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No. 8,518 in French

allongés

Stretched out; elongated; lying down.

In a sentence

  • Les feuilles sont allongées et fines.

    The leaves are elongated and thin.

    Here, 'allongées' is describing the shape of the leaves as elongated, functioning as an adjective modifying 'les feuilles'.

  • Nous étions allongés sous les étoiles.

    We were lying down under the stars.

    In this sentence, 'allongés' is describing the action of 'nous,' indicating that we were in a reclining position, used as a past participle.

  • Elle a allongé son café avec de l'eau.

    She stretched her coffee with water.

    Here, 'allongé' is used as a verb (past participle) referring to the action of diluting or extending the coffee by adding water.

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