Definition for: language

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English

Etymology

From 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlæŋgwɪʤ/
• SAMPA: /"l{NgwIdZ/

Noun

language ( uncountable and countable; plural: languages )

1. ( uncountable ) The expression of an understanding — see "Language is Understanding"
2. A system of communication using the spoken word or using symbols that represent words or sounds.

   the English language

3. ( uncountable ) The ability to communicate using words.

   the gift of language

4. ( uncountable ) A nonverbal system of communication.

   sign language

5. ( computing ) A computer language.
6. ( uncountable ) The vocabulary used in a particular specialist field.

   legal language

7. ( 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

• ( system of communication ): lingo ( colloquial ), tongue, speech
• ( computer language ): computer language, programming language
• ( vocabulary of a particular field ): jargon, phraseology, terminology
• ( particular words used ): lexis, phraseology, phrasing, terms, wording, words

Translations

expression of an understanding

system of communication using words or symbols

the ability to communicate using words

nonverbal system of communication

computer language

See computer language.

vocabulary of a particular field

particular words used

• Asturian : idioma m . , llingua f .
• Breton : yezh f . , yezhoù pl .
• Bulgarian : език (ezík) m . (1,2,3,4,5,6)
• Burmese : စကား (sakà)
• Cebuano : yinaknan, pinulungan
• Czech : jazyk m .
• Frisian : taal
• Guaraní : ñe'ẽ
• Hawaiian : ‘ōlelo
• Interlingua : lingua (1), linguage (2,3,4,5)
• Kannada : ಭಾಷೆ (bhāsse), ನುಡಿ (nuddi)
• Khmer : ភាសា (phiesaa)
• Korean : 말 (mal), 언어 (言語, eon-eo)
• Lithuanian : kalba
• Luxembourgish : Sprooch f .
• Malay : bahasa
• Manchu : gisun
• Mirandese : lhéngua f .
• Mongolian : хэл (hel)
• Persian : زبان (zæbān)
• Quenya :  (lambe),  (qetil)
• Romanian : limbă f .
• Sardinian : limba
• Sindarin :  (lam)
• Slovak : jazyk m . , reč f .
• Swahili : lugha noun 5
• Tagalog : wika
• Thai : ภาษา (paasăa)
• Tupinambá : nhe'enga
• Turkish : dil, lisan
• Volapük : pük
• Welsh : iaith f .
• Xhosa : ulwimi noun 6
• Yiddish : לשון (lashón) n .
• Zulu : ulimi, isintu

Derived terms

• artificial language
• bad language
• body language
• computing language
• foreign language
• language code
• language lab
• mind one's language
• programming language
• sign language

See also

• bilingual
• linguistics
• multilingual
• trilingual

Other Translations for "language"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		.-.. .- -. --. ..- .- --. .
Binary		1101100 1100001 1101110 1100111 1110101 1100001 1100111 1100101
Hex		6C616E6775616765
Pig Latin		anguagelay

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