along

English Online Dictionary. What means along‎? What does along mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈlɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlɔŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ, -ɔŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧long

Preposition

along

1. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
2. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.

Synonyms

• alongst (archaic)
• endlong (dialectal)

Descendants

• → Tok Pisin: long

Translations

Adverb

along (not comparable)

1. In company; together.
2. Onward, forward, with progressive action.

Synonyms

• alongst (archaic)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Anglo, Anglo-, longa, Golan, Angol, anglo-, Logan, long a, anglo, logan, NALGO

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

along

1. son (term of address for a male child)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaloŋ/ [ˈa.lɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -aloŋ
• Syllabification: a‧long

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦁ (along).

Noun

along (plural along-along)

1. abundant catch of fishermen

Etymology 2

From Borneo Malay [Term?], probably cognate of Dupaningan Agta along (“son”) and Indonesian sulung.

Noun

along (plural along-along)

1. firstborn child

Etymology 3

Noun

along (plural along-along)

1. Acronym of alat penolong (“rescue equipment”).

Further reading

• “along” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

along

1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦁ

Karao

Noun

along

1. nosebleed

Maranao

Noun

along

1. shadow

Derived terms

• malongalong