"lang" meaning in English

See lang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlæŋ/ (note: without æ-raising), /ˈleɪ̯ŋ/ (note: æ-raising), /ˈlɛ̃ŋ/ (note: æ-raising) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lang.wav [Southern-England] Forms: langer [comparative], langest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: Inherited from Northern Middle English lang (“long”) (southern long). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:inh|enm-nor:lang<t:long>|id=long|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lang", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="long" data-lang="en" data-title="lang" id="English:_long">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm-nor|lang||long|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Northern Middle English lang (“long”), {{inh+|en|enm-nor|lang|t=long}} Inherited from Northern Middle English lang (“long”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lang (comparative langer, superlative langest)
  1. (obsolete outside Northumbria) long Tags: obsolete, outside-Northumbria Derived forms: lang may yer lum reek, lang syne
    Sense id: en-lang-en-adj-~GbwIcZ9 Categories (other): Northumbrian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈlæŋ/ (note: without æ-raising), /ˈleɪ̯ŋ/ (note: æ-raising), /ˈlɛ̃ŋ/ (note: æ-raising) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lang.wav [Southern-England] Forms: langs [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *linguāticum Old French languagebor. Middle English langage English languageclip. English lang Clipping of language. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:clip|language|id=language|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *linguāticum Old French languagebor. Middle English langage English languageclip. English lang [Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "tongue, language", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tongue", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tongue", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tongue", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dn̥ɣwā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dingua", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "lingua", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-āticus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-āticum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "noun-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*linguāticum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "language", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "langage", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "language", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "clipping" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lang", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="language" data-lang="en" data-title="lang" id="English:_language"> Clipping of language. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lang (plural langs)
  1. Clipping of language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: language
    Sense id: en-lang-en-noun-rSSk5vJv Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 43 0 3 22 0 16 0 0 1 0 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 7 51 0 2 19 0 14 0 0 1 0 7 Derived forms: artlang, auxlang, conlang, engelang, jokelang, loglang, memelang, natlang, protolang, romlang, speedlang, worldlang
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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