Feminine
👅

langue

Sentences
An user
Il
👨
   existe   un   journal   dans   chaque   langue
👅
   nationale   suisse
suisse
 .

There is a newspaper in each Swiss national language.

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An user
La   langue des signes   est   une   langue
👅
   gestuelle   et   visuelle .

Sign language is a gestural and visual language.

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An user
On   peut   expliquer   cela   par   les   variations   phonologiques   de   chaque   langue
👅
 .

This can be explained by the phonological variations of each language.

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An user
La   langue
👅
   liturgique   est  l'anglais  suivi   du   swahili .

The liturgical language is English followed by Swahili.

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An user
L’association  propose   des   cercles   éducatifs   hebdomadaires   en   langue
👅
   française   et   arabe .

The association offers weekly educational circles in French and Arabic.

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Meaning

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

Concepts

tongue
👅
language
speech
talk
🗣️
clapper
🎬

linguistic communication

natural language
voice
dialect

Hebrew language

vernacular
spit
interview
knife
🔪
langue
lingua
long
lyric
mythos
neck
noise
nomenclature
offal
terminology
word
words

Basque language

English language

French language

Gaelic language

Hawaiian language

Japanese language

language

Russian language

glossa

brain as food

heart as food

kidney as food

liver as food

lung as food

stomach as food

tongue as food

tonguefish

linguistic process

language
convo
Hebrew

𐑊𐐰𐑍𐑀𐐶𐐮𐐾

Japanese
🇯🇵
Mandarin
🍊
Synonyms

langage
B2
idiome
dialecte
23k
parole
B1
voix
A2
discours
B1

langue naturelle

faux
A2
foie
B2
languette
linguistique
30k
mot
A1
mots
A2
mou
C1
nomenclature
paroles
B1
rognon
style
B1
terminologie
47k
texte
B2
tripes
C1
coeur
A1

langage parlé

langue parlée

patois

tongue

langage naturel

cynoglossidé

usage linguistique

Nomenclature

langue ethnique

bount

abats
C2

laungg

bruit
A2
cervelle
B2
🧠
conversation
B1
couteau
B1
🔪
cracher
C1
dialogue
C2
Translations

lengua
👅
lingua
👅
língua
👅
Sprache
Zunge
👅
llengua
👅
lingua
👅

γλώσσα

dil
idioma
taal
tong
👅
idioma
ziman
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɑ̃ɡ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
langue
Inherited from Old French
langue
Inherited from Latin
Latin
lingua
Cognate with Jèrriais
laungue
Cognate with Picard
lingke
Cognate with Arpitan
lengoua
Cognate with Occitan
lenga
Cognate with Corsican
lingua
In summary

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.

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