"tongue" meaning in Englisch

See tongue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: tʌŋ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-tongue.wav , En-uk-tongue.ogg , En-us-tongue.ogg Forms: the tongue [singular], the tongues [plural]
Rhymes: ʌŋ
  1. Organ im Mund; Zunge
    Sense id: de-tongue-en-noun-PT9VV42k Topics: anatomy
  2. die Sprache
    Sense id: de-tongue-en-noun-TUUNVS1E
  3. Art oder Fähigkeit, Sprache zu benutzen
    Sense id: de-tongue-en-noun-dMKlIqY5
  4. die Zunge: Teil eines Schuhs
    Sense id: de-tongue-en-noun-aBKAplWM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: anatomy, Anatomie Derived forms: tongue twister, double-tongued, mother tongue, native tongue, silver-tongue, silver-tongued, forked tongue, sharp tongue, speak in tongues, tongue-tied Translations (Übersetzungen umgeleitet): Sprache (Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹), Mundwerk (Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹), Schuhzunge (Für [4] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹)

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Substantiv (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Wiktionary:Illustration",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tongue twister"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "double-tongued"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "mother tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "native tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "silver-tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "silver-tongued"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "forked tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "sharp tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "speak in tongues"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "tongue-tied"
    }
  ],
  "expressions": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tongue-in-cheek"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1, 3",
      "word": "bite one's tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "hold one's tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "be on the tip of one's tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "cat got your tongue"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the tongue",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the tongues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "anatomy"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Anatomie"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The doctor asked the patient to stick out his tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Organ im Mund; Zunge"
      ],
      "id": "de-tongue-en-noun-PT9VV42k",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "topics": [
        "anatomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Learning a foreign tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "die Sprache"
      ],
      "id": "de-tongue-en-noun-TUUNVS1E",
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had a mean tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Art oder Fähigkeit, Sprache zu benutzen"
      ],
      "id": "de-tongue-en-noun-dMKlIqY5",
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The shoe has a cushioned tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "die Zunge: Teil eines Schuhs"
      ],
      "id": "de-tongue-en-noun-aBKAplWM",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Textilwesen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "tʌŋ"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "ʌŋ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Sprache"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Mundwerk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Für [4] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Schuhzunge"
    }
  ],
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    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "Wiktionary:Illustration",
    "siehe auch"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tongue twister"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "double-tongued"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "mother tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "native tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "silver-tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "silver-tongued"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "forked tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "sharp tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "speak in tongues"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "tongue-tied"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tongue-in-cheek"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1, 3",
      "word": "bite one's tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "hold one's tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "be on the tip of one's tongue"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "cat got your tongue"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the tongue",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the tongues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "anatomy"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Anatomie"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The doctor asked the patient to stick out his tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Organ im Mund; Zunge"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "topics": [
        "anatomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Learning a foreign tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "die Sprache"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had a mean tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Art oder Fähigkeit, Sprache zu benutzen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The shoe has a cushioned tongue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "die Zunge: Teil eines Schuhs"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Textilwesen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "tʌŋ"
    },
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        "US-amerikanisch"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "ʌŋ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Sprache"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Mundwerk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Für [4] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zunge¹",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Schuhzunge"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tongue"
}

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