lengthwise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English length

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz

Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz

Proto-West Germanic *-wīs

Old English -wīs

Middle English -wis

English -wise

English lengthwise

From length + -wise.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lengthwise (not comparable)

1. In the long direction of an oblong object.

   A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.

Translations

adjective: in the long direction

• Bulgarian: надлъж (nadlăž)
• Czech: podélný
• Finnish: pitkittäinen (fi)
• Irish: ar a fhad
• Japanese: 縦 (ja) (tate), 長手方向 (nagate hōkō)
• Polish: wzdłużny (pl), podłużny (pl)
• Russian: продо́льный (ru) (prodólʹnyj)
• Sikkimese: སྐྱུད (skyud)
• Swedish: längsled (sv)
• Ukrainian: поздо́вжній (pozdóvžnij), подо́вжній (podóvžnij)

Adverb

lengthwise (not comparable)

1. In the long direction of an oblong object.

   Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.

Derived terms

• one-half lengthwise

Translations

adverb: in the long direction

• Bulgarian: по дължина (po dălžina)
• Burmese: လျားလျား (my) (lya:lya:) (formal, literary)
• Catalan: al llarg
• Finnish: pitkittäin (fi)
• German: längs (de)
• Ingrian: pitkittee
• Irish: ar a fhad
• Italian: per lungo
• Latin: longitrorsus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: på langs (no)

  Nynorsk: på langs

• Polish: wzdłuż (pl)
• Russian: продо́льный (ru) m (prodólʹnyj)
• Spanish: a lo largo

See also

• depthwise
• heightwise
• widthwise