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Language
English
Etymology
Middle English < Old French langue (tongue, speech, language) < Vulgar Latin *linguaticum < Latin lingua (tongue, speech, language) < Old Latin dingua < Proto-Indo-European *dnghwa- (tongue, speech, language).
Noun
language (uncountable and countable; plural languages)
- (uncountable) The expression of an understanding — see "Language is Understanding"
- A system of communication using the spoken word or using symbols that represent words or sounds.
- the English language
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- the gift of language
- (uncountable) A nonverbal system of communication.
- sign language
- (computing) A computer language.
- (uncountable) The vocabulary used in a particular specialist field.
- legal language
- (uncountable) The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.
- The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
- The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
Synonyms
Translations
expression of an understanding
- Bulgarian: език (jezík) m
- Catalan: llenguatge
- Croatian: jezik m
- Czech: jazyk m
- kieli, puhe
- French: langage m
- Galician: linguaxe
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- Interlingua: lingua
- Italian: linguaggio m
- Japanese: 言葉 (ことば , kotobá)
- Portuguese: linguagem f
- Russian: язык (jazýk) m
- Spanish: lenguaje m
- Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ
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system of communication using words or symbols
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- Kirghiz : тил (til)
- Korean: 언어 (言語 , eon'eo), 말 (mal)
- Kurdish: ziman
- Lakota: iyapi
- Latin: lingua f
- Limburgish: taol f
- Lithuanian: kalba f
- Luxembourgish: Sprooch f
- Malay: bahasa
- Maricopa: chuukwer
- Mirandese : lhéngua f
- Mongolian: хэл (khel)
- Nauruan: langue
- Norwegian: språk, talemål n
- Occitan: lenga f
- Ojibwe: inwewin , inwewinan pl
- Old English: spræc
- O'odham: ñiok
- Persian: زبان (zæbān)
- Polish: język m, mowa f
- Portuguese: língua f, idioma m
- Romanian: limbă f
- Russian: язык (jazýk) m, языки (jazykí) pl
- Serbian: језик m
- Slovak: jazyk m
- Slovenian: jezik m
- Spanish: lengua f, idioma m
- Swahili: lugha sg/pl (noun 9/10), ki- (noun prefix 7)
- Swedish: språk n
- Thai: ภาษา (phaasáá)
- Toki Pona: toki
- Turkish: dil , lisan
- Ukrainian: мова (móva) f, язик (jazýk) m
- Vietnamese: tiếng nói , tiếng
- Volapük: pük
- Welsh: iaith f
- Xhosa: ulwimi
- Yiddish: לשון (loshn) n
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the ability to communicate using words
nonverbal system of communication
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- Italian: linguaggio m
- Portuguese: linguagem f
- Spanish: lenguaje m
- Thai: ภาษา (phaasáá)
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computer language
See computer language
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- Italian: linguaggio m
- Lithuanian: kalba f
- Portuguese: linguagem (de programação) f
- Spanish: lenguaje m
- Swedish: språk n, datorspråk n
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vocabulary of a particular field
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- Italian: linguaggio m
- Portuguese: linguagem f
- Spanish: lenguaje m
- Swedish: språk n
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particular words used
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- Italian: linguaggio m
- Portuguese: linguagem f
- Spanish: lenguaje m
- Swedish: språk n
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Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate tables above. The numbering is unreliable.
- Arabic: لُغَةٌ (lúγa) f
- Asturian: idioma m, llingua f
- Bosnian: jezik m, govor m
- Breton: yezh f -où plural
- Bulgarian: език (jezík) m (1,2,3,4,5,6)
- Burmese: စကား (sakà)
- Catalan: idioma m, llengua f
- Cebuano: yinaknan , pinulungan
- Czech: jazyk m
- Danish: sprog
- Dutch: taal f, spraak f
- Esperanto: lingvo
- French: langue f (1 - 3), langage m (4 - 7)
- Frisian: taal
- German: Sprache f (1 - 7)
- Greek (Classical): γλῶσσα (glỗssα) f, γλῶττα (glỗttα) f
- Guaraní: ñe'ẽ
- Hawaiian: ‘ōlelo
- Hebrew: שפה (safáh) f, לשון (lashón) f
- Hindi: भाषा (bhāssā) m
- Icelandic: mál n, tungumál n
- Interlingua: lingua (1), linguage (2,3,4,5)
- Irish: teanga f
- Italian: lingua f (1 - 3), linguaggio m (4 - 7)
- Kannada: ಭಾಷೆ (bhāsse), ನುಡಿ (nuddi)
- Khmer: ភាសា (phiesaa)
- Klingon: Hol
- Korean: 말 (mal), 언어 (言語 , eon'eo)
- Latvian: valoda
- Lithuanian: kalba
- Luxembourgish: Sprooch f
- Malay: bahasa
- Manchu: gisun
- Middle High German : sprâche f
- Mirandese : lhéngua f
- Mongolian: хэл (khel)
- Norwegian: språk, talemål n
- Old English: spræc
- Old High German : sprâhha
- Persian: زبان (zæbān)
- Polish: język m
- Quenya: (lambe), (qetil)
- Romanian: limbă f
- Romanica: lingua f (1), linguage f (2,3,4,5)
- Sardinian: limba
- Sindarin: (lam)
- Slovak: jazyk m, reč f
- Slovenian: jezik m
- Swahili: lugha noun 5
- Thai: ภาษา (phaasáá)
- Toki Pona: toki
- Tupinambá: nhe'enga
- Turkish: dil , lisan
- Urdu: jabaan
- Vietnamese: tiếng nói , ngôn ngữ
- Volapük: pük
- Welsh: iaith f
- Xhosa: ulwimi 6
- Yiddish: לשון (loshn) n
- Zulu: ulimi , isintu
Derived terms
See also
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