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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish lenguage, borrowed from Old French language or Old Occitan lenguatge, both from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Latin lingua. By surface analysis, lengua + -aje. Cognate with English language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lenˈɡwaxe/
- Rhymes: -axe
- Syllabification: len‧gua‧je
Noun
lenguaje m (plural lenguajes)
- language (the ability to communicate using words)
- language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community)
- Synonyms: idioma, lengua
- language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way)
- lenguaje sencillo ― simple language
- lenguaje corporal ― body language
- vocabulary
- Synonyms: jerga, vocabulario
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