lingua /lingˈgwə/

1. The tongue (anatomy)
2. A tongue-like structure

lingˈual adjective

1. Relating to the tongue
2. Pronounced using the tongue (phonetics)
3. (of a tooth-surface) facing towards the tongue (dentistry)
4. Relating to language or speech

lingˈually adverb

lingˈuiform adjective

Tongue-shaped

lingˈuist noun

1. Someone who has an excellent knowledge of languages
2. Someone who studies linguistics
3. In W Africa, an intermediary between chief or priest and the people

lingˈuister noun (US)

An interpreter (also linkˈster or lingˈster)

linguistˈic or linguistˈical adjective

Relating to languages or knowledge or the study of languages

linguistˈically adverb

linguisticˈian noun

A person who studies linguistics

linguistˈics singular noun

The scientific study of language in its widest sense, in every aspect and in all its varieties

lingˈuistry noun

lingula /lingˈgū-lə/ noun

1. A little tongue-like part
2. (with cap) a narrow-shelled genus of brachiopods
3. Extended loosely to related genera, such as Lingulellˈa, the characteristic fossil of the Upper Cambrian Lingula Flags

lingˈular adjective

Relating to a lingula

lingˈulate adjective

Tongue-shaped

lingua franca /lingˈgwə frangkˈə/ noun (pl lingue franche /lingˈgwā frangkˈā/ or lingua francas)

1. (Ital, Frankish language) orig a mixed Italian trade jargon used in the Levant
2. A language chosen as a medium of communication among speakers of different languages
3. Any hybrid language used for the same purpose
4. The familiar conventions of any style, esp in music or the arts, readily recognized and understood by devotees

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