lingua

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /ˈlɪŋɡwə/ UK /ˈlɪŋɡwə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a tongue or tongue-like part; a language (as in lingua franca)

English served as the lingua franca of the conference.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a tongue or tongue-like... tongue language

Word family

Derived forms lingual

Related forms lingolinguistlanguage bilingual

Etymology

From Latin lingua ('tongue, speech, language'), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *dengwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ('tongue').

lingua Latin *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Communication

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# lingua

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈlɪŋɡwə/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlɪŋɡwə/

## Meanings
1. a tongue or tongue-like part; a language (as in lingua franca)

## Examples
- English served as the lingua franca of the conference.

## Synonyms
- tongue
- language

## Derived Forms
- lingual

## Related Forms
- lingo
- linguist
- language
- bilingual

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lingua
- Root: *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

## Etymology
From Latin lingua ('tongue, speech, language'), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *dengwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ('tongue').

## AI Etymology
Lingua comes from Latin lingua ('tongue, speech, language'), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *dengwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ('tongue'). The etymological trail includes Latin lingua, Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. The same word family includes lingual, lingo, linguist, language, bilingual. Its current noun use means "a tongue or tongue-like part; a language (as in lingua franca)".

## Topics
- Communication

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