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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