Language
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English
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| states | wished | school | #750: language | court | British | meant |
Etymology
From Middle English < Old French langue (tongue, speech, language) < Vulgar Latin *linguaticum < Latin lingua (tongue, speech, language) < Old Latin dingua < Proto-Indo-European *dnghwa- (tongue, speech, language).
Noun
language (uncountable and countable; plural: languages)
- (uncountable) The expression of an understanding — see "Language is Understanding"
- A system of communication using the spoken word or using symbols that represent words or sounds.
- the English language
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- the gift of language
- (uncountable) A nonverbal system of communication.
- sign language
- (computing) A computer language.
- (uncountable) The vocabulary used in a particular specialist field.
- legal language
- (uncountable) The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.
- The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
- The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
Synonyms
- (system of communication): lingo (colloquial), tongue
- (computer language): computer language, programming language
- (vocabulary of a particular field): jargon, phraseology, terminology
- (particular words used): lexis, phraseology, phrasing, terms, wording, words
Translations
expression of an understanding
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system of communication using words or symbols
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the ability to communicate using words
nonverbal system of communication
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computer language See computer language
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vocabulary of a particular field
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particular words used
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- Arabic: ÙÙغÙØ©Ù (lúγa) f.
- Asturian: idioma m., llingua f.
- Breton: yezh f., yezhoù pl.
- Bulgarian: език (ezÃk) m. (1,2,3,4,5,6)
- Burmese: á áá¬á¸ (sakà )
- Cebuano: yinaknan, pinulungan
- Czech: jazyk m.
- Danish: sprog
- Frisian: taal
- GuaranÃ: ñe'ẽ
- Hawaiian: âÅlelo
- Hebrew: ×©×¤× (safáh) f., ×ש×× (lašón) f.
- Interlingua: lingua (1), linguage (2,3,4,5)
- Kannada: à²à²¾à²·à³ (bhÄsse), ನà³à²¡à²¿ (nuddi)
- Khmer: áá¶áᶠ(phiesaa)
- Korean: ë§ (mal), ì¸ì´ (è¨èª, eon-eo)
- Lithuanian: kalba
- Luxembourgish: Sprooch f.
- Malay: bahasa
- Manchu: gisun
- Middle High German: sprâche f.
- Mirandese: lhéngua f.
- Mongolian: Ñ Ñл (hel)
- Old English: spræc
- Old High German: sprâhha
- Persian: زبا٠(zæbÄn)
- Quenya: îîî î (lambe), îîîîî (qetil)
- Romanian: limbÄ f.
- Sardinian: limba
- Sindarin: îîî (lam)
- Slovak: jazyk m., reÄ f.
- Swahili: lugha noun 5
- Thai: ภาษา (paasÄa)
- Tupinambá: nhe'enga
- Turkish: dil, lisan
- Vietnamese: tiếng nói, ngôn ngữ
- Volapük: pük
- Welsh: iaith f.
- Xhosa: ulwimi noun 6
- Yiddish: ×ש×× (lashón) n.
- Zulu: ulimi, isintu
Derived terms
- artificial language
- bad language
- body language
- computing language
- foreign language
- language code
- language lab
- mind one's language
- programming language
- sign language
See also
el:language es:language fa:language fr:language gl:language ko:language io:language id:language it:language hu:language nl:language pl:language pt:language ru:language sr:language fi:language sv:language ta:language vi:language uk:language zh:language
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