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language
noun
1 language
A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols:
— He taught foreign languages.
— The language introduced is standard throughout the text.
— The speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written.
synonym: linguistic communication.
Dutch: taal
Polish: system językowy, język, mowa
2 language
language Communication by word of mouth:
— He uttered harsh language.
— He recorded the spoken language of the streets.
synonyms: oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication.
Roget 560:
language;
phraseology
etc.
569;
speech
etc.
582;
tongue,
lingo,
vernacular;
mother tongue,
vulgar tongue,
native tongue;
household words;
King's English,
Queen's English;
dialect
etc.
563.
confusion of tongues,
Babel,
pasigraphie†;
pantomime
etc.
(signs)
550;
onomatopoeia;
betacism†,
mimmation,
myatism†,
nunnation†;
pasigraphy†.
lexicology,
philology,
glossology†,
glottology†;
linguistics,
chrestomathy†;
paleology†,
paleography;
comparative grammar.
literature,
letters,
polite literature,
belles lettres [Fr.],
muses,
humanities,
literae humaniores [Lat.],
republic of letters,
dead languages,
classics;
genius of language;
scholarship
etc.
(scholar)
492.
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Dutch: spreektaal
Polish: mówienie, mowa
3 language
The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number:
— The song uses colloquial language.
synonyms: lyric, words.
Dutch: songtekst, tekst
4 language
The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication:
— He didn't have the language to express his feelings.
synonym: linguistic process.
5 language
The mental faculty or power of vocal communication:
— Language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals.
synonym: speech.
Dutch: spraak, spraakvermogen, stem
Polish: mowa
6 language
A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline:
— The language of sociology.
synonyms: nomenclature, terminology.
Dutch: jargon, terminologie, woordenkeus, woordkeus, woordkeuze
Polish: słownictwo, terminologia, mianownictwo, nazewnictwo, nomenklatura
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