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lengua

See also: léngua, lèngua, and łéngua

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish lengua (“tongue”). Doublet of langue, lingua, and tongue.

Noun

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lengua (uncountable)

  1. A Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos.

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Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Spanish lengua, from Latin lingua.

Noun

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lengua f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling לינגוה, plural lenguas)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. (linguistics) language

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Ligurian

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

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Noun

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lengua f (plural lengue)

  1. (anatomy) tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth)
  2. (metonymically) language
    Synonym: lenguaggio
  3. (zoology) common sole (Solea solea)

Derived terms

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Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lengua f

  1. tongue
  2. language

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈleŋɡwə]

Noun

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lengua f (plural lengue)

  1. tongue

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 106: “la lingua” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Old Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua.

Noun

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lengua f (oblique plural lenguas, nominative singular lengua, nominative plural lenguas)

  1. language
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Descendants

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  • Occitan: lenga
    Gascon: lengua
    Limousin: linga
    Provençal: lengo, lenguo

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua.

Noun

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lengua f (plural lenguas)

  1. (Vallader) tongue

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish lengua, from Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlenɡwa/ [ˈlẽŋ.ɡwa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -enɡwa
  • Syllabification: len‧gua

Noun

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lengua f (plural lenguas)

  1. tongue
  2. language
    Synonyms: idioma, habla
  3. Spanish (subject taught in schools)

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Descendants

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