allonge

See also: allongé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French allonge (“a lengthening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɒnʒ/

Noun

allonge (plural allonges)

1. (law, banking) A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the document itself be unable to hold any more.
2. (fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge.

Coordinate terms

• (attached information): attachment, rider

Translations

attachment to negotiable instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附箋／附笺 (zh)

• Czech: přívěsek (cs) m, alonž f, allonge (obsolete)
• Finnish: lisäke (fi)
• French: allonge (fr) f
• German: Allonge f
• Japanese: 附箋 (ja) (fusen)
• Polish: alonż m, przedłużek m, przedłużka f
• Portuguese: alongue (pt) m, alongamento (pt) m
• Russian: алло́нж (ru) m (allónž)
• Thai: ใบประจำต่อ (bai-bprà-jam-dtɔ̀ɔ)

References

• “allonge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Verb

allonge (third-person singular simple present allonges, present participle allonging, simple past and past participle allonged)

1. To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

Translations

to thrust with a sword

• Finnish: hyökätä (fi)
• Russian: напада́ть (ru) impf (napadátʹ), напа́сть (ru) pf (napástʹ) (с мечо́м), бро́ситься (ru) (brósitʹsja) (с мечо́м)

Anagrams

• galleon

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

allonge

1. inflection of allonger:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative