Borrowed fromFrench langue .Doublet oflingua andtongue .
langue (uncountable )
( linguistics ) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.Coordinate term: parole FromLatin lingua .
langue f (plural langues )
language langue (plural langue )( Beaujolais , Graphie de Conflans )
Alternative form oflengoua ( “ tongue ;language ” ) langue in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu Inherited fromMiddle French langue , fromOld French langue , fromLatin lingua ( “ tongue, speech, language ” ) .
See cognates in regional languages in France:Champenois laingue ,Norman laungue ,Gallo lenghe ,Picard lingue ,Bourguignon laingue ,Franco-Provençal lengoua ,Occitan lenga ,Corsican lingua .
langue f (plural langues )
( anatomy ) tongue lalangue dans la bouche the tongue in the mouth ( linguistics ) language ( system of communication using written or spoken words ) lalangue maternelle the mother tongue, native language unelangue étrangère a foreignlanguage Elle parle troislangues . She speaks threelanguages . faireparler lalangue française to make speak the French language — Bertrand Barèrelangue
third-person singular present indicative oflanguire languē
second-person singular present active imperative oflangueō FromOld French langue , fromLatin lingua .
langue f (plural langues )
( anatomy ) tongue language Synonym: langage French:langue (see there for further descendants ) FromOld French langue , fromLatin lingua .
langue f (plural langues )
( Jersey , Guernsey , anatomy ) tongue 1903 , Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, inGuernsey Folk Lore [1] , page543 :Le cul d'un sac et lalangue d'une femme gagnent terjoûs. The bottom of a sack and thetongue of a woman always win. ( Jersey ) language FromLatin lingua .
IPA (key ) : ( archaic ) /ˈlenɡʷə/ IPA (key ) : ( classical ) /ˈlanɡ(ʷ)ə/ langue oblique singular , f (oblique plural langues ,nominative singular langue ,nominative plural langues )
( anatomy ) tongue language FromOld French langue , fromLatin lingua .
langue f (plural langues )
( anatomy ) tongue language FromFrench langue ( “ language ” ) .
langue
language Borrowed fromFrench langue .
langue f ( indeclinable )
( linguistics ) langue “langue ”, inSlovníkový 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 ,2003–2025