language as a noun: 1 2 3 4 5 6
language linguistic communication communication usage dead language words source language object language target language sign language signing artificial language metalanguage native language indigenous language superstrate superstratum natural language tongue interlanguage koine lingua franca linguistic string string of words word string barrage bombardment onslaught outpouring slanguage jump to corresponding sense entry
language noun
1 language A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols:— He taught foreign languages.
synonym: linguistic communication .
Dutch: taal Polish: system językowy, język, mowa
2 language language Communication by word of mouth:— He uttered harsh language.
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)
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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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