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lingual definition
Overview
This page has 11 definitions of lingual with English translations in 6 languages. Lingual is an adjective and noun. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English lingual definition
Etymology
Borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua + -al. Doublet of lingualis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
Adjective
lingual (not comparable)
- (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
- Synonym: (rare) glossal
- (phonetics) Articulated with the tongue.
- (linguistics, relational) Related to language or linguistics.
- Synonym: linguistic
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
- alveololingual
- ambilingual
- anterolingual
- apicolingual
- audiolingual
- axiolingual
- bilingual
- brevilingual
- buccolingual
- cervicolingual
- colingual
- crosslingual
- dentilingual
- distolingual
- dorsolingual
- equilingual
- exolingual
- faciolingual
- fissilingual
- gingivolingual
- heptalingual
- heterolingual
- homolingual
- hyolingual
- interlingual
- intralingual
- labiolingual
- laterolingual
- matrilingual
- mediolingual
- mesiolingual
- mesolingual
- metalingual
- metrolingual
- midlingual
- monolingual
- multilingual
- octolingual
- omnilingual
- orolingual
- panlingual
- paralingual
- pentalingual
- perilingual
- plurilingual
- polylingual
- posterolingual
- postlingual
- prelingual
- protolingual
- quadrilingual
- quinquelingual
- retrolingual
- semilingual
- sesquilingual
- sublingual
- tetralingual
- translingual
- trilingual
- unilingual
- ventrolingual
- vestibulolingual
Translations
Noun
lingual (plural linguals)
- (phonetics) A sound articulated with the tongue.
Coordinate terms
Translations
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References
- “lingual”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “lingual”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
French lingual definition
Adjective
lingual (feminine linguale, masculine plural linguaux, feminine plural linguales)
Descendants
- → Romanian: lingual
Further reading
- “lingual”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German lingual definition
Etymology
From Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lingual (strong nominative masculine singular lingualer, not comparable)
- (relational) tongue; lingual
- (relational) language; lingual, linguistic
- Synonym: sprachlich
Derived terms
Portuguese lingual definition
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lingual m or f (plural linguais)
Related terms
Romanian lingual definition
Etymology
Adjective
lingual m or n (feminine singular linguală, masculine plural linguali, feminine and neuter plural linguale)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | lingual | linguală | linguali | linguale | ||
definite | lingualul | linguala | lingualii | lingualele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | lingual | linguale | linguali | linguale | ||
definite | lingualului | lingualei | lingualilor | lingualelor |
Spanish lingual definition
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lingual m or f (masculine and feminine plural linguales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “lingual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014