langue

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French

Noun[edit]

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Wikipedia langue (uncountable)

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

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lingua (tongue, speech, language), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (tongue, speech, language).

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Noun[edit]

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    la langue dans la bouche
    the tongue in the mouth
  2. (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
    la langue maternelle
    faire parler la langue française — Bertrand Barère

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Guernésiais[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun[edit]

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

langue

  1. third-person singular present indicative of languire

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Jèrriais[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun[edit]

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

languē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of langueō

Middle French[edit]

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Latin lingua

Noun[edit]

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

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Old French[edit]

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Latin lingua

Noun[edit]

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

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

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Picard[edit]

Noun[edit]

langue f (plural langues)

  1. tongue
  2. language