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lingua

/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/

lingua noun: synonym of tongue.

Noun

lingua (plural linguae or linguas)

  1. Synonym of tongue.
    • Let your lingua loiter on its salty, hard surface. When you finally crack the nut, don’t swallow it right away.2009, Alex J. Packer, Wise Highs: How to Thrill, Chill, & Get Away from It All Without Alcohol Or Other Drugs, Read How You Want, →ISBN, page 24
    • “I believe it’s from the condition he’s acquired,” she answered while moving closer to examine the elongated lingua. “You can put it back in your mouth now.”2016, E.B. Mendel, If Frogs Could Fly, Sunbridge Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    tongue
  2. A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

lingua meaning in Tamil and Urdu

lingua in Tamil

நா, நாகம், நாக்கு, மொழி

lingua in Urdu

بولی, لسان, زبان

Examples of lingua in a sentence

  • English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
  • Creoles, which involve a language shift, are found in communities where a pidgin language had served as a lingua franca.
  • A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.

All 14 example sentences with lingua

Synonyms of lingua

Forms of lingua

plurallinguae
plurallinguas

Plural of lingua: linguae or linguas

Origin of lingua

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.

Phrases with lingua

Questions about lingua

What does lingua mean?
Lingua means synonym of tongue.
What is lingua in Tamil?
Lingua in Tamil is நா, நாகம், நாக்கு. See Lingua meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lingua?
Lingua is a noun.
How do you pronounce lingua?
Lingua is pronounced /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/.
What is the plural of lingua?
The plural of lingua is linguae.

Words near lingua in the dictionary

  1. lingsters
  2. Lingtai
  3. Lingtan
  4. lingtow
  5. lingtows
  6. lingua
  7. lingua franca
  8. Lingua Franca Nova
  9. lingua francas
  10. Lingua Ignota
  11. Lingua Sistemfrater

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lingua (page history and authors); lingua (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lingua (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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