English

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

• genual

French

Etymology

From Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua ‎(“tongue, speech, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‎(“tongue, speech, language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃ɡ/

Noun

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

   faire parler la langue française‎

   to make speak the French language

   — Bertrand Barère

Derived terms

• langue maternelle

Related terms

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• englua
• lagune

Italian

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, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Synonyms

• (language): langage

Descendants

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

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

Etymology 1

From Latin lingua, from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Alternative forms

• lingue
• lengue

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Synonyms

• (language): language

Descendants

• Middle French: langue
  • French: langue
    • English: langue
    • Haitian Creole: lang
    • Karipúna Creole French: lang
    • Louisiana Creole French: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long
    • Seychellois Creole: lalang
• Norman: langue
• Picard: langue
• Walloon: linwe

Picard

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

langue f ‎(plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language