Feminine
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lingua
- (feminine) tongue
- (countable, feminine) language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)
- (feminine) strip, tongue (of land)
- (feminine, in-plural) foreign languages
- (feminine) the square horn of an anvil
- (feminine, plural-normally) a type of Italian flatbread
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lìn‧gua
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlin.ɡwa/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lingua.
Related words
linguistic communication
speech communication
spoken language
tonque
brain as food
heart as food
kidney as food
liver as food
lung as food
stomach as food
tongue as food
oral communication
spoken communication
voice communication
𐑊𐐰𐑍𐑀𐐶𐐮𐐾
espressione verbale
potere espressivo
léngua
Linguaggio
Linguaggio naturale
Discorso
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