Synonyms

langue

American

[lahng] / lɑ̃g /

noun

French.

the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).

langue British

/ lɑːŋɡ /

noun

linguistics language considered as an abstract system or a social institution, being the common possession of a speech community Compare parole

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Etymology

Origin of langue

C19: from French: language

Example Sentences

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Being part of the Kevin Langue show has been a really good foundation, kind of like a brotherhood that I have here in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

“For Christmas,” it said, “I’d like a complaint from the Office de la Langue Française,” the Quebec watchdog responsible for preserving the French language.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2018

The local chefs say the recipe's name comes from the word "truffe," which meant potato in Langue d'Oc, a dialect spoken in the southern half of the country in medieval France.

From US News • Jul. 6, 2016

Langue de Barbarie is a tightknit community with bonds forged over generations.

From Washington Post

He has more fully explained the principles according to which the text of Joinville has been restored by him in his Mémoire sur la Langue de Joinville.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

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