"sign language" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sign language (countable and uncountable, plural sign languages)
  1. (countable) One of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, in which words consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-sign_language-en-noun-mnYvxF33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 17 30 28
  2. (uncountable) The sign language (sense 1) that is used locally or that is mistakenly believed to be the only one. Tags: uncountable Related terms: sign, chirologist Translations (sign language): gebaretaal (Afrikaans), لُغَة إِشَارَة (alt: luḡa(t) ʔišāra) [feminine] (Arabic), նշանաբանը (nšanabanə) (Armenian), işarə dili (Azerbaijani), Gebeadnsproch [feminine] (Bavarian), Gebeadnsproche [feminine] (Bavarian), প্রতীকী ভাষা (protiki bhaśa) (Bengali), palba (Bikol Central), llengua de signes [feminine] (Catalan), 手語 (Chinese Mandarin), 手语 (shǒuyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), lingua di i cenni [feminine] (Corsican), znakový jazyk [masculine] (Czech), tegnsprog [neuter] (Danish), gebarentaal (Dutch), gestolingvo (Esperanto), viipekeel (Estonian), teknmál [neuter] (Faroese), viittomakieli (Finnish), langue des signes [feminine] (French), langage des signes [masculine] (French), lingua de signos [feminine] (Galician), ჟესტების ენა (žesṭebis ena) (Georgian), ნიშნების ენა (nišnebis ena) (Georgian), Gebärdensprache [feminine] (German), Zeichensprache [feminine] (German), νοηματική γλώσσα (noïmatikí glóssa) [feminine] (Greek), ussersuutit (Greenlandic), jelnyelv (Hungarian), táknmál (note: sign language) [neuter] (Icelandic), fingramál (note: finger language) [neuter] (Icelandic), bahasa isyarat (Indonesian), ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ (ooktoaraosiraq) (Inuktitut), urraaraq (Inupiatun), ujjiqsuuraq (Inuvialuktun), tikuraq (Inuvialuktun), teanga chomharthaíochta [feminine] (Irish), lingua dei segni [feminine] (Italian), 手話 (shuwa) (alt: しゅわ) (Japanese), ussersuutit (Kalaallisut), ым тілі (ym tılı) (Kazakh), 수화 (suhwa) (alt: 手話) (Korean), 수어 (sueo) (alt: 手語) (Korean), wíyutȟapi (Lakota), lingua gesticulatoria [feminine] (Latin), lingua signorum [feminine] (Latin), siejvvemgiella (Lule Sami), Gebäerdesprooch [feminine] (Luxembourgish), Zeechesprooch [feminine] (Luxembourgish), bahasa isyarat (Malay), reo rotarota (Maori), naashchid (Navajo), giehtagiella (Northern Sami), tegnspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), teiknspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lenga dels signes [feminine] (Occitan), lenga de signes [feminine] (Occitan), język migowy [masculine] (Polish), linguagem de sinais [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), língua gestual [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), linguagem gestual [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), язы́к же́стов (jazýk žéstov) [masculine] (Russian), же́стовый язы́к (žéstovyj jazýk) [masculine] (Russian), limba de sos sinnos [feminine] (Sardinian), sign leid (Scots), lingua dî signa [feminine] (Sicilian), lengua de signos [feminine] (Spanish), lengua de señas [feminine] (Spanish), lugha ya ishara (Swahili), teckenspråk [neuter] (Swedish), забони ишоратӣ (zaboni išoratī) (Tajik), ภาษามือ (paa-sǎa-mʉʉ) (Thai), བརྡ་སྐད (brda skad) (Tibetan), işaret dili (Turkish), жестова мова (žestova mova) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ishora tili (Uzbek), ngôn ngữ ký hiệu (Vietnamese), thủ ngữ (Vietnamese), iaith arwyddion [feminine] (Welsh), gebeartetaal (West Frisian), שטומ־לשון (shtum-loshn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sign_language-en-noun-rnFbDAjT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 17 30 28 Derived forms: International Sign, IS, American Sign Language, ASL, German Sign Language, DGS, Bolivian Sign Language, British Sign Language, BSL, Catalan Sign Language, Cuban Sign Language, Nicaraguan Sign Language, Norwegian Sign Language, NSL, Spanish Sign Language, village sign language Disambiguation of 'sign language': 12 38 20 30
  3. (uncountable) Sign languages (sense 1) considered collectively. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-sign_language-en-noun-zUuz3Pmi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 17 30 28
  4. (countable or uncountable) Communication through gestures as a substitute for language, for example, between monks under a vow of silence or during trade amongst different linguistic groups. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sign_language-en-noun-~ukBBgOS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 17 30 28

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "žesṭebis ena",
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          "word": "ჟესტების ენა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "nišnebis ena",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "ნიშნების ენა"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "noïmatikí glóssa",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "νοηματική γλώσσα"
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          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "ussersuutit"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "jelnyelv"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "note": "sign language",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "táknmál"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "note": "finger language",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fingramál"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "bahasa isyarat"
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "iu",
          "lang": "Inuktitut",
          "roman": "ooktoaraosiraq",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ"
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          "code": "ik",
          "lang": "Inupiatun",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "urraaraq"
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "ikt",
          "lang": "Inuvialuktun",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "ujjiqsuuraq"
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          "code": "ikt",
          "lang": "Inuvialuktun",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "tikuraq"
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teanga chomharthaíochta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lingua dei segni"
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          "alt": "しゅわ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shuwa",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "手話"
        },
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          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Kalaallisut",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "ussersuutit"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ym tılı",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "ым тілі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "alt": "手話",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "suhwa",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "수화"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "手語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sueo",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "수어"
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          "code": "lkt",
          "lang": "Lakota",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "wíyutȟapi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lingua gesticulatoria"
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lingua signorum"
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          "code": "smj",
          "lang": "Lule Sami",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "siejvvemgiella"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Zeechesprooch"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "bahasa isyarat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "reo rotarota"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "naashchid"
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          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "word": "giehtagiella"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tegnspråk"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "_dis1": "12 38 20 30",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lenga dels signes"
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          "sense": "sign language",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sign language",
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          "word": "język migowy"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "linguagem de sinais"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sign language",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
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          "word": "língua gestual"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "język migowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "linguagem de sinais"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "língua gestual"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "linguagem gestual"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jazýk žéstov",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "язы́к же́стов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žéstovyj jazýk",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "же́стовый язы́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limba de sos sinnos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "sign leid"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lingua dî signa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengua de signos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengua de señas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "lugha ya ishara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teckenspråk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zaboni išoratī",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "забони ишоратӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "paa-sǎa-mʉʉ",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "ภาษามือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "brda skad",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "བརྡ་སྐད"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "işaret dili"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žestova mova",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жестова мова"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "ishora tili"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "ngôn ngữ ký hiệu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "thủ ngữ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iaith arwyddion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "gebeartetaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shtum-loshn",
      "sense": "sign language",
      "word": "שטומ־לשון"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sign language"
  ],
  "word": "sign language"
}

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