lingua

[ ling-gwuh ]

/ ˈlɪŋ gwə /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR lingua ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural lin·guae [ling-gwee]. /ˈlɪŋ gwi/.

the tongue or a part like a tongue.

Origin of lingua

1665–75; <Latin; akin to tongue

Words nearby lingua

lingerie, lingo, lingoe, lingonberry, -lings, lingua, lingua franca, lingua geographica, lingua geral, lingual, lingual artery

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Example sentences from the Web for lingua

There the lingua franca is Cajun French, and folks love to fiddle, dance and most of all, eat.
The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take|Lonely Planet|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Long gone seamen and traders made Italian its lingua franca.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|March 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A good deal of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is written in lingua pedantesca.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
As a rule, it dragged, and Kit imagined the interpreter was sometimes puzzled and used the lingua franca of the Moorish ports.
Kit Musgrave's Luck|Harold Bindloss

What they have done, I gather, is to invent a nightmare of a lingua franca in which they appear to hold amicable converse.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne|William J. Locke
He wished that Lingua Four would settle down and be content as a housewife, but he doubted that she would.
Solar Stiff|Chas. A. Stopher
Lingua Four was determined to be the first lady of Arbor, the capital city of Mercury.
Solar Stiff|Chas. A. Stopher

British Dictionary definitions for lingua

lingua

/ (ˈlɪŋɡwə) /

noun plural -guae (-ɡwiː) anatomy

the technical name for tongue

any tongue-like structure

Word Origin for lingua

C17: Latin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for lingua

lingua

[ lĭng′gwə ]

n. pl. lin•guae (-gwē′)

The tongue.

A tonguelike anatomical structure.

单词	lingua
释义	lingua [ ling-gwuh ] / ˈlɪŋ gwə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lingua ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural lin·guae [ling-gwee]. /ˈlɪŋ gwi/. the tongue or a part like a tongue. Origin of lingua 1665–75; <Latin; akin to tongue Words nearby lingua lingerie, lingo, lingoe, lingonberry, -lings, lingua, lingua franca, lingua geographica, lingua geral, lingual, lingual artery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lingua There the lingua franca is Cajun French, and folks love to fiddle, dance and most of all, eat. The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take\|Lonely Planet\|April 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Long gone seamen and traders made Italian its lingua franca. Great Weekend Reads\|The Daily Beast\|March 5, 2011\|DAILY BEAST A good deal of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is written in lingua pedantesca. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature\|John Addington Symonds As a rule, it dragged, and Kit imagined the interpreter was sometimes puzzled and used the lingua franca of the Moorish ports. Kit Musgrave's Luck\|Harold Bindloss What they have done, I gather, is to invent a nightmare of a lingua franca in which they appear to hold amicable converse. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne\|William J. Locke He wished that Lingua Four would settle down and be content as a housewife, but he doubted that she would. Solar Stiff\|Chas. A. Stopher Lingua Four was determined to be the first lady of Arbor, the capital city of Mercury. Solar Stiff\|Chas. A. Stopher British Dictionary definitions for lingua lingua / (ˈlɪŋɡwə) / noun plural -guae (-ɡwiː) anatomy the technical name for tongue any tongue-like structure Word Origin for lingua C17: Latin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lingua tongue, gustatory cell, palate, taste hair Medical definitions for lingua lingua [ lĭng′gwə ] n. pl. lin•guae (-gwē′) The tongue. A tonguelike anatomical structure. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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lingua

noun, plural lin·guae [ling-gwee]. /ˈlɪŋ gwi/.

Origin of lingua

Words nearby lingua

Example sentences from the Web for lingua

British Dictionary definitions for lingua

noun plural -guae (-ɡwiː) anatomy

Word Origin for lingua

Words related to lingua

Medical definitions for lingua

n. pl. lin•guae (-gwē′)