Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of hood forming a part of a woman's costume in the seventeenth century.
- noun In music:
- noun The tongue of a reed of a harmonium or reed-organ.
- noun A key of a wind-instrument. See
key , 4 - noun . Also
languet . - noun In zoology:
- noun Part of an insect's lower lip; the tonguelet or ligula. See
ligula. Latreille . Alsolanguet . - noun The byssus-organ of a mollusk.
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Examples
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If you've got shoes with shoe laces, "la languette" is the 'tongue' under the laces!
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In the middle of your text, the word "languette" (yes, un diminutif de "langue") made me laugh, because ...
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In the middle of your text, the word "languette" yes, un diminutif de "langue" made me laugh, because...
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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!
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Your "langue" (tongue) is in your mouth, and where is your "languette"? ... most likely on your foot!
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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!
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Your "langue" tongue is in your mouth, and where is your "languette"?
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If you've got shoes with shoe laces, "la languette" is the 'tongue' under the laces!
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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?)
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