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language games

language games is the plural of language game.

Meaning of language game

Noun

language game (plural language games)

  1. A set of rules governing how participants respond to utterings.
  2. A game that is based on players’ knowledge of a language or languages, such as fictionary, hangman. etc.
  3. A method of manipulating words so that the layman would find it hard to understand, such as pig Latin, gibberish, etc.
    Synonyms:
    ludling

Questions about language games

What is language games the plural of?
Language games is the plural of language game.

Words near language games in the dictionary

  1. language extinction
  2. language extinctions
  3. language families
  4. language family
  5. language game
  6. language games
  7. language island
  8. language islands
  9. language isolate
  10. language isolates
  11. language lab

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