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lingual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
  2. Articulated with the tongue.
  3. Related to language or linguistics.
noun
  1. A sound articulated with the tongue.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lingual.wav /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

Word forms

lingual linguals

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua + -al. Doublet of lingualis.

Synonyms

tonguely glossal linguistic

Derived words

linguality lingualize lingually alveolingual alveololingual ambilingual anterolingual apicolingual audiolingual axiolingual bilingual brevilingual buccolingual cervicolingual colingual collingual crosslingual decalingual dentilingual distolingual dorsolingual equilingual exolingual faciolingual fissilingual gingivolingual hemilingual heptalingual heterolingual hexalingual homolingual hyolingual interlingual intralingual labiolingual laterolingual matrilingual mediolingual mesiolingual mesolingual metalingual metrolingual midlingual monolingual multilingual nonalingual octolingual omnilingual orolingual panlingual paralingual pentalingual perilingual plurilingual polylingual posterolingual postlingual prelingual protolingual quadrilingual

Translations

Arabic: لِسَانِيّ Belarusian: язы́чны Belarusian: языко́вы Bulgarian: ези́чен Catalan: lingual Chinese Mandarin: 舌的 Czech: lingvální Esperanto: langa Finnish: kieli- Finnish: kielen- Finnish: linguaalinen French: lingual Galician: lingual German: lingual German: Zungen- Greek: γλωσσικός Hebrew: לְשׁוֹנִי Irish: teangach Irish: teangúil Italian: linguale Latin: linguālis Macedonian: јазичен Polish: językowy Portuguese: lingual Russian: язы́чный Russian: лингва́льный Russian: языково́й Serbo-Croatian: јѐзичнӣ Serbo-Croatian: јѐзичкӣ Serbo-Croatian: jèzičnī Serbo-Croatian: jèzičkī Slovak: jazykový Slovene: lingválen Slovene: jezíčen Spanish: lingual Swedish: tung- Swedish: lingval Ukrainian: язико́вий Volapük: linegik Welsh: tafodol
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