prolonger

From prolong +‎ -er.

prolonger (plural prolongers)

1. One who or that which prolongs, or lengthens in time or space.

• “prolonger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “prolonger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Latin prolongāre. Cf. also Old French porloignier.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/

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prolonger

1. to prolong

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written prolonge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

• prolongation

• “prolonger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

prōlonger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōlongō