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6-letter words (3 found)

LAGUNE,LANGUE,LEGUAN,

5-letter words (8 found)

ANGEL,ANGLE,GENAL,GENUA,GLEAN,LUNGE,NUGAE,ULNAE,

4-letter words (30 found)

AGEN,AGLU,AGUE,AUNE,EGAL,ELAN,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GAUN,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GENU,GLEN,GLUE,GUAN,GULA,GULE,LANE,LANG,LEAN,LENG,LUGE,LUNA,LUNE,LUNG,NEAL,ULAN,ULNA,

3-letter words (29 found)

AGE,ALE,ALU,ANE,AUE,EAN,EAU,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAU,GEL,GEN,GNU,GUE,GUL,GUN,LAG,LEA,LEG,LEU,LUG,LUN,NAE,NAG,NEG,NUG,ULE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,GU,LA,NA,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 85 words from langue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of langue

langue

Etymology

Borrowed from French langue. Doublet of lingua and tongue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋ(ɡ)/

Noun

langue (uncountable)

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

Antonyms

  • (language in use): parole

Anagrams

  • Naugle, genual, lagune, ulnage

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. language

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃ɡ/

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. (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
  • Seychellois Creole: lalang
  • English: langue

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

  1. third-person singular present indicative of languire

Anagrams

  • lagune

Latin

Verb

languē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of langueō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. 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)

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

Derived terms

  • langue dé belle-méthe (mother-in-law's tongue) (plant)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • lingue, lengue

Etymology

From Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Synonyms

  • (language): language

Descendants

  • Middle French: langue
    • French: langue (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: laungue
  • Picard: lingue
  • Walloon: linwe

Picard

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language

Sango

Etymology

From French langue (language).

Noun

langue

  1. language

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French langue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laːnk]

Noun

langue f (indeclinable)

  1. (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, 2024

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