lenguaje
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish lenguage, borrowed from Old French language or Old Occitan lenguatge, both from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Latin lingua. By surface analysis, lengua + -aje. Cognate with English language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lenguaje m (plural lenguajes)
- language (the ability to communicate using words)
- language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community)
- language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way)
- lenguaje sencillo ― simple language
- lenguaje corporal ― body language
- vocabulary
- Synonyms: jerga, vocabulario
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Further reading[edit]
- “lenguaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- Spanish terms derived from Old French
- Spanish terms derived from Old Occitan
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms suffixed with -aje
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Spanish/axe
- Rhymes:Spanish/axe/3 syllables
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