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FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

langue.

tongue

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɑ̃ɡ/Europe/lãɡ/Canada

  1. tongue

    feminine
    la langue dans la bouche

  2. language (system of communication using written or spoken words)

    feminine
    la langue maternelle
    une langue étrangère
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin 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.

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