longitude

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English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒnɡɪtjuːd/, /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtjuːd/ (more traditional), /-tʃuːd/ (yod-coalescence)
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑnd͡ʒəˌtud/, /ˈlɔnd͡ʒəˌtud/

Noun

longitude (countable and uncountable, plural longitudes)

1. (geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.

   Coordinate term: latitude
2. (geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

   Synonym: meridian

3. (archaic) Length.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• easting
• equator
• prime meridian

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̃.ʒi.tyd/

Noun

longitude f (plural longitudes)

1. (geography, astronomy) longitude

Related terms

• long

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
• Hyphenation: lon‧gi‧tu‧de

Noun

longitude f (plural longitudes)

1. (geography) angular distance measured west or east of the Greenwich Meridian
2. (geography, astronomy) an imaginary line perpendicular to the equator, passing through the North Pole and South Pole

Synonyms

• meridiano

Related terms

• longo