-lingualcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: lingual adj.; Latin lingua , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably either (i) < lingual adj., or independently (ii) < classical Latin lingua tongue (see lingua n.) + -al suffix¹.Formations are found from the early 19th cent. in sense 1 (sometimes having parallels or models in Latin in -linguis or in French in -lingue , as e.g. multilingual adj., bilingual adj.), and from the second half of the 19th cent. or earlier in sense 2. Compare the earlier borrowing sublingual adj. Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek and Latin origin.

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1. Forming adjectives (and related nouns) relating to language or linguistic competence, esp. with the sense ‘speaking or involving the number of languages indicated by the first element’, as metalingual adj., monolingual adj., multilingual adj. and n., etc.

2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘relating to both the tongue and what is indicated by the first element’, or ‘having a tongue of the type specified by the first element’, as orolingual adj., tubilingual adj. at tubi- comb. form , etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	-lingual
释义	-lingualcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: lingual adj.; Latin lingua , -al suffix¹. Etymology: Probably either (i) < lingual adj., or independently (ii) < classical Latin lingua tongue (see lingua n.) + -al suffix¹.Formations are found from the early 19th cent. in sense 1 (sometimes having parallels or models in Latin in -linguis or in French in -lingue , as e.g. multilingual adj., bilingual adj.), and from the second half of the 19th cent. or earlier in sense 2. Compare the earlier borrowing sublingual adj. Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek and Latin origin. Categories » 1. Forming adjectives (and related nouns) relating to language or linguistic competence, esp. with the sense ‘speaking or involving the number of languages indicated by the first element’, as metalingual adj., monolingual adj., multilingual adj. and n., etc. 2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘relating to both the tongue and what is indicated by the first element’, or ‘having a tongue of the type specified by the first element’, as orolingual adj., tubilingual adj. at tubi- comb. form , etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < comb. form
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