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language noun

  /laŋɡˈweːd͡ʒ/ , /ˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ , [ˈlaŋɡwed͡ʒ] , [ˈlaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ] , [ˈle(ɪ)ŋɡwɪd͡ʒ] , [ˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ] , [ˈlæːŋɡwɪd͡ʒ]
  • (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
 langue, langage
  • (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
  • (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
  • (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
 langage, langue
  • (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
 langage, parler, langue
  • (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
 langage, jargon, langue

languagism

glottophobie
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