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See also: língua and lìngua

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.

Pronunciation

Noun

lingua (plural linguae or linguas)

  1. (anatomy) Synonym of tongue.
    • 2009, Alex J. Packer, Wise Highs: How to Thrill, Chill, & Get Away from It All Without Alcohol Or Other Drugs, Read How You Want, →ISBN, page 24:
      Let your lingua loiter on its salty, hard surface. When you finally crack the nut, don’t swallow it right away.
    • 2016, E.B. Mendel, If Frogs Could Fly, Sunbridge Books, →ISBN:
      “I believe it’s from the condition he’s acquired,” she answered while moving closer to examine the elongated lingua. “You can put it back in your mouth now.”
  2. (entomology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

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Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lingua, from Latin lingua. Compare Portuguese língua.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈliŋɡwa/ [ˈliŋ.ɡwɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈliŋħwa/ [ˈliŋ.ħwɐ]

 
  • Rhymes: -iŋɡwa
  • Rhymes: -iŋħwa

  • Hyphenation: lin‧gua

Noun

lingua f (plural linguas)

  1. tongue
    botar a lingua a pacer (idiom)
    to ramble; to be indiscreet
    (literally, “to put the tongue to graze”)
  2. (countable) 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)

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese língua. Cognate with Kabuverdianu lingua.

Noun

lingua

  1. tongue
  2. (countable) 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)

Interlingua

Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ia

Pronunciation

Noun

lingua (plural linguas)

  1. tongue
  2. (countable) 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)
    Synonym: linguage

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lìnɡwa/
  • Audio ("la lingua"):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: lìn‧gua

Noun

lingua f (plural lingue)

  1. tongue
  2. (countable) 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)
  3. strip, tongue (of land)
  4. (in the plural) foreign languages
  5. the square horn of an anvil
  6. (usually in the plural) a type of Italian flatbread

Descendants

  • → Greek: λίγκα (lígka)
  • → Maltese: lingwa
  • →? Sabir: lingua

Further reading

  • lingua in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • lingua in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese língua.

Noun

lingua

  1. tongue
  2. (countable) 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)

Ladino

Latin

Old Galician-Portuguese

Portuguese

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