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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?ng?gw?j, IPA^(key): /?læ??w?d??/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): (see /æ/ raising) [?le???w?d??]
• Hyphenation: lan?guage

Etymology 1

From Middle English langage, language, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *lingu?ticum, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), from Old Latin dingua (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn???wéh?s (“tongue, speech, language”). Displaced native Old English ?eþ?ode.

Noun

language (countable and uncountable, plural languages)

1. (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
   • 1867, Report on the Systems of Deaf-Mute Instruction pursued in Europe, quoted in 1983 in History of the College for the Deaf, 1857-1907 ?ISBN, page 240:

     Hence the natural language of the mute is, in schools of this class, suppressed as soon and as far as possible, and its existence as a language, capable of being made the reliable and precise vehicle for the widest range of thought, is ignored.
2. (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.

3. (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:

     And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

4. (countable, uncountable, figuratively) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
   • 2001, Eugene C. Kennedy, Sara C. Charles, On Becoming a Counselor ?ISBN:

     A tale about themselves [is] told by people with help from the universal languages of their eyes, their hands, and even their shirting feet.
5. (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
   • 1983, The Listener, volume 110, page 14:

     A more likely hypothesis was that the attacked leaves were transmitting some airborne chemical signal to sound the alarm, rather like insects sending out warnings […] But this is the first time that a plant-to-plant language has been detected.

   • 2009, Animals in Translation, page 274:

     Prairie dogs use their language to refer to real dangers in the real world, so it definitely has meaning.

6. (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
   • 2015, Kent D. Lee, Foundations of Programming Languages ?ISBN, page 94

     In fact pointers are called references in these languages to distinguish them from pointers in languages like C and C++.

7. (uncountable) Manner of expression.
   • 1782, William Cowper, Hope

     Their language simple, as their manners meek, […]

8. (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.

9. (uncountable) Profanity.

Synonyms

• (form of communication): see Thesaurus:language
• (vocabulary of a particular field): see Thesaurus:jargon
• (computer language): computer language, programming language, machine language
• (particular words used): see Thesaurus:wording

Hypernyms

• medium

Hyponyms

• See Category:en:Languages

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

language (third-person singular simple present languages, present participle languaging, simple past and past participle languaged)

1. (rare, now nonstandard or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language.

   • Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense.

See also

• bilingual
• lexis
• linguistics
• multilingual
• term
• trilingual
• word

Etymology 2

Alteration of languet.

Noun

language (plural languages)

1. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

References

• language at OneLook Dictionary Search
• language in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• language in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Noun

language m (plural languages)

1. Archaic spelling of langage.

Middle English

Noun

language (plural languages)

1. Alternative form of langage

Middle French

Alternative forms

• langage
• langaige
• languaige

Etymology

From Old French language.

Noun

language m (plural languages)

1. language (style of communicating)

Related terms

• langue

Descendants

• French: langage
  • Haitian Creole: langaj
    • ? English: langaj
  • Mauritian Creole: langaz

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *lingu?ticum, from Classical Latin lingua (“tongue, language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lan??ad???/

Noun

language f (oblique plural languages, nominative singular language, nominative plural languages)

1. language (style of communicating)

Related terms

• langue, lingue

Descendants

• ? Middle English: language
  • English: language
• Middle French: language
  • French: langage
    • Haitian Creole: langaj
      • ? English: langaj
    • Mauritian Creole: langaz
• ? Old Spanish: lenguage

English

Etymology

Possibly from West African Igbo or Yoruba isusu / esusu (“pooling the funds”).

Noun

susu (plural susus)

1. (finance) An informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean, and some immigrant communities.
   • 2004, Mr. Rodolphe Blavy, Mr. Anupam Basu, Dr. Murat  Yülek, Microfinance in Africa: Experience and Lessons From Selected African Countries, International Monetary Fund ?ISBN, page 9

     The informal credit sector has been very active in Ghana and covers a range of activities known as susu, including individual savings […]

   • 2011, Tamara Mose Brown, Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community, NYU Press ?ISBN, page 128

     Irene empathized with her susu members as immigrants who were earning low wages in New York, but there appeared to be some socioeconomic advantages to being an organizer that she was not acknowledging.

References

Further reading

• Susu (informal loan club) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

'Are'are

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

susu

1. breast

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *susu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

susu

1. (anatomy) breast

Ewe

Noun

susu

1. idea
2. thought

Verb

susu

1. to think

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.sy/

Etymology

From sueur

Noun

susu m (plural susus)

1. (colloquial) sweat

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese sujo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu suja.

Adjective

susu

1. dirty

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay susu, from Proto-Malayic *susu(?) (“breast”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?susu]
• Hyphenation: su?su

Noun

susu (first-person possessive susuku, second-person possessive susumu, third-person possessive susunya)

1. (uncountable) milk:
   1. a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
   2. a white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. Also called non-dairy milk.
2. (countable) breast
   1. (now colloquial, vulgar) two organs on the front of a female chest.

   2. the analogous organs in other animals.

Synonyms

• (milk): air susu
• (woman breasts): buah dada, tetek, payudara

Derived terms

Verb

susu

1. to breastfeed

Further reading

• “susu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

susu

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

susu

1. (uncountable) milk

2. (colloquial, vulgar) breasts (of a woman)

Synonyms

• (woman breasts): tetek, prembayun, tetya.
• (milk): santên.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Indonesian susu, Tagalog suso, Fijian sucu, Tongan huhu and Hawaiian ?.

Noun

susu

1. breast

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Laboya huhhu (“milk”).

Noun

susu

1. (anatomy) female breast

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) , “susu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 89

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Indonesian susu, Tagalog suso, Fijian sucu, Tongan huhu and Hawaiian ?.

Noun

susu

1. (anatomy) breast

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *susu(?), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /susu/
• Rhymes: -usu, -su, -u

Noun

susu (Jawi spelling ?????, informal 1st possessive susuku, impolite 2nd possessive susumu, 3rd possessive susunya)

1. (uncountable) milk
2. (less used) breast (female organ)

Synonyms

• (breast): payudara, tetek

Descendants

• Indonesian: susu
• ? Tok Pisin: susu

Verb

susu

1. to breastfeed

Further reading

• “susu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Manchu

Romanization

susu

1. Romanization of ????

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Oceanic, from Proto-Oceanic *susu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Palauan regularly has the sound change *s > t, found in tut.

Noun

susu

1. (Anatomy) female breast
2. milk

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

susu

1. milk

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably a reduplication of English shoe.

Noun

susu

1. shoe

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

susu

1. (anatomy) breast

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Malay susu, from Proto-Malayic *susu(?), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

susu

1. milk
2. (anatomy) breast

Derived terms

• banis bilong susu

Related terms

• susuim (“suck”)

See also

• melek

Yakan

Noun

susu

1. breast

Derived terms

• pasusu (“to breastfeed”)