langue

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Meaning

  1. tongue
  2. language (system of communication using written or spoken words)

Frequency

B1
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɑ̃ɡ/
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.

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