noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of tongue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tongue
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lingua
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: L IH1 NG G W AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tongue, glossa, clapper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organ, articulator
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.