langue

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French langue. Doublet of lingua and tongue. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒːŋ(ɡ)/, /ˈlɒ̃ː(ɡ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋ(ɡ)/ Hyphenation: langue === Noun === langue (uncountable) (linguistics) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language. Coordinate term: parole ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === lagune, Luange, lengua, genual, Naugle, ulnage == Bourguignon == === Etymology === From Latin lingua. === Noun === langue f (plural langues) language == Franco-Provençal == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlãɡᵊ] === Noun === langue (plural langue) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans) alternative form of lengoua (“tongue; language”) === References === langue in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == French == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Europe) IPA(key): /lɑ̃ɡ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /lãɡ/ === Noun === langue f (plural langues) (anatomy) tongue (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words) — Bertrand Barère ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: lang Karipúna Creole French: lang Louisiana Creole: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long Mauritian Creole: ⇒ lalang, lang ⇒ Seychellois Creole: lalang → English: langue → Esperanto: lango → Ido: lango === Further reading === “langue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === englua lagune == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlan.ɡwe/ Rhymes: -anɡwe Hyphenation: làn‧gue === Verb === langue third-person singular present indicative of languire === Anagrams === lagune == Latin == === Verb === languē second-person singular present active imperative of langueō == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French langue, from Latin lingua. === Noun === langue f (plural langues) (anatomy) tongue language Synonym: langage ==== Derived terms ==== Middle French: langue de cerf ==== Descendants ==== French: langue (see there for further descendants) == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French langue, from Latin lingua. === Noun === langue f (plural langues) (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) tongue (Jersey) language ==== Derived terms ==== langue dé belle-méthe (“mother-in-law's tongue”) (plant) == Old French == === Alternative forms === lingue, lengue === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lingua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (archaic) /ˈlenɡʷə/ IPA(key): (classical) /ˈlanɡ(ʷ)ə/ === Noun === langue oblique singular, f (oblique plural langues, nominative singular langue, nominative plural langues) (anatomy) tongue language ==== Synonyms ==== (language): language ==== Descendants ==== Champenois: laingue Franc-Comtois: landye Middle French: langueFrench: langue (see there for further descendants) Norman: laungue Picard: lingue Poitevin-Saintongeais: lengue Walloon: linwe == Picard == === Etymology === From Old French langue, from Latin lingua. === Noun === langue f (plural langues) (anatomy) tongue language == Sango == === Etymology === From French langue (“language”). === Noun === langue language == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from French langue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laːnk/, [ˈlaːŋk] Rhymes: -aːnk === Noun === langue f (indeclinable) (linguistics) langue === Further reading === “langue”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026