tungomål

Swedish

Etymology

From tunga (“tongue”) +‎ mål (“speech, language”), cognate with Icelandic tungumál (“language”).

Noun

tungomål n

1. (somewhat formal) a tongue, a language

   Synonym: språk

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Declension

Declension of tungomål

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tungomål	tungomåls
	definite	tungomålet	tungomålets
plural	indefinite	tungomål	tungomåls
	definite	tungomålen	tungomålens

Related terms

• tungomålstal
• tungomålstalande
• tungomålstalare

Further reading

• “tungomål”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)