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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.
  • (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
  • (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
  • (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.
  • (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
 lingua
programming language
lingua programmandi
sign language
lingua gesticulatoria, lingua signorum
constructed language
lingua artificialis, lingua constructa
Hypertext Markup Language
lingua annotationis hypertextualis
language family
familia linguarum
parent language
lingua materna
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