Masculine

lenguaje

Meaning

  1. (masculine) language (the ability to communicate using words)
  2. (masculine) language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community)
  3. (masculine) language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way)
  4. (masculine) vocabulary

Concepts

linguistic communication

artistic style

oral communication

spoken communication

voice communication

speech communication

spoken language

Synonyms

lenguaje natural

comunicación verbal

acción expresiva

poder expresivo

verbo o expresión

comunicación oral

lenguaje oral

lenguaje verbal

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
len‧gua‧je
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lenˈɡwaxe/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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