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langue

American  
[lahng] / lɑ̃g /

noun

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


langue British  
/ lɑːŋɡ /

noun

  1. 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

About 1,500 people from Langue de Barbarie moved in, with thousands more invited, according to Senegal’s Municipal Development Agency.

From Washington Post

Hist. de la Langue et de la Litt. fran�aises au moyen �ge.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

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