"langue de bois" meaning in All languages combined

See langue de bois on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /lɑ̃ɡ də bwa/ Forms: langues de bois [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} langue de bois f (plural langues de bois)
  1. wooden language, waffle (speech that is vague, pretentious or evasive) Tags: feminine Synonyms: xyloglossie Related terms: novlangue
    Sense id: en-langue_de_bois-fr-noun-ugpAgz9s Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. cant (empty hypocritical talk) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-langue_de_bois-fr-noun-nEv1qhNh

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for langue de bois meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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        ]
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
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      ],
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          "word": "xyloglossie"
        }
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      "ipa": "/lɑ̃ɡ də bwa/"
    }
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          "word": "xyloglossie"
        }
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɑ̃ɡ də bwa/"
    }
  ],
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}

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