langue

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English

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Langue and parole

Etymology

Borrowed from French langue. Doublet of lingua and tongue.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋ(ɡ)/
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Noun

langue (uncountable)

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

Antonyms

(language in use): parole

Anagrams

Naugle, genual, lagune, ulnage

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

language

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”)..

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman laungue, Gallo lenghe, Picard lingke, Bourguignon laingue, Franco-Provençal lengoua, Occitan lenga, Corsican lingua.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑ̃ɡ/
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Noun

langue f (plural langues)

(anatomy) tongue
la langue dans la bouche
the tongue in the mouth
(linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle
the mother tongue, native language

une langue étrangère
a foreign language

Elle parle trois langues.
She speaks three languages.

faire parler la langue française
to make speak the French language
— Bertrand Barère

Derived terms

Related terms

Related terms

Descendants

Haitian Creole: lang
Karipúna Creole French: lang
Louisiana Creole: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long
Seychellois Creole: lalang
→ English: langue

Further reading

“langue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ɡwe/
Rhymes: -anɡwe
Hyphenation: làn‧gue

Verb

langue

third-person singular present indicative of languire

Anagrams

lagune

Latin

Verb

languē

second-person singular present active imperative of langueō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

(anatomy) tongue
language
Synonym: langage

Derived terms

Middle French: langue de cerf

Descendants

French: langue (see there for further descendants)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

(Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) tongue
(Jersey) language

Derived terms

langue dé belle-méthe (“mother-in-law's tongue”) (plant)

Old French

Alternative forms

lingue, lengue

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (archaic) /ˈlenɡʷə/
IPA^(key): (classical) /ˈlanɡ(ʷ)ə/

Noun

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

(anatomy) tongue
language

Synonyms

(language): language

Descendants

Middle French: langue
- French: langue (see there for further descendants)
Norman: laungue
Picard: lingue
Walloon: linwe

Picard

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

(anatomy) tongue
language

Sango

Etymology

From French langue (“language”).

Noun

langue

language

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French langue.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

langue f (indeclinable)

(linguistics) langue

Further reading

“langue”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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