langue

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French langue. Doublet of lingua and tongue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋ(ɡ)/
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Noun

langue (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. language

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

Noun

langue (plural langue) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

  1. Alternative form of lengoua (“tongue; language”)

References

  • langue in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    la langue dans la bouche
    the tongue in the mouth
  2. (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

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Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

langue

  1. third-person singular present indicative of languire

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

languē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of langueō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language
    Synonym: langage

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: langue (see there for further descendants)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) tongue
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 543:
      Le cul d'un sac et la langue d'une femme gagnent terjoûs.
      The bottom of a sack and the tongue of a woman always win.
  2. (Jersey) language

Derived terms

Old French

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Synonyms

Descendants

Picard

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Sango

Etymology

From French langue (“language”).

Noun

langue

  1. language

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French langue.

Pronunciation

Noun

langue f (indeclinable)

  1. (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, 2003–2024
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