Feminine
Meaning

a language

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/liŋˈɡwaʃe̝/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese lenguage; attested as linguage since circa 1300 in Old Galician chronicles. A medieval borrowing of Old Occitan lenguatge or Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, from Classical Latin lingua. Cognate of Portuguese linguagem.

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