prolonger
French, verb/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/
prolonger is a French verb meaning “to prolong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire durer plus longtemps”.
What does prolonger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prolong
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire durer plus longtemps. 2. Remettre à un temps plus éloigné ; différer. 3. Étendre, rendre plus long en étendue. 4. Longer, en se portant parallèlement et fort près.
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 prolonger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- prolongeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- prolongé participle past
- prolonge first-person indicative present
- prolonges indicative present second-person
- prolongeons first-person indicative plural
- prolongez indicative plural present
- prolongent indicative plural present
- prolongeais first-person imperfect indicative
- prolongeait imperfect indicative singular
- prolongions first-person imperfect indicative
- prolongiez imperfect indicative plural
- prolongeaient imperfect indicative plural
- prolongeai first-person historic indicative
- prolongeas historic indicative past
- prolongea historic indicative past
- prolongeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prolonger?
- /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/
- \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe\
- [pʁɔ.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 prolonger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prolonger in French?
prolonger appears 7.9 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).