allonger
French, verb/a.lɔ̃.ʒe/
allonger is spelled A-L-L-O-N-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allonger is a French verb meaning “to lay down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre plus long”.
What does allonger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lay down
- 2
to lengthen, to make longer, to extend
- 3
to extend out, to stretch
- 4
to lengthen
- 5
to grow, to get longer
- 6
to stretch out
- 7
to lie, to lie down
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre plus long. 2. Ajouter un élément liquide à une boisson pour en augmenter le volume ou pour en diminuer la force. 3. Déployer ; étendre. 4. Porter les profits d’une charge, d’un emploi plus loin qu’ils ne devraient aller légitimement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of allonger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- allongeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- allongé participle past
- allonge first-person indicative present
- allonges indicative present second-person
- allongeons first-person indicative plural
- allongez indicative plural present
- allongent indicative plural present
- allongeais first-person imperfect indicative
- allongeait imperfect indicative singular
- allongions first-person imperfect indicative
- allongiez imperfect indicative plural
- allongeaient imperfect indicative plural
- allongeai first-person historic indicative
- allongeas historic indicative past
- allongea historic indicative past
- allongeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce allonger?
- /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/
- \a.lɔ̃.ʒe\
- [a.lɔ̃.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to allonger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allonger in French?
allonger appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).