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langue de boeuf
[ French lahng duh-bœf ]
/ French lɑ̃g də ˈbœf /
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noun, plural langues de boeuf [French lahng duh-bœf]. /French lɑ̃g də ˈbœf/.
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Origin of langue de boeuf
1400–50; <French: literally, ox tongue; replacing late Middle English lange de bef<Middle French langue de boeuf
Words nearby langue de boeuf
language laboratory, language planning, language school, language universal, langue, langue de boeuf, langue de chat, langue d'oc, Languedoc-Roussillon, langue d'oïl, languet
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