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tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech; generally a human's but also sometimes an animal's)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjɛw̃.zɘk//ˈjɛn.zɘk//ˈjɛ̃.zɨk/Middle, Polish[ˈjɛw̃.zɘk]
  1. tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech; generally a human's but also sometimes an animal's)

    inanimate · masculine
  2. tongue (anything long resembling a tongue) tongue (long flap of a shoe)

    broadly · inanimate · masculine
  3. tongue (anything long resembling a tongue) part of a plow; type of snow blade; short shaft

    broadly · inanimate · masculine
  4. tongue (anything long resembling a tongue) shape of tied handkerchief resembling a tongue

    broadly · inanimate · masculine
  5. tongue (anything long resembling a tongue) part of a box for cutting chaff

    broadly · inanimate · masculine
  6. tongue (anything long resembling a tongue) flame (visible part of fire)

    Middle · Polish · broadly · figuratively · inanimate · masculine
  7. tongue (anything long resembling a tongue) uvula

    Middle · Polish · broadly · inanimate · masculine
  8. tongue (anything long resembling a tongue) bay, gulf

    Middle · Polish · broadly · inanimate · masculine
  9. language, tongue (body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)

    inanimate · masculine
  10. language (subject teaching a manner of speech in education)

    inanimate · masculine
  11. language (sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field)

    inanimate · masculine
  12. language (expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does; i.e. of film or body language)

    inanimate · masculine
  13. language (computer language; a machine language)

    inanimate · masculine
  14. tongue; interrogatee (prisoner captured to obtain information about the enemy)

    archaic · inanimate · masculine
  15. defender (person speaking in favor of someone's name)

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  16. bottom of a scoop

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete
  17. nation

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ Old Polish język Polish język Inherited from Old Polish język. Cognate with English tongue and language.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.