Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daylong

/dˈeɪlˌɔŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: day-long
IPA: /dˈeɪlˌɔŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Which lasts a day, or approximately so.

adv

Throughout the day.

Example Sentences

"The Hang En tour involves a difficult daylong trek over limestone mountain paths and along riverbeds to the remote indigenous village of Ban Doong."
"I feel myself to be a man disgraced, walking nightlong and daylong beyond the Paling of a Garden lush with fountains and flowers, waiting In vain for the...."
"...silent house with its bare rooms and bone-white walls on which the southern windows cast slanted plaques of light that slide, daylong, towards the..."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day English -long English daylong From day + -long.

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

all day long

Questions

How do you pronounce daylong?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈeɪlˌɔŋ/.
What does daylong mean?: Which lasts a day, or approximately so.
Where does daylong come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day English -long English daylong From day + -long.

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