long

long

Related: à la longue, à long terme, arc long anglais, avoir le bras long, avoir les dents longues, de longue date, de longue haleine, de longue main, en dire long, faire long feu

Inherited from Old French long, from longe, longue, feminine of lonc, lunc, from Latin longus. Cognate with English long, origin of German Chaiselongue.

long is masculine in French.

length

“Le nez de Pinocchio mesure le matin 5 cm de long.” — Pinocchio's nose measures 5 cm long in the morning.

Related: au long de, de long en large, en long et en large, le long de

Inherited from Old French long, from longe, longue, feminine of lonc, lunc, from Latin longus. Cognate with English long, origin of German Chaiselongue.