"langue" meaning in French

See langue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑ̃ɡ/ Audio: Fr-langue.ogg Forms: langues [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”).. See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman laungue, Gallo lenghe, Picard lingke, Bourguignon laingue, Franco-Provençal lengoua, Occitan lenga, Corsican lingua. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|langue|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French langue, {{inh+|fr|frm|langue}} Inherited from Middle French langue, {{inh|fr|fro|langue}} Old French langue, {{inh|fr|la|lingua||tongue, speech, language}} Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{cog|nrf|laungue}} Norman laungue, {{cog|roa-gal|lenghe}} Gallo lenghe, {{cog|pcd|lingke}} Picard lingke, {{cog|roa-brg|laingue}} Bourguignon laingue, {{cog|frp|lengoua}} Franco-Provençal lengoua, {{cog|oc|lenga}} Occitan lenga, {{cog|co|lingua}} Corsican lingua Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} langue f (plural langues)
  1. (anatomy) tongue Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-langue-fr-noun-snFSEtk5 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-langue-fr-noun-SsSou5zl Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: langage, languette, linguiste, linguistique

Inflected forms

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      "word": "avoir la langue bien pendue"
    },
    {
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      "word": "avoir un cheveu sur la langue"
    },
    {
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      "word": "donner sa langue au chat"
    },
    {
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      "word": "état de langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fait de langue"
    },
    {
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      "word": "langue A"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue B"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue C"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue cible"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue construite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de bœuf"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de bois"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de Camões"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de Cervantes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de chat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de départ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de Molière"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de Pouchkine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de Shakespeare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de si"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de Tolstoï"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de travail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue de Vondel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue des signes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue d’arrivée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue d’oc"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue d’oïl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue étrangère"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue maternelle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue morte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue reconstruite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue romane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue source"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue verte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue vivante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langue vocale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mauvaise langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ne pas avoir sa langue dans sa poche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "prendre langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "registre de langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sur le bout de la langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tenir sa langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tirer la langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tourner sa langue sept fois dans sa bouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tourner sept fois sa langue dans sa bouche"
    }
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          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: lang",
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      "text": "Haitian Creole: lang"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: lang, lalanng, lalongn, lalangn, lalang, long",
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      "args": {
        "1": "pcd",
        "2": "lingke"
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      "expansion": "Picard lingke",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "roa-brg",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "lenga"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan lenga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "co",
        "2": "lingua"
      },
      "expansion": "Corsican lingua",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "langues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "languette"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "linguiste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "linguistique"
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          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fr:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "english": "the tongue in the mouth",
          "text": "la langue dans la bouche",
          "type": "example"
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          "anatomy",
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          "tongue"
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        "(anatomy) tongue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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    },
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          "orig": "fr:Linguistics",
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            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis": "14 86",
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "english": "the mother tongue, native language",
          "text": "la langue maternelle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a foreign language",
          "text": "une langue étrangère",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She speaks three languages.",
          "text": "Elle parle trois langues.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "faire parler la langue française\nto make speak the French language\n— Bertrand Barère",
          "type": "example"
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          "linguistics"
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          "language"
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        "(linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑ̃ɡ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-langue.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/Fr-langue.ogg/Fr-langue.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Fr-langue.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "langue"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links"
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      "word": "avoir la langue bien pendue"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir un cheveu sur la langue"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner sa langue au chat"
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    {
      "word": "état de langue"
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    {
      "word": "fait de langue"
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    {
      "word": "langue A"
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    {
      "word": "langue B"
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    {
      "word": "langue C"
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    {
      "word": "langue cible"
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    {
      "word": "langue construite"
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    {
      "word": "langue de bœuf"
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    {
      "word": "langue de bois"
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    {
      "word": "langue de Camões"
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    {
      "word": "langue de Cervantes"
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    {
      "word": "langue de chat"
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    {
      "word": "langue de départ"
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    {
      "word": "langue de Molière"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue de Pouchkine"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue de Shakespeare"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue de si"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue de Tolstoï"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue de travail"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue de Vondel"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue des signes"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue d’arrivée"
    },
    {
      "word": "langue d’oc"
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    {
      "word": "langue d’oïl"
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    {
      "word": "langue étrangère"
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    {
      "word": "langue maternelle"
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    {
      "word": "langue morte"
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    {
      "word": "langue reconstruite"
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    {
      "word": "langue romane"
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    {
      "word": "langue source"
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    {
      "word": "langue verte"
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    {
      "word": "langue vivante"
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      "word": "langue vocale"
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    {
      "word": "mauvaise langue"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas avoir sa langue dans sa poche"
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    {
      "word": "prendre langue"
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    {
      "word": "registre de langue"
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      "word": "sur le bout de la langue"
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    {
      "word": "tenir sa langue"
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    {
      "word": "tirer la langue"
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    {
      "word": "tourner sa langue sept fois dans sa bouche"
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    {
      "word": "tourner sept fois sa langue dans sa bouche"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”)..\nSee cognates in regional languages in France: Norman laungue, Gallo lenghe, Picard lingke, Bourguignon laingue, Franco-Provençal lengoua, Occitan lenga, Corsican lingua.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "langues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "langue f (plural langues)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "langage"
    },
    {
      "word": "languette"
    },
    {
      "word": "linguiste"
    },
    {
      "word": "linguistique"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "fr:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the tongue in the mouth",
          "text": "la langue dans la bouche",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) tongue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "fr:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the mother tongue, native language",
          "text": "la langue maternelle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a foreign language",
          "text": "une langue étrangère",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She speaks three languages.",
          "text": "Elle parle trois langues.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "faire parler la langue française\nto make speak the French language\n— Bertrand Barère",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language (system of communication using written or spoken words)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑ̃ɡ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-langue.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/Fr-langue.ogg/Fr-langue.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Fr-langue.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "langue"
}

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