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langue

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French langue. Doublet of lingua and tongue.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋ(ɡ)/
    • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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langue (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.

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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua.

Noun

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langue f (plural langues)

  1. language

Franco-Provençal

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Noun

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langue (plural langue) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

  1. Alternative form of lengoua (“tongue; language”)

References

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  • langue in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”).

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman laungue, Gallo lenghe, Picard lingke, Bourguignon laingue, Franco-Provençal lengoua, Occitan lenga, Corsican lingua.

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Noun

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langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    la langue dans la bouche
    the tongue in the mouth
  2. (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
    la langue maternelle
    the mother tongue, native language
    une langue étrangère
    a foreign language
    Elle parle trois langues.
    She speaks three languages.
    faire parler la langue française
    to make speak the French language
    — Bertrand Barère

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: lang
  • Karipúna Creole French: lang
  • Louisiana Creole: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long
  • Seychellois Creole: lalang
  • → English: langue

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Verb

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langue

  1. third-person singular present indicative of languire

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Latin

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Verb

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languē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of langueō

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

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langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language
    Synonym: langage

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Descendants

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  • French: langue (see there for further descendants)

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

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langue f (plural langues)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) tongue
  2. (Jersey) language

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (archaic) /ˈlenɡʷə/
  • IPA(key): (classical) /ˈlanɡ(ʷ)ə/

Noun

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langue oblique singular, f (oblique plural langues, nominative singular langue, nominative plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

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Descendants

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Picard

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Etymology

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From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

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langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Sango

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Etymology

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From French langue (“language”).

Noun

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langue

  1. language

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French langue.

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Noun

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langue f (indeclinable)

  1. (linguistics) langue

Further reading

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  • “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, 2024
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