longueur

length

noun lohn-GEUR Rare

Usage Note

Longueur measures extent in space or time: la longueur d'une piscine (the length of a pool), des longueurs dans un film (slow, dragging passages in a film). The plural longueurs specifically signals tedious stretches — a film critic's favorite word. Related adjective: long/longue; related adverb: longuement.

Examples

"La longueur de la piscine est de vingt-cinq mètres."

Natural Translation

The length of the pool is twenty-five metres.

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