Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

linge

/lɪnd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: linge
IPA: /lɪnd͡ʒ/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

British usage; Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lenġan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lengen, lenġan, *langijan, *langijaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

linges (present, singular) linging (participle, present) linged (participle, past) linged (past)

Rhymes With

fringe binge cringe hinge syringe infringe tinge twinge singe ging impinge whinge

Questions

How do you pronounce linge?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɪnd͡ʒ/.
What does linge mean?: To work hard.
Where does linge come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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