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linguae

linguae is the plural of lingua.

Meaning of lingua

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
    Synonyms:
    tongue
  2. A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Phrases with linguae

Questions about linguae

What is linguae the plural of?
Linguae is the plural of lingua.

Words near linguae in the dictionary

  1. linguaculturally
  2. linguaculture
  3. linguacultures
  4. linguadental
  5. linguadentals
  6. linguae
  7. linguae francae
  8. linguaeform
  9. linguaflexid
  10. linguaflexids
  11. linguaform

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