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linguistic

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • UK, US: /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/
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  • rhymes with -ɪstɪk
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unlinguistic

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to linguistics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unlinguistic

3

adj

Meaning 3

Relating to a computer language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unlinguistic

4

adjective

Meaning 4

consisting of or related to language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • linguistic behavior
  • a linguistic atlas
  • lingual diversity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lingual

Antonyms: nonlinguistic

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to the scientific study of language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • linguistic theory

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German linguistisch, equivalent to linguist + -ic. Compare linguistics. Ultimately from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”). Attested in English since 1825.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjuhësor — of or relating to language
  • Albanian: linguistik — of or relating to language
  • Arabic: لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy) — of or relating to language
  • Arabic: لِسَانِيّ (lisāniyy) — of or relating to language
  • Armenian: լեզվական (lezvakan) — of or relating to language
  • Azerbaijani: dilçilik — of or relating to language
  • Belarusian: мо́ўны (mówny) — of or relating to language
  • Belarusian: лінгвісты́чны (linhvistýčny) — of or relating to language
  • Bengali: ভাষাবৈজ্ঞানিকk (bhaśabōiggênikk) — of or relating to language
  • Bengali: ভাষাগত (bhaśagoto) — of or relating to language
  • Bulgarian: езико́в (ezikóv) — of or relating to language
  • Bulgarian: лингвисти́чен (lingvistíčen) — of or relating to language
  • Burmese: ဘာသာစကား (bhasaca.ka:) — of or relating to language
  • Catalan: lingüístic — of or relating to language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語言的 /语言的 (yǔyán de) — of or relating to language
  • Czech: jazykový — of or relating to language
  • Czech: lingvistický — of or relating to language
  • Danish: sproglig — of or relating to language
  • Esperanto: lingva — of or relating to language
  • Estonian: keeleline — of or relating to language
  • Estonian: keele- — of or relating to language
  • Finnish: kielellinen — of or relating to language
  • Finnish: kieli- — of or relating to language
  • French: linguistique — of or relating to language
  • French: lingual — of or relating to language
  • Galician: lingüístico — of or relating to language
  • Georgian: ენობრივი (enobrivi) — of or relating to language
  • Georgian: ლინგვისტური (lingvisṭuri) — of or relating to language
  • German: sprachlich — of or relating to language
  • German: linguistisch — of or relating to language
  • Greek: γλωσσικός (glossikós) — of or relating to language
  • Hebrew: לְשׁוֹנִי (l'shoní) — of or relating to language
  • Hindi: भाषाई (bhāṣāī) — of or relating to language
  • Hungarian: nyelvi — of or relating to language
  • Indonesian: linguistik — of or relating to language
  • Indonesian: bahasa — of or relating to language
  • Irish: teangach — of or relating to language
  • Irish: teangúil — of or relating to language
  • Italian: linguistico — of or relating to language
  • Japanese: 言語の (gengo no) — of or relating to language
  • Kazakh: тіл (tıl) — of or relating to language
  • Kazakh: тілдік (tıldık) — of or relating to language
  • Kazakh: лингвистикалық (liñvistikalyq) — of or relating to language
  • Khmer: ភាសា (phiəsaa) — of or relating to language
  • Korean: 언어의 (eoneoui) — of or relating to language
  • Northern Kurdish: zimanî — of or relating to language
  • Kyrgyz: тил (til) — of or relating to language
  • Kyrgyz: тилдик (tildik) — of or relating to language
  • Kyrgyz: лингвистикалык (lingvistikalık) — of or relating to language
  • Lao: ພາສາ (phā sā) — of or relating to language
  • Latvian: lingvistisks — of or relating to language
  • Latvian: valodniecisks — of or relating to language
  • Lithuanian: kalbinis — of or relating to language
  • Luxembourgish: sproochlech — of or relating to language
  • Macedonian: јазичен (jazičen) — of or relating to language
  • Macedonian: лингвистички (lingvistički) — of or relating to language
  • Malay: bahasa — of or relating to language
  • Malay: linguistik — of or relating to language
  • Maltese: lingwistiku — of or relating to language
  • Mongolian: хэл шинжлэлийн (xel šinžleliin) — of or relating to language
  • Norman: lîndgistique — of or relating to language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: språklig — of or relating to language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: språkleg — of or relating to language
  • Occitan: lingüistic — of or relating to language
  • Pashto: ژبنی (žǝbanáy) — of or relating to language
  • Pashto: لساني (lesāní) — of or relating to language
  • Persian: زبانی (zabâni) — of or relating to language
  • Persian: لسانی (lesâni) — of or relating to language
  • Polish: językowy — of or relating to language
  • Polish: lingwistyczny — of or relating to language
  • Portuguese: linguístico — of or relating to language
  • Romanian: lingvistic — of or relating to language
  • Russian: языково́й (jazykovój) — of or relating to language
  • Russian: лингвисти́ческий (lingvistíčeskij) — of or relating to language
  • Russian: язы́чный (jazýčnyj) — of or relating to language
  • Russian: лингва́льный (lingválʹnyj) — of or relating to language
  • Skolt-Sami: ǩiõllʼlaž — of or relating to language
  • Serbo-Croatian: јѐзичкӣ — of or relating to language
  • Serbo-Croatian: јѐзичнӣ — of or relating to language
  • Serbo-Croatian: лингвѝстичкӣ — of or relating to language
  • Serbo-Croatian: jèzičkī — of or relating to language
  • Serbo-Croatian: jèzičnī — of or relating to language
  • Serbo-Croatian: lingvìstičkī — of or relating to language
  • Slovak: lingvistický — of or relating to language
  • Slovene: jezikóven — of or relating to language
  • Slovene: jezíčen — of or relating to language
  • Spanish: lingüístico — of or relating to language
  • Spanish: lingual — of or relating to language
  • Swedish: språklig — of or relating to language
  • Tajik: забонӣ (zaboni) — of or relating to language
  • Tajik: лисонӣ (lisoni) — of or relating to language
  • Thai: ภาษา (paa-sǎa) — of or relating to language
  • Turkish: dil bilimi — of or relating to language
  • Turkmen: dil — of or relating to language
  • Turkmen: lingwistik — of or relating to language
  • Ukrainian: мо́вний (móvnyj) — of or relating to language
  • Ukrainian: лінгвісти́чний (linhvistýčnyj) — of or relating to language
  • Urdu: لسانی (lisānī) — of or relating to language
  • Uyghur: تىل (til) — of or relating to language
  • Uzbek: til — of or relating to language
  • Uzbek: lingvistik — of or relating to language
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ — of or relating to language
  • Volapük: pükik — of or relating to language
  • Yiddish: שפּראַכלעך (shprakhlekh) — of or relating to language
  • Armenian: լեզվաբանական (lezvabanakan) — of or relating to linguistics
  • Belarusian: лінгвісты́чны (linhvistýčny) — of or relating to linguistics
  • Bulgarian: лингвисти́чен (lingvistíčen) — of or relating to linguistics
  • Catalan: lingüístic — of or relating to linguistics
  • Czech: lingvistický — of or relating to linguistics
  • Danish: lingvistisk — of or relating to linguistics
  • Danish: sprogvidenskabelig — of or relating to linguistics
  • Faroese: málfrøðiligur — of or relating to linguistics
  • Finnish: kielitieteellinen — of or relating to linguistics
  • French: linguistique — of or relating to linguistics
  • Galician: lingüístico — of or relating to linguistics
  • German: sprachwissenschaftlich — of or relating to linguistics
  • German: linguistisch — of or relating to linguistics
  • Greek: γλωσσολογικός (glossologikós) — of or relating to linguistics
  • Hebrew: בַּלְשָׁנִי — of or relating to linguistics
  • Indonesian: linguistik — of or relating to linguistics
  • Irish: teangeolaíoch — of or relating to linguistics
  • Italian: linguistico — of or relating to linguistics
  • Latvian: lingvistisks — of or relating to linguistics
  • Latvian: valodniecisks — of or relating to linguistics
  • Maltese: lingwistiku — of or relating to linguistics
  • Norman: lîndgistique — of or relating to linguistics
  • Norwegian: lingvistisk — of or relating to linguistics
  • Norwegian: språkvitenskapelig — of or relating to linguistics
  • Occitan: lingüistic — of or relating to linguistics
  • Polish: językoznawczy — of or relating to linguistics
  • Polish: lingwistyczny — of or relating to linguistics
  • Portuguese: linguístico — of or relating to linguistics
  • Romanian: lingvistic — of or relating to linguistics
  • Romanian: de lingvistică — of or relating to linguistics
  • Russian: лингвисти́ческий (lingvistíčeskij) — of or relating to linguistics
  • Russian: языкове́дческий (jazykovédčeskij) — of or relating to linguistics
  • Skolt-Sami: ǩiõllʼlaž — of or relating to linguistics
  • Spanish: lingüístico — of or relating to linguistics
  • Swedish: språkvetenskaplig — of or relating to linguistics
  • Swedish: lingvistisk — of or relating to linguistics
  • Ukrainian: лінгвісти́чний (linhvistýčnyj) — of or relating to linguistics
  • Volapük: pükavik — of or relating to linguistics
  • Finnish: kielellinen — of or relating to computer languages
  • Romanian: computero-lingvistic — of or relating to computer languages
  • Volapük: nünömapükik — of or relating to computer languages
  • Volapük: programelapükik — of or relating to computer languages
Real reading context

linguistic in complete knowledge articles