lingua
[ling-gwuh]
- the tongue or a part like a tongue.
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Origin of lingua
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Contemporary Examples
There the lingua franca is Cajun French, and folks love to fiddle, dance and most of all, eat.
Long gone seamen and traders made Italian its lingua franca.
She nods to me and greets her friends in Sesotho, the lingua franca among black South Africans in this mostly-poor region.
Historical Examples
Lingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lepidoptera: see glossa.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
He used the native expression, and then translated it into Lingua Terra.
Oomphel in the SkyHenry Beam Piper
Bowse repeated the question, in the lingua Franca of those seas.
The Pirate of the MediterraneanW.H.G. Kingston
He speaks the language of Mota, the lingua franca here, you know.
Life of John Coleridge PattesonCharlotte M. Yonge
"This is the ketch Stella, from Malta," he said in the lingua franca of the East.
Twelve Naval CaptainsMolly Elliot Seawell
lingua
- the technical name for tongue
- any tongue-like structure
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Word Origin
C17: Latin
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lingua
(lĭng′gwə)- The tongue.
- A tonguelike anatomical structure.
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