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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French langue. Doublet of lingua and tongue.

Noun

langue (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.

Antonyms

• (language in use): parole

Anagrams

• Naugle, genual, lagune, ulnage

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. language

French

Etymology

From Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”).

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman laungue, Gallo lenghe, Picard lingke, Bourguignon laingue, Franco-Provençal lengoua, Occitan lenga, Corsican lingua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???/

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue

2. (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)

   — Bertrand Barère

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? English: langue
• Haitian Creole: lang
• Karipúna Creole French: lang
• Louisiana Creole French: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long
• Seychellois Creole: lalang

Further reading

• “langue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• englua
• lagune

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an?we

Verb

langue

1. third-person singular present indicative of languire

Anagrams

• lagune

Latin

Verb

langu?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of langue?

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Synonyms

• (language): langage

Descendants

• French: langue
  • ? English: langue
  • Haitian Creole: lang
  • Karipúna Creole French: lang
  • Louisiana Creole French: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long
  • Seychellois Creole: lalang

Norman

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) tongue
2. (Jersey) language

Derived terms

• langue dé belle-méthe (“mother-in-law's tongue”) (plant)

Old French

Alternative forms

• lingue, lengue

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (oblique plural langues, nominative singular langue, nominative plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Synonyms

• (language): language

Descendants

• Middle French: langue
  • French: langue
    • ? English: langue
    • Haitian Creole: lang
    • Karipúna Creole French: lang
    • Louisiana Creole French: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long
    • Seychellois Creole: lalang
• Norman: laungue
• Picard: lingue
• Tourangeau: ningue
• Walloon: linwe

Picard

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Slovak

Etymology

From French langue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la?nk]

Noun

langue f

1. (linguistics) langue

Usage notes

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• langue in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

English

Etymology

From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læ??w?t/

Noun

languet (plural languets)

1. A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
   1. A narrow blade on the edge of a spade or shovel.
   2. A piece of metal on a sword-hilt which overhangs the scabbard.
   3. A flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ.
2. (archaic) A narrow tongue of land.
3. (zoology) A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates.

Synonyms

• (flat plate in an organ): language, languid

Latin

Verb

languet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of langue?