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7-letter words (2 found)

LINGUAL,LINGULA,

6-letter words (4 found)

LIGULA,LINGUA,NILGAU,ULLING,

5-letter words (10 found)

ALGIN,ALIGN,GLIAL,INULA,LIANG,LIGAN,LINGA,LUNGI,NULLA,UGALI,

4-letter words (25 found)

AGIN,AGLU,ANIL,GAIN,GALL,GAUN,GILA,GILL,GLIA,GUAN,GULA,GULL,IGLU,LAIN,LANG,LING,LUNA,LUNG,NAIL,NGAI,NILL,NULL,ULAN,ULNA,UNAI,

3-letter words (23 found)

AIL,AIN,ALL,ALU,ANI,GAL,GAN,GAU,GIN,GNU,GUL,GUN,ILL,ING,LAG,LIG,LIN,LUG,LUN,NAG,NIL,NUG,UNI,

2-letter words (13 found)

AG,AI,AL,AN,GI,GU,IN,LA,LI,NA,NU,UG,UN,

You can make 77 words from lingual according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lingual

lingual

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua +‎ -al. Doublet of lingualis.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl, -ɪŋɡjuəl

Adjective

lingual (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
    Synonym: (rare) glossal
    1. (phonetics) Articulated with the tongue.
  2. (linguistics, relational) Related to language or linguistics.
    Synonym: linguistic

Synonyms

  • tonguely

Coordinate terms

  • (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

lingual (plural linguals)

  1. (phonetics) A sound articulated with the tongue.

Coordinate terms

Translations

References

  • “lingual”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “lingual”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Luliang, Lüliang, lingula

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lingual (feminine linguale, masculine plural linguaux, feminine plural linguales)

  1. lingual

Descendants

  • → Romanian: lingual

Further reading

  • “lingual”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

lingual (strong nominative masculine singular lingualer, not comparable)

  1. (relational) tongue; lingual
  2. (relational) language; lingual, linguistic
    Synonym: sprachlich

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: lin‧gual

Adjective

lingual m or f (plural linguais)

  1. (anatomy) lingual (relating to the tongue)
  2. (phonetics) lingual (articulated with the tongue)

Related terms

  • língua

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lingual, from Medieval Latin linguālis.

Adjective

lingual m or n (feminine singular linguală, masculine plural linguali, feminine and neuter plural linguale)

  1. lingual

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /linˈɡwal/ [lĩŋˈɡwal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: lin‧gual

Adjective

lingual m or f (masculine and feminine plural linguales)

  1. lingual

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “lingual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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