lingual
/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/US/ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
lingual adjective: related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
Adjective
lingual (not comparable)
- Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
- Synonyms:
- glossal
- Articulated with the tongue.
- Related to language or linguistics.
- Synonyms:
- linguistic
Noun
lingual (plural linguals)
lingual meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic
lingual in Hindi
- lingual; pertaining to languages
- भाषिक bhāṣik
lingual in Tamil
- பேச்சுக் குரிய, மொழிகள் சார்ந்த, தொண்டை சுற்றி நரம்பு, நாக்கின், நாவுக்குரிய
lingual in Urdu
- لسانی
lingual in Arabic
- related to the tongue
- لِسَانِيّ lisāniyy
More languagesFewer languages
- Kashmiri
- زیٚوؠ zev'
Synonyms of lingual
Forms of lingual
| plural | linguals |
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Origin of lingual
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua + -al. Doublet of lingualis.
Words formed from lingual
- alveolingual
- alveololingual
- ambilingual
- anterolingual
- apicolingual
- audiolingual
- axiolingual
- bilingual
- brevilingual
- buccolingual
- cervicolingual
- colingual
- collingual
- crosslingual
- decalingual
- dentilingual
- distolingual
- dorsolingual
- equilingual
- exolingual
- faciolingual
- fissilingual
- gingivolingual
- hemilingual
- heptalingual
- heterolingual
- hexalingual
- homolingual
- hyolingual
- interlingual
- intralingual
- labiolingual
- laterolingual
- matrilingual
- mediolingual
- mesiolingual
- mesolingual
- metalingual
- metrolingual
- midlingual
- monolingual
- multilingual
- nonalingual
- octolingual
- omnilingual
- orolingual
- panlingual
- paralingual
- pentalingual
- perilingual
- plurilingual
- polylingual
- posterolingual
- postlingual
- prelingual
- protolingual
- quadrilingual
- quinquelingual
- retrolingual
- semilingual
Phrases with lingual
Words that rhyme with lingual
- translingual
- bilingual
- buccolingual
- decalingual
- nonalingual
- octolingual
- pentalingual
- quadrilingual
- sublingual
- ambilingual
- dentilingual
- heptalingual
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hexalingual
- labiolingual
- multilingual
- polylingual
- prelingual
- quinquelingual
- sesquilingual
- tetralingual
- trilingual
- alveololingual
- anterolingual
- apicolingual
- audiolingual
- axiolingual
- brevilingual
- cervicolingual
- colingual
- collingual
- crosslingual
- distolingual
- dorsolingual
- equilingual
- exolingual
- faciolingual
- fissilingual
- gingivolingual
- heterolingual
- homolingual
- hyolingual
- interlingual
- intralingual
- laterolingual
- matrilingual
- mediolingual
- mesiolingual
- mesolingual
- metrolingual
- midlingual
- monolingual
- omnilingual
- panlingual
- paralingual
- perilingual
- plurilingual
- posterolingual
- postlingual
- protolingual
- retrolingual
Questions about lingual
- What does lingual mean?
- Lingual means related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
- What is lingual in Hindi?
- Lingual in Hindi is भाषिक (bhāṣik). See Lingual meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lingual?
- Lingual can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce lingual?
- Lingual is pronounced /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/.
Words near lingual in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lingual (page history and authors); भाषिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); lingual (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lingual (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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