lingua

See also língua

English

Etymology

Latin, the tongue.

Noun

lingua (plural linguae)

1. (zoology) A tongue.
2. (zoology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Noun

lingua f (plural linguas)

1. language
2. tongue

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Interlingua

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈliŋ.ɡwa/

Noun

lingua (plural linguas)

1. (anatomy) A tongue.
2. A language.

Synonyms

• (language): linguage

Related terms

• linguage
• linguista
• linguistica

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈliŋ.ɡwa], X-SAMPA: /"liN.gwa/

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• Hyphenation: lìn‧gua

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“tongue, language”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

lingua f (plural lingue)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language, tongue
3. strip, tongue (of land)
4. (in the plural) foreign languages

Related terms

• lingua artificiale
• linguaccia
• lingua di gatto
• linguaggio
• linguale
• linguata
• linguetta
• linguiforme
• linguista
• linguistica
• linguina
• scioglilingua
• slinguare

Anagrams

• i lunga
• langui, languì

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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Italic *dn̥χ(u)wā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈliŋ.ɡwa/

Noun

lingua (genitive linguae); f, first declension

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. A speech
3. An utterance or expression
4. A language
5. A dialect, idiom or mode of speech
6. poetically of animals: voice, note, song, bark etc.
7. A plant (alternatively called lingulaca)
8. The reed of the Roman tibiae
9. A small amount of sth., e.g. "a tongue of land" or "a spoonful"
10. The short arm of a lever
11. vocative singular of lingua
12. ablative singular of lingua

Inflection

First declension (1).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	lingua	linguae
genitive	linguae	linguārum
dative	linguae	linguīs
accusative	linguam	linguās
ablative	linguā	linguīs
vocative	lingua	linguae

Descendants

Aragonese: luenga Aromanian: limbã Asturian: llingua Catalan: llengua Dalmatian: langa Esperanto: lingvo Extremaduran: luenga French: langue Friulian: linghe Galician: lingua Istro-Romanian: limbe Italian: lingua

Jèrriais: langue Logudorese Sardinian: limba Megleno-Romanian: limbă Mirandese: lhéngua Occitan: lenga Portuguese: língua Romanian: limbă Romansch: lieunga Sicilian: lingua Spanish: lengua Venetian: łéngua

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).

Noun

lingua f (plural linguas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) language

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) linguatg
• (Puter, Vallader, poetic) linguach
• (poetic) favella

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“tongue, language”).

Noun

lingua f (plural lingui)

1. A tongue.
2. A language.