German länger (“longer”), {{cog|da|længere||longer}} Danish længere (“longer”), {{cog|sv|längre||longer}} Swedish längre (“longer”), {{cog|is|lengri||longer}} Icelandic lengri (“longer”) Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adverb}} longer
  1. comparative form of long: more long Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: long (extra: more long) Derived forms: any longer, no longer
    Sense id: en-longer-en-adv-JMref8hi Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɒŋ.ə/ [UK], /ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/ [General-American], /ˈlɑŋ.ɚ/ [cot-caught-merger], [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ] (note: Ireland (rural)) Forms: longers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋə(ɹ) Etymology: From long (“yearn”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|long|er|gloss1=yearn|id2=agent noun}} long (“yearn”) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} longer (plural longers)
  1. One who longs or yearns for something.
    Sense id: en-longer-en-noun-ztc5W33e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 25 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 27 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 19 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 21 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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