"metalinguistic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: meta- + linguistic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|linguistic}} meta- + linguistic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} metalinguistic (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning): metanyelvi (Hungarian), metajęzykowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-metalinguistic-en-adj-X3vYA~OS Categories (other): English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 46 54 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning': 100 0
  2. Pertaining to metalinguistics. Tags: not-comparable Translations (pertaining to metalinguistics): metajęzykowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-metalinguistic-en-adj-7CE21PUA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to metalinguistics': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metalinguistically Related terms: metalanguage

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