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lingos

lingos is the plural of lingo.

Meaning of lingo

Noun

lingo (countable and uncountable, plural lingos or lingoes)

  1. (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
    • [...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xv, page 47
  2. (Australian Aboriginal) An Aboriginal language.
    • The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77

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Proper noun capitalized: Lingos

Lingos

  1. (plural) plural of Lingo

Questions about lingos

What is lingos the plural of?
Lingos is the plural of lingo.
What part of speech is lingos?
Lingos is a proper noun.

Words near lingos in the dictionary

  1. Lingoa Geral
  2. lingoa wood
  3. lingoes
  4. lingonberries
  5. lingonberry
  6. lingos
  7. lingot
  8. lingots
  9. Lingqijing
  10. Lingqiu
  11. lings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lingos (page history and authors); Lingos (page history and authors); lingo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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