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metalingual

metalingual adjective: relating to metalanguage.

Adjective

metalingual (not comparable)

  1. Relating to metalanguage

Origin of metalingual

From meta- + lingual.

Questions about metalingual

What does metalingual mean?
Metalingual means relating to metalanguage.
What part of speech is metalingual?
Metalingual is an adjective.

Words near metalingual in the dictionary

  1. metalimnic
  2. metalimnion
  3. metalimnions
  4. metaline
  5. metaling
  6. metalingual
  7. metalinguist
  8. metalinguistic
  9. metalinguistically
  10. metalinguistics
  11. metalinguists

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