Did you by any chance mean language?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Language viewed as a system including vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation of a particular community.
Wiktionary
- n. linguistics Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French; see language. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Ferdinand de Saussure as "langue", is the common language of a community (or rather more in than of a community), is formed and authenticated by writers and regulated and generally orientated by Academies.”
“French is sometimes called langue d'oïl ( 'oïl language'), oïl being an old variant of oui 'yes'.”
“Your "langue" (tongue) is in your mouth, and where is your "languette"? ... most likely on your foot!”
“Your "langue" tongue is in your mouth, and where is your "languette"?”
“The "langue" is the myth's timeless meaning, the "parole" is its historical setting.”
“In the sixteenth century each had its own family of languages, called the langue d’oc and the langue d’oïl, from their pronunciation of the word for yes.”
“The Swiss linguist Saussure in the earlier part of the twentieth century drew a distinction between two concepts in language, "langue" and”
“I have 2 kind of langue packs Nl and En. (Netherlands and engelish)”
“Dessert is sesame ice cream with an intriguing cake-like texture and green tea-flavored langue de chat cookies.”
“This site is full of fishing and hunting questions commits pictures that should be enough enjoyment to satisfy any outdoors men/woman, if you are upset because of the freedom of debate, maybe you should petition F&S not to allow anything not related to outdoors, including stupid questions to rack up points or langue that is uncalled for, or maybe people who don't have a tolerance for other's.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘langue’.
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Fun Food Names
spaghettini, mutton, bratwurst, zabaglione, sweet potato pie, succotash, slumgullion, bouillabaisse, hush puppy, gumbo, jambalaya, mahimahi and 126 more...
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Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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technomom's Words
misology, sacerdotal, omphaloskepsis, jimjams, incunabulum, repose, trecento, chimera, tridecennary, tenebrous, purblind, floruit and 207 more...
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The word collector
My collection of words that are intriguing, but don't fit my other lists.
snailery, aplasia, postulant, aigrette, caravel, frigate, capeskin, suffusion, schist, varlet, sepulchral, anisotropy and 320 more...
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Words are useful
philatelic, philately, resistentialism, borborygmus, introit, oblate, pillory, peccant, capon, piquant, puissance, prevaricate and 67 more...
Tweets
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TechnoMom Language viewed abstractly as a system of forms and conventions used for communication in a community. The knowledge that enables a person to speak and understand a language. Oct 30, 2007