lingualis

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin linguālis, ellipsis of mūsculus linguālis (“lingual muscle”). Doublet of lingual.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/, /lɪŋˈɡweɪ.lɪs/, /lɪŋˈɡwɑl.ɪs/
• Rhymes: -ælɪs, -eɪlɪs, -ɑːlɪs

Noun

lingualis (plural linguales)

1. (anatomy) A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.

References

• Henry Gray (1875) Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical

Latin

Etymology

From lingua (“the tongue”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /linˈɡʷaː.lis/, [lʲɪŋˈɡʷäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /linˈɡwa.lis/, [liŋˈɡwäːlis]

Adjective

linguālis (neuter linguāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. lingual

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	linguālis	linguāle		linguālēs	linguālia
Genitive	linguālis			linguālium
Dative	linguālī			linguālibus
Accusative	linguālem	linguāle		linguālēs linguālīs	linguālia
Ablative	linguālī			linguālibus
Vocative	linguālis	linguāle		linguālēs	linguālia

Descendants

• Catalan: lingual
• English: lingual, lingualis
• French: lingual
  • → Romanian: lingual
• Galician: lingual
• Italian: linguale
• Portuguese: lingual
• Spanish: lingual
• German: lingual
• Swedish: lingval
• ⇒ Czech: lingvální
• ⇒ Russian: лингвальный (lingvalʹnyj)
• ⇒ Slovak: lingvalen