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lingual

adj
/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/UK/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua + -al. Doublet of lingualis.

  1. learned borrowing from linguālis

Definitions

  1. Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.

  2. Related to language or linguistics.

  3. A sound articulated with the tongue.

The neighborhood

Derived

linguality, lingualize, lingually

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lingual. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA