languet
Syllables: lan·guet/ˈlæŋɡwɪt/
languet noun: a narrow blade on the edge of a spade or shovel.
Noun
languet (plural languets)
- A narrow blade on the edge of a spade or shovel.
- A piece of metal on a sword hilt which overhangs the scabbard.
- A flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ.
- If there is music for this it’s windy strings and reed sections standing in bright shirt fronts and black ties all along the beach, a robed organist by the breakwater—itself broken, crusted with tides—whose languets and flues gather and shape the resident spooks here.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
- A narrow tongue of land.
- A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates.
Synonyms of languet
Forms of languet
| plural | languets |
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Origin of languet
From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua.
Questions about languet
- What does languet mean?
- Languet means a narrow blade on the edge of a spade or shovel.
- What part of speech is languet?
- Languet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce languet?
- Languet is pronounced /ˈlæŋɡwɪt/.
- What is the plural of languet?
- The plural of languet is languets.
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